CHARACTERS

Notes: All age descriptions refer not to the actor but to the character’s stage appearance. We are definitely seeking actors willing to act "against type" including any ethnicities, gender switches, etc.

LEAD ROLES

BOBBY STRONG:

The dashing, rebellious everyman who works for Miss Pennywise at the poorest, filthiest town urinal. He becomes an unsuspecting protagonist and romantic hero when he starts a revolution and falls in love with Hope Cladwell.

Male, 18-30 yrs old

Range: A2 – C4

HOPE CLADWELL:

Cladwell's ravishingly beautiful daughter, torn between her father and her new love for Bobby. She begins as an innocent, naive angel who is fresh out of the Most Expensive University in the World, but becomes vengeful and determined after being exposed to her father's evil.

Female, 20-30 yrs old

Range: A3 - A5

CALDWELL B. CLADWELL:

The evil president and owner of the Urine Good Company. He is a miserly money-grubber who gleefully exploits the poor.

Male, 50-65 yrs old

Range: A2 - G4

OFFICER LOCKSTOCK:

The tongue-in-cheek narrator of our story, he is a corrupt policeman who secretly kills off the guilty offenders. Bold, brash, and larger than life in many ways.

Male, 30-55 yrs old

Range: A2 - A4

PENELOPE PENNYWISE:

The tough, jaded warden of the poorest, filthiest town urinal. She is Cladwell's one-time lover and mother to Hope who eventually softens her temper.

Female, 30-50 yrs old

Range: A3 - C6

LITTLE SALLY:

A precocious and irreverent street urchin. She serves as a quasi-narrator who often questions Lockstock and the play's logic.

Female, young girl (but must be an adult actor)

Range: A3 - E5

FEATURED ROLES

DR. BILLEAUX:

Head of Research and Development at UGC. Male, 30-55 yrs old Range: E3 - A3

HOT BLADES HARRY:

One of the Poor, he is a psychopathic and can become a violent, loose cannon.

Male, 20-60 yrs old

Range: A2 - F4

JOSEPH "OLD MAN" STRONG:

Bobby's rebellious father. His refusal to pay the fee sends him to Urinetown, ultimately launching the revolution.

Male, 50-65 yrs old

Speaking Role but doubles as ensemble (singing/dancing)

JOSEPHINE "MA" STRONG:

Bobby's mother and Joseph's wife. A strong-willed woman with a bite, able to withstand the hard hand life has dealt her.

Female, 45-65 yrs old

Range: Bb3 - D5

LITTLE BECKY TWO-SHOES:

One of the Poor. She is foul-mouthed, impulsive, and accusatory.

Female, 20-40 yrs old

Range: Bb3 - F5

MR. MCQUEEN:

Cladwell's sycophantic lackey. A flamboyantly servile assistant.

Male, 30-45 yrs old

Range: B2 - EF

OFFICER BARREL:

Lockstock's patrol partner. A thuggish and aggressive policeman with a secret!

Male, 30-50 yrs old

Range: G2 - F4

SENATOR FIPP:

A greedy politician in Cladwell's pocket. A bumbling coward.

Male, 30-55 yrs old

Range: C#3 - F4

TINY TOM:

One of the Poor, he is an idiotic man-child.

Male, 20-50 yrs old

Range: D3 - A3

ENSEMBLE:

The Rebels/ Police/ UGC Executives

Male/Female, 18+ yrs old