Rockhurst Theatre
Urinetown Cast List is below! Very important: please email Mrs. Barney at abarney@rockhursths.edu to let her know if you plan to accept your role.
2009-2010 MAIN STAGE SEASON:
Rumors
by Neil Simon
Directed by Mrs. Annie Barney
October 7,8, & 10, 2009 at 7:30 pm
October 11, 2009 at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $6 for students and senior citizens, $8 for adults, at the door and online soon!
Please note: this production contains adult language, similar to a movie with a PG-13 rating. Parental guidance is suggested.
At a large, tastefully appointed Sneden's Landing townhouse, the Deputy Mayor of New York has just shot himself. Though only a flesh wound, four couples are about to experience a severe attack of Farce. Gathering for their tenth wedding anniversary, the host lies bleeding in the other room and his wife is nowhere in sight. His lawyer, Ken and wife Chris must get "the story" straight before the other guests arrive. As the confusions and mis-communications mount, the evening spins off into classic farcical hilarity. (samuelfrench.com)
The Fever
by Wallace Shawn
Directed by Mr. Bill Murphy
February 3-5, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Februrary 6, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $6 for students and senior citizens, $8 for adults, at the door and online soon!
Winner of the 1991 Obie Award for Best Play. The nameless narrator of this blistering monologue lies ill and alone in a dreary hotel room in a poverty-stricken country. A political execution is about to take place beneath his window. Far from the glib comforts of his own life, he struggles with memories and his own conscience, which are challenged by the misery and poverty he sees. With compassion, eloquence, and ruthless self-scrutiny, the playwright discovers that having good intentions toward the dispossessed is not enough. As the narrator reminisces and agonizes over his own responsibility for the downtrodden, he reaches the inevitable conclusion that the politically correct are guilty themselves unless they take action. At the play's conclusion, the narrator has succeeded in defining his own guilt but is uncertain whether or not he has the personal courage to join in the struggle. Aghast at his own weakness, he longs for forgiveness and the strength to earn it. (dramatists.com)
Urinetown
Music by Mark Hollman
Lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis
Book by Greg Kotis
Directed by Mrs. Annie Barney
Musical Direction by Mr. Samuel Anderson
April 7-10, 2010 at 7:30 pm
April 11, 2010 at 2:30 pm
Tickets: $8 for students and senior citizens, $10 for adults, at the door and online soon!
One of the most uproariously funny musicals in recent years, URINETOWN is a hilarious tale of greed, corruption, love, and revolution in a time when water is worth its weight in gold. In a Gotham-like city, a terrible water shortage, caused by a 20-year draught, has led to a government-enforced ban on private toilets. The citizens must use public amenities, regulated by a single malevolent company that profits by charging admission for one of humanity's most basic needs. Amid the people, a hero decides he's had enough, and plans a revolution to lead them all to freedom! Inspired by the works of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, URINETOWN is an irreverently humorous satire in which no one is safe from scrutiny. Praised for reinvigorating the very notion of what a musical could be, URINETOWN catapults the “comedic romp” into the new millennium with its outrageous perspective, wickedly modern wit, and sustained ability to produce gales of unbridled laughter. (mtishows.com)
AUDITIONS
Thanks so much to everyone who auditioned! This was an incredibly difficult decision, because you are all so talented. Don't forget: please email Mrs. Barney at abarney@rockhursths.edu to let her know if you plan to accept your role. Thanks!
Rehearsals begin February 8, 2010
Rehearsals run Monday-Thursday, 3:30-6:00
SPRING BREAK REHEARSALS TBD!!!
