Auditions

ABOUT THE SHOW

In the not so distant future, private bathrooms have been outlawed due to a 20 year drought, in order to conserve water, citizens must do their private business for a fee at public toilets owned by The Urine Good Company Corporation. If citizens fail to comply the maximum penalty is to be banished to a place called Urinetown. When the fee to pee is raised, a young dreamer from the poor side of town leads an uprising against UGC’s tyranny so the people can pee for free. Urinetown is high satire that parodies authoritarian politics, classism, oligarchy, and Musical theatre itself.

REHEARSALS

First Rehearsal – Sunday, March 29th – 6:00pm
First Tech Rehearsal – Monday, May 25th – Time TBD

PERFORMANCES

Performances will take place on the Main Stage at the Youngstown Playhouse (600 Playhouse Lane, Youngstown, OH 44511):

Friday, May 29 – 7:30pm
Saturday, May 30 – 7:30pm
Sunday, May 31 – 2:30pm
Friday, June 5 – 7:30pm
Saturday, June 6 – 7:30pm
Sunday, June 7 – 2:30pm

AUDITION DATE / TIME:

Thursday, March 5, 2026 6:00 – 9:00pm
Friday, March 6, 2026 6:00 – 9:00pm

Callbacks – Saturday, March 7, 2026 – 12:00pm

All Auditions and Callbacks take place in the Front Room of The Youngstown Playhouse (600 Playhouse Lane Youngstown, OH 44511)

AUDITION REQUIREMENTS:

Seeking strong comedic actors, singers and dancers ages 18 and older with minimal conflicts and flexible availability. Experience in improvisation, stand-up comedy, drag performance, performance art, playing a musical instrument or any special performance skills are a plus but not required.

Prepare a short comedic monologue of your choice and 32 bars (one minute) of a contemporary musical theatre song or something in the style of the show. An accompanist will be provided, auditioners may also use karaoke tracks with no voices.

SEEKING:

*Please Note: the role of Penelope Pennywise has already been cast; all other roles are available.

