{"id":69386,"date":"2006-01-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-theatre-to-present-rhode-island-premiere-of-urinetown\/"},"modified":"2006-01-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2006-01-13T00:00:00","slug":"uri-theatre-to-present-rhode-island-premiere-of-urinetown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2006\/01\/uri-theatre-to-present-rhode-island-premiere-of-urinetown\/","title":{"rendered":"URI THEATRE to present Rhode Island premiere of URINETOWN"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. — January 13, 2006 — The University of Rhode Island\u2019s Department of Theatre will be the first theatre group in the state to premiere the Broadway show, URINETOWN. The play will be performed in J Studio in URI\u2019s Fine Arts Center on the Kingston campus from Feb. 16 through 18, 22 through 25 and March 1 through 4 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 19 at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n


\n\u201cThe most appallingly titled show of the URI\/Theatre season is also one of the best,\u201d comments Paula McGlasson, chair of URI\u2019s Department of Theatre. \u201cLook past the title. From the opening notes of this Tony Award-winning musical, URINETOWN has a wit, intelligence and originality found only in the very best musical spoofs. It\u2019s a loony, loopy delight. Join us.\u201d

\nIf you have any doubts about the suitability of subject matter, listen to what Ed Siegal of the The Boston Globe wrote about the play: <\/p>\n


\n\u201cURINETOWN is here to save the day. You might have thought it impossible to send up The Threepenny Opera, Annie, Mark Blitzstein Depression-era musicals and Gershwin romances simultaneously, but that\u2019s exactly what URINETOWN does. Knowing, ultra-ironic wit, URINETOWN knows how to keep the laughs coming without any letup.\u201d<\/p>\n


\nURINETOWN is set in the future where a drought of epic proportions has forced corrupt city officials to come up with a unique way to conserve water: people may only use public restrooms and they must pay for the privilege. Fed-up citizens take to the streets, but those caught breaking the law are carted off to the mysterious “Urinetown,” never to be seen or heard from again. Along the way, this gleefully irreverent, laugh-out-loud, award-winning musical pokes fun at every imaginable musical and theatre convention with biting humor and catchy music you’re sure to be humming long after the show is over.<\/p>\n


\nURINETOWN is the winner of three Tony Awards including \u201cBest Original Score\u201d and \u201cBest Book,\u201d three Outer Circle Awards, two Lucille Lortel Awards and two Obie Awards. <\/p>\n


\nBased on the book and lyrics by Greg Kotis and the music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann, URINETOWN is said to be a brilliantly funny and engaging satire of musical treat traditions with the edge of a Brecht cabaret.<\/p>\n


\nThe play is directed by McGlasson, musical direction by guest artist, Lila Kane; costume design by Assistant Professor David T. Howard; scenic design by URI \/Theatre Alumna Cheryl deWardener; lighting design by Associate Professor Christian Wittwer; sound design by guest artist Peter Nabut; choreography by McGlasson and Donna Gamache-Griffiths, senior development officer for the College of Business Administration. URI theatre senior Erin Condry from Warwick is choreographing the cop dance.<\/p>\n


\nTickets are $18 general, $14 seniors, URI faculty\/staff and $12 for students. For reservations, call the Theatre Box Office at 401-874-5843. For more information, call 401-874-5921.<\/p>\n


\nThe Feb. 19 performance at 3 p.m. is dedicated to the memory of Thomas R. Pezzullo, a former vice president for university relations at URI and frequent actor who died in 1992 at the age of 49. All proceeds from that performance will go directly into the Thomas R. Pezzullo Memorial Scholarship Fund.<\/p>\n


\nMembers of the cast, their characters, and hometowns follow: <\/p>\n


\nCast,Character,Hometown

\nPatrick Bosworth,Officer Barrel,Narragansett

\nDonald J. Dallaire,Bobby,Warren

\nSeth Finkle,Mr. McQueen,Gloversville, N.Y.

\nHaley Hanson,Penelope Pennywise,Grass Valley, Calif.,

\nJoe Kidawski,Cladwell,Framingham, Mass.

\nKyle A. Maddock,Officer Lockstock,Lincoln

\nAmanda Ruggiero,Little Sally,Woonsocket

\nStephanie Sherman,Hope Cladwell,Marlboro, N.J.

\nJoseph Short,Senator Fipp,Wakefield

\nLauren Ustaszeswski ,Josephine Strong,Shamong, N.J.

\nAlejandra Alavarez,Hot Blades Harry\/ Old Man Strong,Coventry

\nPatrick Poole,Gentle George,Pemberton, N.J.

\nLeah Kolb,Soupy Sue\/Mrs.Millennium,Sacramento, Calif.

\nDaniel Korn,Tiny Tom\/Mr. Billeaux ,Portsmouth

\nDana Merson,Little Becky Two Shoes ,W.Orange, N.J.

\nRyan Romanowski,Robby the Stockfish\/UGC Exec #2,Highland, N.Y.

\nNile Hawver,Billy Boy Bill\/UGC Exec #1,Coventry

\nTiffany Page,Hildago Jane\/ Cladwell\u2019s Secretary ,Warwick

\nKate Ferdinandi,Old Woman,Coventry

\nMax Ponticelli,understudy,Braintree, Mass.

\nElyssa Baldassarri,understudy,Holmes, N.Y.<\/p>\n


\nURI students (clockwise) Donald Dallaire of Warren, Haley Hanson of Grass Valley, Calif., Kyle Maddock of Lincoln, Amanda Ruggiero of Woonsocket, Stephanie Sherman of Marlboro, N.J., and Joseph Kidawski of Framingham, Mass. appear in URI\/Theatre\u2019s production of URINETOWN. URI Photo by Randy Osga. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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