Rehearsals TBD for Tech Weekend: April 1-5 (Easter weekend), so please plan on being available
CAST LIST
| OFFICER LOCKSTOCK |
Patrick Pribyl |
| PENELOPE PENNYWISE |
Julia Griffin |
| BOBBY STRONG |
Alex Tomlinson |
| LITTLE SALLY |
Sarah Rebottaro |
| DR. BILLEAUX |
Nicholas Schilling |
| MR. MCQUEEN |
Danny Backer |
| SENATOR FIPP |
Cary McRoberts |
| OFFICER BARREL |
Steven Badami |
| HOPE CLADWELL |
Hope Stilwell |
| OLD MAN STRONG |
Justin Knoll |
| TINY TOM |
Ian VonFange |
| SOUPY SUE |
Katie Pautler |
| LITTLE BECKY TWO SHOES |
Erin Moylan |
| ROBBY THE STOCKFISH |
Eric Odum |
| CALDWELL B. CLADWELL |
Jon Feder |
| BOY COP |
Bryan Brown |
| GIRL COP |
Katie Gould |
| JOSEPHINE STRONG |
Ryan Tucker |
| MRS. MILLENNIUM |
Jenny Ward |
| HOT BLADES HARRY |
John Guastello |
| BILLY BOY BILL |
Nick Monaldo |
Ensemble
Sarah Jane Able
Kathleen Benson
Jack Bohnenstiehl
Bryan Brown
Lindsay Chandler
Ruby Dibble
Mary Kate Duffy
Darby Evans
Lauren Flack
Molly Hammond
Megan Heydon
Claire Inman
Kirby Kelso
Justin Knoll
Lainey Koch
Sun Top Kwon
Nick Monaldo
Eric Odum
Ben Patterson
Jenna Rosberg
Emily Santiago
Nicholas Schilling
Rachel Stompoly
Ian Von Fange
Jenny Ward
Understudies
| OFFICER LOCKSTOCK |
Justin Knoll |
| PENELOPE PENNYWISE |
Ryan Tucker |
| BOBBY STRONG |
John Guastello |
| LITTLE SALLY |
Ruby Dibble |
| HOPE CLADWELL |
Katie Pautler |
| CALDWELL B. CLADWELL |
Steven Badami |
| LITTLE BECKY TWO SHOES |
Molly Hammond |
| HOT BLADES HARRY |
Nick Monaldo |
| OLD MAN STRONG |
Ben Patterson |
| JOSEPHINE STRONG |
Lauren Flack |
| MR. MCQUEEN |
Jack Bohnenstiehl |
| SENATOR FIPP |
Ian VonFange |
| OFFICER BARREL |
Bryan Brown |
2008-2009 STUDIO THEATRE SEASON:
The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail
by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Patrick Pribyl
November 19-21, 2009 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $7 at the door
Produced around the country under the American Playwrights Theatre program, this drama opens with Thoreau in jail for refusing to pay taxes to a government conducting a war of aggression in Mexico, at midpoint shows Emerson visiting him, and ends on the morning of his release. Scenes portray his return from Harvard where he idolized Emerson, his attempt to establish a transcendentalist school, his career as a handyman and tutor in Emerson's household, his romance and his friendship with an illiterate cellmate. The end is a grotesque dream in which the characters take up guises in a mortal assault on Mexico. (samuelfrench.com)
Improv and Juggling
Presented by the Rockhurst Improv Troupe and Juggling Club
December 4, 2009 at 7:30 pm
May 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $5 at the door
If you like the TV show Whose Line Is It Anyway?, these shows are for you! Rockhurst’s best comedians join the high-flying Juggling Club for an evening of hilarity and amazing tricks you won’t believe.
Vikings
by Steven Metcalfe
Directed by Paul Otto
March 4-6, 2010 at 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $7 at the door
This heartwarming play about a contemporary American family delighted audiences at the Manhattan Theatre Club. The Vikings are not Norsemen of old, but an American family of Danish descent who pride themselves on their strength of character. They include Grandfather Yens Larsen, who founded the family carpentry business, his son Peter, and Peter's son Gunnar. After Peter's wife dies, Peter looses interest in life. His father and his son do everything they can to help him, including trying to make a match between Peter and an old school friend of his, Betsy Simmons, who is now divorced and lonely, too. (samuelfrench.com)
Questions????
Contact Rockhurst High School or call 816-363-2036 extension 235.