What is Urinetown?

It’s a blast.

It’s a satirical musical.

It’s about politics, greedy corporations, and needy masses. It’s about the 99% and the 1%. It’s about sustainability and controlling scarce resources.

Urinetown

It’s very dark.

Urinetown

It’s very funny.

Urinetown

It’s got great dances and catchy songs, sideways glances and evil doings.

Urinetown

Urinetown

It’s a lot of work.

It’s 40+ students, from seventh graders to high school seniors.

It’s musicians, technical folk, stage hands, teachers, and community members.

It’s rehearsals every school day for nearly five months , plus some weekends and evenings.

It makes you cry, and laugh.

It’s very worth sitting through three showings in a row.

If it’s your first speaking and singing role in a full-length musical, I’d venture to guess it’s unforgettable.

Urinetown program, shirt, and poster


Note: This video is not from the Thetford Academy production, but is a great performance of one of our favorite songs in the show.

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If you have the time and interest, you can see about 1400 photos taken on opening night by Dan Grossman, Thetford resident and photographer, here.

2 Comments

  1. Kayte says:

    I thought it was a play on the words…U R in Town…I deal with 9th graders who like to pull that “urine” bit all the time…lol. This musical sounds like fun and love the photos of H performing!!

    1. Rebecca says:

      You’re partly right. The corporation that controls access to the, um, amenities is called Urine Good Company 🙂

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