Blair Academy Players Present Urinetown – The Musical

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According to the director and Performing Arts Chair Craig Evans, “Urinetown – The Musical” is a tale of greed, corruption, love and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. 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 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 – The Musical by Mark Hoffmann and Greg Kotis is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, the play catapults the ‘comedic romp’ into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.”

Evans adds, “Junior Todd Lewis plays Bobby Strong, the hero who leads the revolution against the bathroom-monopoly owner Caldwell B. Cladwell, played by junior Tyler Browse. Complicating the power struggle is Bobby’s love interest Hope Cladwell, played by junior Tina Tozzi. The show is narrated by policeman Officer Lockstock, played by junior Dylan Evans, who tells the woeful tale to innocent Little Sally, portrayed by senior Gabriella Zlocki. Trying to keep order running one of the public bathrooms is Penelope Pennywise, played by senior Allison Martens. Assisting the monopoly side is Officer Barrell (played by junior Andrew Hutcheson) and Senator Fipp (played by senior Alex Auger), while the rebels are augmented by Little Becky Two Shoes (sophomore Lotte Lijnzaad) and Hot Blades Harry (played by junior Michael Richards). The show’s student director is senior Ryan Class.

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Updated 2/19/07

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