HDA Presents Urinetown, Opening Tonight!


The Hopkins Drama Association presents the musical, Urinetown, with performances begining tonight, Thursday February 28.

The Hopkins Drama Association presents the musical, Urinetown, with performances begining tonight, Thursday, February 28. Urinetown is a satirical black comedy with many spirited numbers that satirize corporate greed, the legal system, capitalism and even Broadway musicals themselves. The cast and crew, directed by Hope Hartup, have been working very hard and the show is not to be missed!

The show will run through Sunday, with performances at 7pm in Townshend Auditorium Thursday, Friday and Saturday (Feb. 28–Mar 2) and a 2pm performance on Sunday March 3. Tickets are selling fast!

On Monday, the cast offered a preview of the opening number at assembly. Watch the video attached.

And see photos from the dress rehearsal, also attached.



Urinetown the Musical
Music by Marc Hollman 
Lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis 
 
CAST
Officer Lockstock…  James Dobbyn 
Mrs. Pennywise…  Raffi Donatich 
Bobby Strong…  Ben Kelly 
Little Sally…  Izzy Bailin 
Hope Cladwel… l Cara Meyer 
Mr. McQueen…  Josh Felizardo 
Senator Fipp…  Rand Lewis 
Old Man Strong…  Nathaniel Peters 
Tiny Tom…  P. Ariel Martinez 
Soupy Sue…  Anna Ayres-Brown 
Little Becky Two Shoes…  Uma Dieffenbach 
Robby The Stockfish…  Andrea Wooten 
Officer Barrel…  Lucy Berman 
Caldwell B. Cladwell…  Ross Pforzheimer 
Dr. Billieaux…  Clare Boyle 
Cladwell’s Secretary…  Neha Patel 
Josephine Strong…  Marcie Gallagher 
Hot Blades Harry… Matt Wuest 
Mrs. Millenium…  Lisanne de Groot 
Billy Boy Bill…  Zane Meyer
 
ENSEMBLE
Lisanne de Groot
Meghan Podolsky 
John Pitkin 
Rachel Kaufman 
Victoria McCraven 
Matteo McDonnell 
Emmanuel Chinyumba 
Karma Masselli 
Lauren Antonelli 
Lindsay Meyerson 
Clare Boyle 
Nate Peters 
Zane Meyer 
Neha Patel 
 
ORCHESTRA
Conductor, Piano…  Troy Gordon 
Violin…  Robert Smith 
Clarinet…  Jason Hagani 
Baritone Horn…  Ben Koleske 
Alto Saxophone…  Noah Riley 
Bass…  Jim Lawson 
Percussion…  Bennett Daponte-Smith 
                 Corey Chang
 
PRODUCTION STAFF
Director…  Hope Hartup 
Music Director…  Troy Gordon 
Choreographer…  Larry Nye 
Instrumental Director…  Robert Smith 
Costumes… Judith Lenzi-Magoveny 
               Julia Rowny 
Dance Captain…  Lisanne deGroot 
Lights and Set…  Hope Hartup 
Stage Manager…  Alex Dillon 
Light Board…  Jessica Larkin-Wells 
Sound Board…  John Josephson 
Running Crew…  Annika Eberle
 
TECH CREW
Matt Wuest 
Raffi Donatich 
James Dobbyn 
Annika Eberle 
Meghan Podolsky 
Anna Ayres-Brown 
Ross Pforzheimer 
Rand Lewis 
Karma Masselli 
Neha Patel 
Alex Dillon 
Nathaniel Peters 
Uma Dieffenbach 
Andrea Wooten 
Marcie Gallagher 
Izzy Bailin 
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