Cultural Park conducting open casting calls for ‘Urinetown’

Cultural Park Theater has announced open auditions for the musical comedy Urinetown, which will be performed on stage February 28 through March 8 at the Cultural Park Theater, 528 Cultural Park Blvd. in Cape Coral, Florida. The casting call takes place from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday, December 7 & 8, and is open to anyone 16 years of age or older.

Touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on one of America’s greatest art forms. The musical is an hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theater itself.

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!

All roles are all being considered at this audition, vis:

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Dr. Billeaux: Head of Research and Development at UGC. Optional Doubling as TINY TOM. Gender: Male. Age: 30 to 50
• Mr. Mcqueen: Cladwell’s sycophantic lackey. A servile assistant. Gender: Male. Age: 30 to 45
• Senator Fipp: A greedy politician in Cladwell’s pocket. A bumbling coward. Gender: Male. Age: 40 to 55
• Officer Barrel: Lockstock’s patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman. Gender: Male. Age: 30 to 50
• 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
• 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 top: A3; vocal range bottom: 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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.

November 26, 2019.