UPDATE: Cast and Crew Named
Auditions for Urinetown are Jan. 30 at Pentacle Theatre lobby
About the show: Tony Award winner Urinetown is a comic exploration of greed, love, revolution and musicals, in a time when water is worth its weight in gold.
Auditions: 1 p.m. Jan. 30.
Where: Pentacle Theatre lobby, 324 52nd Ave. NW, off Highway 22 about 6 miles west of downtown Salem.
Callbacks: 2 p.m. Jan. 31.
Where: Pentacle Theatre’s rehearsal space. 145 Liberty St. NE, Salem OR 97301.
Things you need to know:
- Please arrive promptly by 1 p.m. and plan to stay as late as 5 p.m.
- Your audition will include singing, dancing, acting and ensemble work. Dress comfortably and be ready to sing, move and dance.
- An accompanist will be provided for your singing audition.
- You may bring your own accompanist or an accompaniment CD.
- First read-through: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 3, at the Pentacle Theatre rehearsal space, 145 Liberty St. NE in downtown Salem.
Things you should bring:
- A prepared song from a different musical comedy, which includes a verse and chorus of about 32 bars that best shows your vocal range.
- Sheet music for the accompanist.
- Your own accompanist or a music CD if you are using one.
- Your calendar and a list of your conflicts through May 7.
Character roles: 11 men and nine women, plus additional chorus parts. Doubling and multiple roles are possible.
Officer Lockstock
The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story. A corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the “guilty” offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 55-ish
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Penelope Pennywise
The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest urinal in town. Cladwell’s one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.
Gender: Female
Age: 35 to 55-ish
Vocal range top: C6
Vocal range bottom: A3
Bobby Strong
The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Ms. 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 35-ish
Vocal range top: C5
Vocal range bottom: A2
Little Sally
A precocious and irreverent street urchin. Serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play’s logic.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 40-ish
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Dr. Billeaux
Head of Research and Development at the Urine Good Company.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 60-ish
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: E3
Mr. McQueen
Cladwell’s seriously sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50-ish
Vocal range top: E4
Vocal range bottom: B2
Senator Fipp
A greedy, sniveling politician in Cladwell’s pocket. A bumbling coward.
Gender: Male
Age: 35 to 55-ish
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: C#3
Officer Barrel
Lockstock’s equally corrupt patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman who enjoys snaring the “guilty”.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50-ish
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: 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: 19 to 30-ish
Vocal range top: A5
Vocal range bottom: A3
Joseph “Old Man” Strong
Bobby’s rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution.
Gender: Male
Age: 50 to 65-ish
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Tiny Tom
One of The Poor. He is an idiotic man-child.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50-ish
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: D3
Soupy Sue
One of The Poor. She is excitable and easily panicked.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 45-ish
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Little Becky Two-shoes
One of The Poor. She is foul mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 45-ish
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: 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 70-ish
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: 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.
Gender: Female
Age: 55 to 65-ish
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Hot Blades Harry
One of The Poor. A psychopathic and can become a violent loose cannon.
Gender: Male
Age: 45 to 60-ish
Vocal range top: F4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Dr. Billeaux
Executive of Urine Good Company, head of research; very focused and scientific.
Gender: Male
Age: 30 to 50-ish
Vocal range top: A3
Vocal range bottom: D3
Caldwell’s Secretary
A highly valued Urine Good Company employee; takes care of Mr. Cladwell and takes care of business.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 40-ish
Vocal range top: B4
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Mrs. Millenium
A dedicated Urine Good Company executive; a true believer.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 50-ish
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
Old Woman
One of the poorest of The Poor. Sees and hears all.
Gender: Female
Age: 55 to 65-ish
Vocal range top: D5
Vocal range bottom: Bb3
