The Rep Presents URINETOWN: The Musical 5/8-5/31

Seacoast Repertory Theatre (the Rep) proudly presents URINETOWN: The Musical. Winner of three Tony© Awards, URINETOWN is an innovatively hilarious, zany musical with a genuinely funny mix of loving parody and biting satire - a tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold - and its use (and especially its release) is strictly controlled.

Praised by critics and audiences alike for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be - URINETOWN, written by Greg Kotis and composer Mark Hollman, catapults the venerable "comedic romp" for a new generation with its outrageous perspective, modern wit, and ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter from anyone who has ever has too much coffee or desperately needed a "comfort break." It's loaded with memorable tunes and toe-tapping tunes, most of which parody other Broadway hits from shows such as "Annie," "Evita," "Les Misérables," "West Side Story," and "Fiddler on the Roof." At the same time URINETOWN reflects important and timely issues facing society today: unsustainable resource consumption, corporate greed and government corruption.

Set in the near future, URINETOWN is a Gotham like city in which the sewer system has been crippled by a 20-year drought with no end in sight. Water is so scarce that private toilets have become illegal. In a mad and desperate attempt to regulate water consumption, the government forces residents to use public, pay-per-use toilets. The catch is, every toilet in the city is owned and operated by a huge and corrupt corporation called Urine Good Company. The gradually escalating price to pee is no important matter to a well-off few, but the teeming masses of poor have to scrape together enough money every day in order to take care of their "private business" and are charged for every flush. Anyone refusing to pay for the privilege to pee is immediately hauled off to Urinetown - a mysterious place where people go but never return.

Generously sponsored by Great North Properties and Insurrcom Construction, URINETOWN: The Musical plays on the Rep stage May 8 - 31, 2009. Show times are Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm & 8pm and Sundays at 3pm. Single ticket prices range from $24 - $28. Discounts are available to groups of 10 or more, seniors and students. To purchase tickets, become a season subscriber or for more information, visit www.seacoastrep.org or contact the Box Office at 603. 433.4472, or visit in person at 125 Bow Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801.

Founded in 1987, SEACOAST REPERTORY THEATRE is a not-for-profit arts and educational organization, which has been entertaining, enlightening and engaging audiences as New Hampshire's only year-round professional theatre for decades. Winner of countless regional and local awards, the Rep offers a complete schedule of award-winning musicals, plays and youth productions as well as educational opportunities for all ages with its youth workshops, classes, camps and Senior Moments programs.

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