Auditions

Urinetown, the musical

Music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann
Book and lyrics by Greg Kotis

Sunday, March 2 at 5:00pm

Tuesday, March 4 at 7:00pm

At the Old Opera House Theatre in Charles Town, WV
6 Performances: May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11, 2025

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!

Winner of three Tony Awards, three Outer Critics Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards, "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! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America's greatest art forms.

The audition will include singing and dancing, so please prepare a Broadway-style showtune to sing and bring the sheet music with you, an accompanist will be provided.  Please also dress in comfortable clothes and shoes that you can dance in. 

All roles are available:

  • Officer Lockstock: The 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.  

  • Little Sally: A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play’s logic.  

  • Bobby Strong: The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He falls in love with Hope Cladwell.

  • Hope Cladwell: Cladwell’s ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and Bobby. She is innocent but becomes vengeful after being exposed to her father’s evil.  

  • Caldwell B. Cladwell: The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.  

  • 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. 

  • Officer Barrel: Lockstock’s patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman.

  • Senator Fipp: A greedy politician in Cladwell’s pocket. A bumbling coward.

  • Ensemble: Cops, UGC Executives, and Rebel Poor

The following characters will also be part of the Ensemble and will perform in most production numbers: 

  • 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.

  • Joseph “Old Man” Strong: Bobby’s rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution.

  • Hot Blades Harry: One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon.

  • Little Becky Two Shoes: One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, accusatory, and VERY pregnant.

  • Soupy Sue: One of the Poor, she is excitable and easily panicked.

  • Tiny Tom: One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child.

  • Mr. McQueen: Cladwell’s sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant

  • Robby The Stockfish: Somewhat of a goof. He is recently unemployed from a menial desk job.  

  • Billy Boy Bill: A lazy freeloader who just wants the easy way out. A poor rebel who frequents Public Amenity Number # 9. 

  • Cladwell’s Secretary: Prim and proper in nature and look. Straight – laced.  

  • Mrs Millenium: One of Cladwell’s lesser lackeys. Office worker who aspires to be Cladwell’s Head Secretary.

  • Dr. Billeaux: A scientist for Urine Good Company. A “crazy” stereotypical scientist

Please bring your calendar or a list of dates that you are not able to rehearse. Please, feel free to share this opportunity with anyone who might be interested.  

Do you want to be involved in a show but don’t like being on stage? We will also need backstage and tech crews. If you have an interest in helping backstage, please let Lee Hebb lee@oldoperahouse.org, our Production Manager, know. No prior experience is required.