• Officer Lockstock: Gender: Male | Age Range: 35-55 | Vocal Range: Bass/Baritone; Top A4, Bottom A2 | Officer Lockstock is a corrupt policeman and serves as the tongue-in-cheek narrator of the show. He is bold, brash, and larger-than-life. The performer playing Lockstock needs strong acting ability and excellent comic timing. 
• Bobby Strong: Gender: Male | Age Range: 20-30 | Vocal Range: Tenor; Top C5, bottom A32 | Bobby begins as the assistant custodian at the poorest urinal in town. he becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell. The role of Bobby requires strong acting and singing ability as well as good comic timing and dance skills. Bobby performs in 8 songs.
• Caldwell B. Cladwell: Gender: Male | Age Range: 50-65 | Vocal Range: Baritone; Top G4, Bottom A2 | Cladwell is the owner and President of Urine Good Company (UGC). He is greedy and villainous, exploiting the poor for his financial gain. The performer playing Cladwell will need strong acting and singing abilities, good comic timing, and be able to move well.
• Senator Fipp: Gender: Male | Age Range: 40-60 | Vocal Range: Bass; Top F4, Bottom C#3 | Fipp is a corrupt Senator who hides all his crimes through politics. He’s creepy and a lurker. Fipp needs to have strong acting/vocal skills and move well.
• Officer Barrel: Gender: Male | Age Range: 30-50 | Vocal Range: Baritone; G2-F4 | Lockstock’s patrol partner with a secret. He sees himself as a thuggish and aggressive policeman yet does show a caring side. Good actor and singer. 
• Mr. McQueen: Gender: Male | Age Range: 30-45 | Vocal Range: Tenor; Top E4, Bottom B2 | McQueen is Cladwell’s head lackey. The performer playing McQueen need strong acting/vocal skills and to be able to move well.
• Hot Blades Harry: Gender: Male | Age Range: 45-60 | Vocal Range: Tenor; Top F4, Bottom A2 | Hot Blades Harry is a psychopath, dangerous and unpredictable. One of the poor, he frequents Public Amenity Number #9. The role requires strong acting, vocal, and dance skills.
• Tiny Tom: Gender: Male | Age Range: 20-50 | Vocal Range: Bass or Baritone; Top A3, Bottom D3 | tiny Tom is a confused man-child who frequents Public Amenity Number #9. The performer playing Tiny Tom requires strong acting, vocal, and dance skills.
• Robby the Stockfish: Gender: Male | Age Range: 18 and over | Vocal Range: Baritone | one of the poor who rebels, Robby frequents Public Amenity Number #9. The role requires strong acting and singing ability with comic timing and solid dance skills. 
• Billy Boy Bill: Gender: Male | Age Range: Open Vocal Range: Tenor | A poor rebel who frequents Public Amenity Number #9. the role requires strong acting, singing, and dance skills.
• Joseph “Old Man” Strong: Gender: Male | Age Range: 50-65 | Vocal Range: Tenor | Bobby’s rebellious father who refuses to pay the Public Amenity fee and gets sent to Urinetown. His act ultimately launches the revolution. The actor playing Old Man Strong needs strong acting/vocal skills and has the ability to move well. This role will likely double with another character. 
• Dr. Billeaux/UGC Executive: Gender: Male | Age Range: 25-50 | Vocal Range: Bass or Baritone; Top A3, Bottom E3 | A stereotypical “mad” scientist type, Dr. Billeaux is the Head of Research and Development at Urine Good Company. The performer playing Dr. Billeaux requires strong acting and vocal skills and has to move well.
• Little Sally: Gender: Female | Age Range: 18-40 | Vocal range: Mezzo Soprano; Top E5, bottom A3 | Sally is a precocious and irreverent street urchin who serves as a quasi-narrator. Sally often questions Lockstock and the play’s logic. Sally’s performer needs strong acting – and singing abilities as well as comic timing and dance skills.
• Hope Cladwell: Gender: Female | Age Range: 18-30 | Vocal Range: Soprano; Top A5, Bottom A3 | Hope is the ingénue of Urinetown, torn between her father and her love for Bobby. She begins as Cladwell’s innocent, naïve daughter, but becomes vengeful and determined after discovering her father’s evil. The role of Hope requires strong acting/vocal skills and the ability to move well.
• Little Becky Two-Shoes: Gender: Female | Age Range: 18-40 | Vocal Range: Soprano; Top F5, Bottom Bb3 | One of the poor who frequents Public Amenity Number #9, Little Becky is impulsive and foul-mouthed. The performer playing Little Becky needs strong acting, vocal, and dance skills.
• Soupy Sue: Gender: Female | Age Range: 18+ | Vocal Range: Soprano; Top B4, Bottom Bb3 | Soupy Sue is an excitable, and easily panicked poor woman in the gang. Soupy Sue needs strong acting, vocal, and dance skills.
• Josephine “Old Ma” Strong: Gender: Female | Age Range: 18+ | Vocal Range: Mezzo Soprano; Top D5, Bottom Bb3 | Bobby’s strong-willed mother. She is a strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her. Old Ma’s performer will need strong acting and singing abilities and be able to move well.
• Cladwell’s Secretary: Age Range: 18+ | Vocal Range: Soprano | Cladwell’s Head Secretary is prim and proper in nature. The role requires strong acting/vocal skills and the ability to move well.
• Mrs. Millenium: Gender: Female | Age Range: 18+ | Vocal Range: Soprano | She is one of Cladwell’s lesser lackeys. Office worker who aspires to be Cladwell’s Head Secretary. The role requires strong acting/vocal skills and the ability to move well.
• Ensemble: Ages: 18+ | Vocal Range: Varies | The Cops, the Poor, and the UGC employees will be chosen from the ENSEMBLE. Ensemble members will need to be able to act, sing, and dance.

AUDITION SIGN UPS:

Please visit https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C044EA5A62CA6FAC70-61964773-urinetown to sign up for an audition appointment.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY STATEMENT

The production team for Urinetown is committed to celebrating individuals’ talents and consciously creating equal and inclusive opportunities for performers. As such, performers of any and all races, nationalities, gender identities, sexual orientations, body types, religious affiliations, and performers with mental or physical disabilities are strongly encouraged to audition. If you are in need of special accommodations to support your audition and/or involvement in the production, please email Production Coordinator Caitlyn Santiago at caitlyn@youngstownplayhouse.org before your audition so we can arrange for those accommodations to be met.