Scotts Valley High School presents “Urinetown (The Musical).” The 2001 satirical comedy musical, featuring music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann and book and lyrics by Greg Kotis, is directed by Kendra Kannegaard and Kay Labbe.
Nox Ervin as Ms. Pennywise, Ryan Lansdowne as Bobby Strong, Ian McHatton as Hot Blades Harry, Sydney Peterson as Little Becky and Jaden Fenn as Little Sally.
The show features a talented group of singers, dancers, actors and tech that work together seamlessly to create the world and story of Urinetown.
Themes include climate change, corporate greed and political corruption.
In a dystopian future, a terrible water shortage caused by a 20-year drought, 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.
Authors Hollmann and Kotis were influenced by German playwright Bertolt Brecht, who wrote Three Penny Opera in 1928.
Brecht said, “Art is not a mirror with which to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it.”
Gage Herendeen as Officer Lockstock
Despite the serious themes, some have called the show “outrageously ridiculous and funny.”
The cast includes: Gage Herendeen as Officer Lockstock, Nox Ervin as Ms. Pennywise, Ryan Lansdowne as Bobby Strong, Ian McHatton as Hot Blades Harry, Sydney Peterson as Little Becky and Jaden Fenn as Little Sally.
The show takes place at Scotts Valley High School, 555 Glenwood Drive.
Show dates are: 7 p.m. Friday, April 15; 2 and 7 p.m. Saturday April 16; 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday, April 21-April 23; 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24; 7 p.m. Friday, April 29; 7 p.m. Saturday, April 30, and 2 p.m. Sunday, May 1.
General admission is $15; students and seniors, $12.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.showtix4u.com or at the door the night of musical.