Encores! Urinetown

Mark Hollmann won a Tony Award, an Obie Award, and a National Broadway Theatre Award for his music and lyrics to Urinetown.  His other shows as composer/lyricist include The Sting (Paper Mill Playhouse); ZM (Village Theatre Beta Series); Yeast Nation (FringeNYC); Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls (Perseverance Theatre); and The Girl, the Grouch, and the Goat (University of Kansas Theatre and Chance Theatre). For TV, he has written songs for the Disney Channel's Johnny and the Sprites. He received his AB in music from the University of Chicago, where he won the Louis J. Sudler Award in the Performing and Creative Arts. He has taught at Princeton University, Columbia College Chicago, and the Dramatists Guild Institute. He belongs to the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP) and has served on the council of the Dramatists Guild as well as on the Tony Award Nominating Committee.    

Greg Kotis is the author of many plays and musicals including Urinetown, for which he won an Obie and two Tony Awards, I Am Nobody, The Truth About Santa, The Sting (Lyrics), Lunchtime, Give the People What They Want, Michael von Siebenburg Melts Through the Floorboards, Yeast Nation (Book/Lyrics), Pig Farm, Eat the Taste, and Jobey and Katherine.  Future projects include ZM, an original musical about teenage fast-food workers trying to survive a zombie plague, and The End of All Flesh, a post-apocalyptic bluegrass musical (in which Kotis will perform this April as part of The New York City Fringe).  Additionally, Kotis sings and plays banjo with the improvised bluegrass musical team The Wayfaring Strangers about once a month here in NYC. Kotis co-founded Theater of the Apes with his wife Ayun Halliday. Check out theater-of-the-apes.com or gregkotis.com for all the things they are up to.    

Mary-Mitchell Campbell has served as the music supervisor or director for many Broadway shows including Some Like It Hot, The Prom, Mean Girls, Tuck Everlasting, Finding Neverland, Big Fish, The Addams Family, Company, and Sweeney Todd. She has conducted the Chicago Symphony, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Nashville Symphony, and was recently named an Imagination Artist for the Colorado Symphony. Campbell is passionate about arts education and access to arts education for marginalized communities. She is the Founder of Arts Ignite (artsignite.org) which recruits and trains high-level artists to teach young people health education and life skills through the arts. She is very active in Maestra (maestramusic.org) and MUSE—Musicians United for Social Equity. Museonline.org

Teddy Bergman is a Drama Desk-nominated director, producer, and actor. Directing work includes Life and Trust, a new immersive experience from the producers of Sleep No More and the Broadway musical KPOP. As Artistic Director of Woodshed Collective, he’s co-conceived and directed many productions including Empire Travel Agency and the Off-Broadway run of KPOP (Lucille Lortel Winner for Outstanding Musical, Richard Rodgers Award Winner). His work has been seen at The Public Theater, Roundabout, Williamstown, NYTW, Manhattan Theatre Club, Ars Nova, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Williamstown Theater Festival, The Edinburgh Fringe, Portland Center Stage, NYSAF, Bay Street, Mercury Store, Primary Stages, Paula Vogel’s Bard At The Gate, and more. He also works with pop acts including co-creating Canadian duo Tegan and Sara’s tour Hey, I’m Just Like You. Along with director and producer Jason Eagan he is half of Ad Hoc, creators and producers of original live entertainment. As an actor he has originated roles on and Off-Broadway and appeared in numerous films and TV shows. For Anna. 

Energetic, quick-witted pregnant woman with a bit of a violent streak. Citizen of Urinetown, later turned rebel.

Corrupt, self-serving politician with an air of authority and manipulation.

Citizen of Urinetown, later turned rebel.

Bobby’s father. Elderly, desperate, and defiant of the corrupt system.

Citizen of Urinetown, later turned rebel. Has a bit of a violent streak.

Idealistic young man, leads the rebellion.

Lockstock's partner, more naive and eager.

Precocious, curious child, helps narrate the plot.

Cynical cop, narrator of the story.

Cladwell’s loyal, bootlicking assistant.

Citizen of Urinetown, later turned rebel.

Citizen of Urinetown, later turned rebel.

Citizen of Urinetown, later turned rebel.

Tough, no-nonsense bathroom warden who runs Public Amenity Number 9.

Daughter of Caldwell B. Cladwell who falls in love with Bobby.

Strong-willed, passionate, and supportive mother of Bobby Strong.

Corrupt corporate leader who controls water supply.

Citizen of Urinetown, later turned rebel.