Colutnbia M'usical Theatre Society A~stin E. Quigley Black Box

November 18, 19, and 20

COLUMBIA MUSICAL THEATRE SOCIETY Presents

Book Lyrics Music GREG KOTIS MARK HOLLMAN MARK HOLLMAN

GREG KOTIS

Featuring ELEANOR BRAY, RENI CALISTER, JOHN GOODWIN, CODY

HAEFNER, EVAN JOHNSTON, REBEKAH LOWIN, ALEXIS NEDD, SPENCER OBERMAN, BEN RUSSELL, JILL SCHACKNER, RICKY

SCHWEITZER, EMILY WALLEN, and ANDREW WRIGHT

Costume Design Lighting Design Sound Design ROLANDO RODRIGUEZ JUSTIN NARDECCHIA MICHAEL HSU

Prop Design Stage Manager LILA NEISWANGER JORDANA MOSER

Artistic Director STEPHEN DAV AN

Choreographer MARLY FAHERTY

Musical Director ALEX HARE

Producers FIONA GEORGAKIS

WILL HUGHES

Director HILLARY KRITT

Director's Note

First of all thank you so much for coming to see this show! If it weren't for such an incredibly active and focused undergraduate theatre community tirelessly supporting one another's works none of this would be possible for any of us!

As a student of theatre in this very academically­focused program, I was beginning to lose sight of why we do this. We spend painstaking hours perfecting a performance that, if we're lucky, less than 450 people will see. Getting this production of Urinetown together has helped me find the way back. I remembered what makes me want to do this again and again: it's really effing fun. So have fun, laugh, and enjoy now. Think about it later.

-Hillary Kritt

Any audio or visual recording of this production is illega l under copyright law and subject to harsh pena lties.

Musical Numbers Act 1 Scene 1: The Poorest, Filthiest Urinal in Town Urinetown. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..........Company 1t's a Privilege to Pee ................. .... . . .. . .......... . . Pennywise and the Poor 1t's a Privilege to Pee (Reprise) .. . .. . .. .. ... . . . ..... . . ..... Lockstock and the Poor

Scene 2: The Good Offices of Urine Good Company Mr. Cladwell .... . ...... . . . ................ . . . .. . . . ....... . ...Cladwell and UGC Staff

Scene 3: The Streets at Night Cop Song . . . ... . .... . ............. . . . ... . ............ . . . Lockstock, Barrel, and Cops Follow Your Heart . ...... .. .. . . . . . ..... ...... . . . ... . .. ..............Hope and Bobby

Scene 4: The Poorest, Filthiest Urinal in Town Look at the Sky ...................... . .. . ... . ... .... ............. .. Bobby and the Poor

Scene 5: The Good Offices of Urine Good Company Don't Be the Bunny ........................................ .Cladwell and UGC Staff

Scene 6: The Poorest, Filthiest Urinal in Town Act One Finale ...................................... .. .. . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .... Company

Act 2 Scene 1: Various Locations What is Urinetown? . . . . . . . . ....... . . ......... . ..... ..... .. . . .. . . . , . ..... ... .. .. Company

Scene 2: The Secret Hideout Snuff That Girl ......... . . ...... . . .. .. . .. . ...... . . . . . . . . . . . ..... ......... .....The Poor Run Freedom Run . . .. . . .. ........... . ... . .. . , . . . . . . . .. . ...... ... Bobby and the Poor Follow Your Heart (Reprise) .... . . . . .. .... . ....... . ... . . . .. . ... .... ...... . ......Hope

Scene 3: The Offices of Urine Good Company Why Did 1 Listen To That Man? ....................... . .. . ...............Company

Scene 4: The Secret Hideout Tell Her 1Love Her ................ . . . ... . ........ .. . . .. . .Little Sally and the Poor

Scene 5: Various Locations We're Not Sorry .................... . ........ . . . . . .. ......... .......... . . ... ..Company We're Not Sorry (Reprise) ..... . . . . . . . . . . . ............. ..Cladwell and Pennywise 1 See a River ..................... .. . . . . . . . . . . . ... . .. .. .......... ..Hope and Company

Co-Sponsors:

The Activities Board at Columbia The President's and Provost's Student Event Fund

Funding made possible through a generous gift from the Gatsby Charitable Fund

Special Thanks:

Bill Sheehan and Lerner Tech David Milch Ajit C Pillai

Justin Nardecchia Ziaul Hoque

220 West 98th Street Megasuite Q House

Alex Shaw Hannah Botkin

Matt Star E1i Grober Erin Byrne

Stephanie Neel Angela and Alan Seales Rudy Scala and the TIC

VIPs: The Bray Family The Hart Family Maggie Calister The Lewis Family Marilyn Calister The Liberstein Family The Faherty Family The Lowin Family The Georgakis Family The Nedd Family The Goodwin Family The Russell Family The Haefner Family The Wright Family

