The Dramateurs, Inc. at the Barn Playhouse
Theater Address: 1700 Christopher Lane; Jeffersonville, PA 19403
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 274, Eagleville, PA 19408-0274
Phone: (610) 539-BARN
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Friday, May 29 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, May 30 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 31 at 2:00 pm
Friday, June 5 at 7:30 pm*
Saturday, June 6 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, June 7 at 2:00 pm
Friday, June 12 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, June 13 at 7:30 pm
*Talk-back session after the performance.
Produced through special arrangement with Music Theatre International.
"A sharp satire of the musical form.... Every line in the book and lyrics screams 'comedy."
- Boston Globe
In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year drought, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself!
Music by Mark Hollmann
Book by Greg Kotis
Lyrics by Mark Hollmann and Greg Kotis
Staff:
Director: Steve Arcidiacono
Producer: Michael Riggs
Musical Director: Laura Burhans
Orchestra Director: Barbara Newberry
Choreographer: Diane Hodgkiss
Stage Manager: Gabrielle Cherelli
Master Carpenter: Alan Herr
Scenic Design: Phoebe Myers
Costumes: Heidi Swartz
Props: Maureen Scallatino
Set Design: Steve Arcidiacono
Lighting Design: Tim Bean, Steve Arcidiacono, Steve DiNenno
Light Board Operator: Dean Soltes
Sound Design/Operation: Steve DiNenno
AUDITION DATES AND TIMES:
Sunday, March 1 - 5:00 - 10:00 pm
Monday, March 2 - 7:00 - 10:00 pm
Location:
Reformed Church of the Ascension
1700 W. Main Street
Norristown, PA 19403
AUDITION INFORMATION:
- All auditioners must be at least 18 years old. - NO EXCEPTIONS.
- ALL ROLES ARE OPEN.
- IMPORTANT: Auditioners need to prepare a song from a non-jukebox Broadway musical and have a piano only audio track on your phone that can be played on a wireless speaker. A pianist will NOT be present at the audition, and singing a capella is not acceptable; dozens of tracks are available on YouTube and other sources to download. Singing a song from Urinetown for the character you're interested in is preferred. Please prepare at least the first verse and the bridge of your song selection.
- Doors will open 30 minutes before the start of each audition and close 90 minutes after the audition has begun.
- Auditioners will sing and dance first, and selected auditioners will then read cold sides from the script. Prepared monologues are not needed. Dress comfortably.
- Video auditions will be accepted at steveaten@gmail.com on March 1st and 2nd only but will be viewed only if a role cannot be filled from the auditioners attending. No phone calls or texts please.
- Rehearsals will begin on Sunday, March 15 with a mandatory read through for all performers. Rehearsals will occur every Sunday, Tuesday and Wednesday night at 7pm. Bring a list of your conflicts with you to the audition and be honest - having conflicts will not preclude you from being cast.
- The performance dates are May 29, 30 and 31 and June 5, 6, 7, 12 and 13 at 7:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays and 2pm on Sundays.
If you can't make one or more of these dates/times, DO NOT AUDITION - you will not be cast.
- There are 30 slots open for each audition night. If you get shut out, keep checking back - audition slots regularly reopen up to and including the audition dates.