Meet me in St. Louis .... for Urinetown

by liza ( | | )

Well, I'm really not going to be there; but if you are in the St. Louis and are dying to appear in a musical about bodily fluids, this is the audition you've been waiting for :

NEWS FROM NEW LINE
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NEW LINE LOOKING FOR
MULTI-RACIAL CAST FOR
BROADWAY HIT "URINETOWN"

New Line Theatre will hold auditions for the outrageous hit Broadway musical URINETOWN, on two successive Monday evenings, March 12 and 19, 2007, at 7:00 p.m., at the ArtLoft Theatre, 1529 Washington, two miles east of the Fox Theatre.

Performers need to come to only one of the dates. Performers are asked to bring a prepared theatre song, with printed piano music (no tapes please).

There will also be a short dance audition.

URINETOWN will be produced at the Art Loft Theatre for 12 performances over four weeks, May 31-June 23, 2007. For more info about the show, including a list of roles, go to www.newlinetheatre.com/urinepage.html or for other audition info, visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

URINETOWN is the wildly funny, ballsy, transgressive fable of greed, corruption, love, revolution, and urination, in a time when water is worth its weight in gold and there's no such thing as a free pee. Set in a near-future dystopian Gotham, a terrible water shortage has caused a 20-year draught and led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens are forced to use public "amenities" now, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. In this nightmare world, the punishment for an unauthorized pee is a trip to the dreaded Urinetown. But from the ruins of Democracy and courtesy flushes, there rises an unlikely hero who decides he's held it long enough, and he launches a People's Revolution to lead them all to urinary freedom!

New Line is looking for a multi-racial cast of 10 adult men and 6 adult women. We will not cast anyone under 17. New Line is looking for strong actors who sing well and who are willing to take risks onstage. Performers are asked to bring a prepared theatre song, with printed piano music for our pianist. They may also be asked to sing from the Urinetown score. The show will be directed by Scott Miller, with choreography by Robin Berger.

Rehearsals will be three nights a week, on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday evenings from 6:30 to 10:00 p.m., starting in early April, as well as several Sunday afternoons, and every night the week the show opens. The show runs Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, for four weeks, May 31-June 23, 2007 at the ArtLoft. Performers will share a guaranteed 10% of box office receipts. Call 314-773-6526 for more information No appointments are necessary. All performers should arrive at the audition before 7:00 p.m. New Line is a non-union professional company and is very eager to cast a multi-racial company.

To read New Line's Diversity Statement, go to http://www.newlinetheatre.com/diversity.html.

To learn more about New Line, go to http://www.newlinetheatre.com/contact.html