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Dayton Playhouse

Dayton Playhouse Presents
"Urinetown: The Musical"

Director Doug Lloyd made his mark at the Dayton Playhouse last year with his sell-out production of Hair. He's back again in the 2009-10 season directing Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis’s “Urinetown: The Musical,” winner of three Tony Awards. Doug has put together an amazing cast including Dayton community theatre veterans Michael Taint, Pam McGinnis, and James Roselli performing beside 22 of the Miami Valley’s most talented singers and dancers.

“Urinetown: The Musical” runs Friday, February 5th through Sunday, February 21st. Shows are at 8pm on Fridays & Saturdays and at 2pm on Sundays. Tickets range in price from $10.00 to $15.00 and can be purchased by calling the Dayton Playhouse Box Office at (937) 424-8477, or by clicking the link below. Group discounts are available.

The idea for “Urinetown” was born in the spring of 1995 when Greg Kotis, traveling in Europe, encountered pay-per-use toilets at the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. It was then that the musical’s central idea hit him: a Gotham-like city where all the toilets were controlled by a greedy, crooked corporation with no concern for the poor, bladder-oppressed masses.

According to Kotis, the show “was created in a spirit of defiance against what’s typically offered up as stage worthy in America today.” The result is pure, hilarious and innovative entertainment. The show parodies many popular musicals and theater conventions and playfully pokes fun at itself. “Urinetown” is also rich with social commentary about the American economy, the division between rich and poor, and the way we abuse the environment we depend on.

In 1999 “Urinetown” got its start when the New York City Fringe Festival was looking to add more musicals to its lineup. “Urinetown” became the hit of the festival, and its success led to a commercial production. Flush with the talents of an all-star creative and producing team, “Urinetown” took home Tony Awards in 2002 for best director, best original score and best book of a musical. “Urinetown” moved on to a national tour and is currently enjoying great success at the educational/community theater level.

The “Urinetown” production team is composed of choreographer Stacy Gear, Musical Director/Conductor Ron Kindell, Set Designer Chris Harmon, Lighting Designer John Falkenbach, Stage Manger Kristie Lickliter, and Costume Designers Stephanie & Karen Dickey.

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Urinetown
The Musical
February 5-21, 2010

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