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Urinetown: The Musical

A Youth Repertory Ensemble Production

July 23 – 26, 2015

The Youth Repertory Theatre program is the only professional training program for student actors and technicians in the Pikes Peak Region. This year we will be presenting Urinetown, which originally was produced on Broadway in 2001, Urinetown was nominated for ten Tony Awards in 2002 and won three, including Best Musical Score.

Winner of three TONY Awards, three Outer Critic’s Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards, and two Obie Awards, Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, municipal politics and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective of one of America’s greatest art forms.

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 he’s had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom!

Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Urinetown is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, Urinetown catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.

Details

Show Dates

Thursday, July 23 | 7p – OPENING NIGHT
Friday, July 24 | 7p
Saturday, July 25 | 3p
Sunday, July 26 | 3p

Tickets

General Admission, Open Seating - $10

A Little Info about the Youth Repertory Theatre Program

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