Theatre Arts department presents Tony Award-winning “Urinetown, The Musical”

McDaniel College’s Theatre Arts department presents Tony Award-winning “Urinetown, The Musical” by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis.

Performances are Thursday, Nov. 16-Saturday, Nov. 18, at 7:30 p.m. in WMC Alumni Hall. Note: the show contains adult material and is intended for mature audiences.

Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for students, seniors (over 60), active military members and veterans, as well as those with a McDaniel College ID. For ticket information, call 410-857-2448.

Gené Fouché, chair of McDaniel’s Theatre Arts department, directs McDaniel’s production and McDaniel alum Steve Zumbrun, who earned a bachelor’s degree in English-Theatre Arts in 1992, serves as musical director.

“Urinetown, The Musical” is a musical satire of 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 that he's had enough and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Fouché notes that the show “is a perfect example of Epic Theatre, best known by the works of Bertolt Brecht.” She said, “‘Urinetown’ also pays homage to the American Musical, with Easter eggs throughout for those aficionados in the audience. It's fun, boisterous, full of opportunity for comedy ‘bits’ and physical techniques, which is why I was drawn to the play and thought it would be a rich experience for our theatre students.”

The cast includes McDaniel students:

• Ab Bullock, first-year student from Richmond, Virginia
• Danielle Carter, junior Political Science major from Rockville, Maryland
• Corey Foote, senior Psychology major from Baltimore
• Bella Myers, senior Theatre Arts major from Mt. Airy, Maryland
• Tyra Pritchett, senior Psychology major from Hanover, Maryland
• RJ Schnitzer, senior Cinema-Theatre Arts major from Gaithersburg, Maryland
• Paul Steinert, junior Elementary Education major from Dundalk, Maryland
• Linda Brown, first-year student from Rosedale, Maryland
• Abigail Cassarino, sophomore from Pasadena, Maryland
• Spencer Charrington, first-year student from New York, New York
• Madison Dehais, senior Theatre Arts and Food Studies major from Montpelier, Virginia
• Samuel Durocher, junior Theatre Arts major from Baltimore
• Jordan Greene, junior Cinema major from Baltimore
• Arielle Harris, sophomore Biology major from Baltimore
• Genevieve Hill, Political Science and Theater Arts major from Rockville, Maryland
• Nov O’Donnell, first-year student from Newark, Delaware
• Margaret Riekenberg, senior Theatre Arts and English major from South Orange, New Jersey  
• Gabrielle Robinson, junior Theatre Arts and Social Work major from Reisterstown, Maryland
• Isabel Townsend, senior Theatre Arts major from Olney, Maryland
• Jeremy Volker, senior Sociology major from Halethorpe, Maryland
• Emma Wagner, senior Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies major from Nottingham Maryland
• Reese Weaver, sophomore Theatre Arts major from Brandywine, Maryland