Auditions
URINETOWN
The Story Collective is looking for performers with strong singing and acting skills, who can move or dance well, for our production of Urinetown.
Show dates are July 26th-28th.
Rehearsals begin in mid-late May and will be 2-3 times a week until pre-tech week and tech week (which will be every night). Some weekend rehearsals may occur based on actors’ availabilities.
All roles are paid.
AUDITION INFORMATION
For online submissions: Please prepare 24-32 bars of a musical theatre comedy song AND a 1 minute comedic monologue. HOWEVER, please deliver both the song and monologue as if you were in a dramatic piece. Send submissions to susanj@thestorycollective.org with “urinetown” in the subject line AND fill out this form.
Deadline to submit is April 15th.
Open to all performers 18+.
Questions? Email Susan Jung, susanj@thestorycollective.org
Character Breakdown
Officer Lockstock
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Gender: Male Age: 35 to 55
Vocal range: A4 - A2
Penelope Pennywise
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
Gender: Female Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range-: C6 A3
Bobby Strong
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.
Gender: Male Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range: C5 -A2
Little Sally
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.
Gender: Female Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range top: E5- A3
Dr. Billeaux
Head of Research and Development at UGC. Optional Doubling as TINY TOM.
Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range: A3 -E3
Mr. Mcqueen
Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Gender: Male Age: 30 to 45
Vocal range: E4 -B2
Senator Fipp
A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.
Gender: Male Age: 40 to 55
Vocal range top: F4 -C#3
Officer Barrel
Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.
Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range top: F4 -G2
Hope Cladwell
Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: A5- A3
Joseph "old Man" Strong
Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution. Optional Doubling as HOT BLADES HARRY.
Gender: Male Age: 50 to 65
Tiny Tom
One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child. Optional Doubling as DR. BILLEAUX.
Gender: Male Age: 30 to 50
Vocal range: A3 -D3
Soupy Sue
One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked. Optional Doubling as CALDWELL'S SECRETARY.
Gender: Female Age: 25 to 40
Vocal range : B4 -Bb3
Little Becky Two-shoes
One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory. Optional Doubling as MRS. MILLENIUM.
Gender: Female Age: 20 to 40
Vocal range : F5 - Bb3
Caldwell B. Cladwell
The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.
Gender: Male Age: 50 to 65
Vocal range: G4 - A2
Josephine "ma" Strong
Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Optional Doubling as OLD WOMAN.
Gender: Female Age: 55 to 65
Vocal range:: D5 - Bb3
Hot Blades Harry
One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon. Optional Doubling as JOSEPH "OLD MAN" STRONG.
Gender: Male Age: 45 to 60
Vocal range top: F4 - A2
Ensemble