Arts Alive!
Pre-Professional High School Program
Announcing the 2025 Pre-Professional High School Production of
“Urinetown”
Young performers from RI & MA, ages 14-18 are encouraged to audition to be part of the Pre-Professional Company.
Urinetown is a hilarious musical satire of the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, environmental collapse, privatization of natural resources, bureaucracy, municipal politics, and musical theatre itself! Hilariously funny and touchingly honest, Urinetown provides a fresh perspective on 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 that 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, Urinetowncatapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter.
Tony Awards
In 2002, Urinetown won Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical, Best Choreography, and Best Direction of a Musical. It was also nominated for seven additional Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
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Description: Students ages 14-18 from RI & MA are invited to audition for Arts Alive’s Pre-professional High School Theatre Production of “Urinetown”.
Registration: Registration open January 5th- January 25th, 2025. Registration will be available at www.artsalivebarrington.org.
Auditions: All prospective actors must audition- registration does not guarantee a role in the production. Auditions will be held on Tuesday, February 25th from 6:00-9:00pm OR Thursday, March February 27th from 6:00-9:00pm at 16 Cutler Street in Warren, RI.
Rehearsals: Rehearsals will take place from March 2nd-April 27th on Sundays 2:00-6:00pm and Tuesdays & Thursdays from 6:00-9:00pm at 16 Cutler Street in Warren, RI. A complete rehearsal schedule will be provided at the start of the program.
Tech Week/ Performance Dates:
*Tuesday, April 29th, 2025 Tech Rehearsal
*Wednesday, April 30th, 2025 Dress Rehearsal
*Thursday, May 1st, 2025 Small Performance (Performance Venue TBD)
*Friday, May 2nd, 2025 at 7pm
*Saturday, May 3rd, 2025 1pm & 7pm
*Sunday, May 4th, 2025 at 1pm
Performances will be held at Barrington Middle School Auditorium
Program Fee: $325 for all registrants. Scholarships are available within the registration form. Payment will be due at the time of registration. Those participants who are not cast will receive a full refund.
Policies
Communication
All communications are through email from Arts Alive.
It is imperitive that we have the correct email on file. Also, please ensure that you are able to receive emails from [email protected].
Refund Policy
While we are confident that your experience with Arts Alive will be a positive one, we have outlined our refund policy below. All refund requests must be made in writing and submitted to [email protected].
Program fees are non-refundable if you withdraw prior to the start of the program, unless we are able to fill your spot. A $30 processing fee will then be applied. Program fees are non-refundable after the start of the program.
Costume Fittings
Fitting dates will be announced through email.
All fittings take place at our storage facility:
450 Main Street
Warren, RI
(Access from parking lot on Child Street to the left of Richardson’s Kitchen & Bar)
Attendance
The program consists of an ensemble. Any absence affects the entire group. Please do your best to ensure that you are present for every rehearsal you are called to.