The Hare Family

Cast

Eleanor Bray ............ . ................Little Becky Two Shoes/Mrs. Millennium Reni Calister. ........................................................ Officer Lockstock John Goodwin ..................Hot Blades Harry/Mr. McQueen/Old Man Str.ong Cody Haefner ................................. Robby the Stockfish/UGC Executive Evan Johnston ........ ....... ............ . ...............Officer Barrell/Dr. Billeaux Rebekah Lowin ............. ........ .. . .. ..........................................Hope Alexis Nedd ...................................... Josephine Strong/UGC Executive Spencer Oberman ...................................Soupy Sue/Cladwell's Secretary Ben Russelll ............................. . ...................................... Cladwell Jill Schackner. .................................... . . .. .... .. ... .. .... .. ....... Little Sally Ricky Schweitzer. ............................. .. .. ....... .... .. ..................Bobby Emily Wallen .......... .. ............................. ... .................... Pennywise Andrew Wright. ........... . . .. ...... .. .................. .. ....... .. .... Fipp/Tiny Tom

Band

Mitchell Feinberg ............................................................Keyboard I Solomon Hoffman ..................................................................Reed Shira Laucharoen ........................................................... Keyboard 2 Aaron Silberstein .................................................................Drums

Creative Team

Hillary Kritt. .....................................................................Director Will Hughes .....................................................................Producer Fiona Georgakis ................................................................Producer Alex Hare ................................ .. .... .. ............ .. .......... Music Director Marly Faherty ............. .. ................. .... ............ .. ..........Choreographer Stephen Davan ................ .. ................................................Art Director Jordana Moser. .......... .. ........... .... .................... .. ...........Stage Manager Solomon Hoffman ............... . ............ . . . ....................Rehearsal Pianist Michael Hsu ...................... .. ................. . . .. ................. Sound Design Justin Nardecchia ......................................................... Light Design Lila Neiswanger. ...........................................................Prop Design Rolando Rodriguez ...................................................Costume Design

Run Crew: Lizzy Feldman, Jon Hill, Molli Jackson, Sara Lederman, Amelia Lembeck, Emily Nagel, Rolando Rodriguez, and Remy Zaken

Eleanor Bray (BC'14, Little Becky Two Shoes/Mrs . Millennium) is thrilled to be making her Columbia theater debut! She can't wait to keep working with this talented group of individuals. Love to her family for their support.

Reni Calister (BC' 11, Officer Lockstock) is not a man. Her previous roles include Marty in XMAS! 4, directrix of Chowdah Sketch Comedy, and HBIC of Barnard. Thank you to the cast and crew for their delicious talents.

John Goodwin (CC'12, Hot Blades Harry/McQueenJOld Man Strong) is privileged to be. He's acted in The IISlh and 1161h

Annual Varsity Shows, CMTS' Bat Boy , CUP's I Am My Own Wife, and XMAS! 3--and co-wrote XMAS! 4. He likes Megasuite.

Cody Haefner (CC' 12, Robby the Stockfish/UGC Executive) is so excited to be in Urinetown! Previous credits at Columbia include The Who's Tommy (performer) and The Secret Garden, XMAS! 4, and The 1161h Annual Varsity Show (producer). Thanks to his family and friends for their support.

Evan Johnston (CC'12, Officer Barrel/Dr. Billeaux) has been bringing cop stereotypes to the Columbia community since his arrival in fall of2008. Last year, he co-composed The 116111 Annual Varsity Show. He loves his dog. Very much.

Rebekah Lowin (CC' 14, Hope) is so excited to make her Columbia debut in Urinetown! Her theatrical credits include Les Miserables (Cosette), Pirates ofPenzance (Mabel), and Anything Goes (Hope). Love to the cast and to my mumsie!

Alexis Nedd (CC'13, Josephine Strong/UGC Executive) is thrilled to appear in her first CMTS show. She has previously appeared in the GSB Players' production of Into the Woods (the Baker's Wife), The Secret Garden (Martha), She Loves Me (llana), and Guys and Dolls (Whore). Thanks to the entire cast and crew and as her mom would say, don't forget to pee before the show!

Spencer Oberman (GS'12, Soupy Sue/Cladwell's Secretary) is so thrilled to be in Urinetown! Columbia credits include I I 6th Annual Varsity Show, and Compose Yourself. Thanks to her prized ladle and the fabulous Pat Blute. She is currently choreograp~ing

XMAS! 5.

Ben Russell (CC'12, Cladwell) theatrical credits include Visit to a Small Planet (Kreton) at the Runkle School; Little Shop ofHorrors (Mr. Mushnik) at the International School of Nice, France; Urinetown (Officer Lockstock), This is Our Youth (Dennis), and Anything Goes (Sir Evelyn Oakleigh) at the Putney School. He is a graduate of the Stella Adler Summer Conservatory Program.

Jill Schackner (BC'II, Little Sally) is so thrilled to be a part of Urinetown. Other campus credits include The I I 5th Annual Varsity Show, Bat Boy (Meredith), and The Little Prince (Rose) . Hugs to Megasuite; eat your Vitamin C gummies! Love to Mom, Dad, Craig, and Millie.

Jill appears courtesy ofActors' Equity Association

Ricky Schweitzer (CC' 11 , Bobby), as a pre-medical music major, will graduate in the fall asking, "What comes next?" At CU, Ricky performed the title roles in Bat Boy (' I0) and Pippin (,07), musical directed A New Brain ('08), and is a proud member of Nonsequitur co-ed a cappella. Outside the gates, Ricky created the role of Evan in Jason Robert Brown's 13 and has been working in NYC theater for eleven years .

Ricky appears courtesy ofActors' Equity Association

Emily Wallen (BC'II, Pennywise) couldn't be more excited to be a part of the cast of Urinetown! You might recognize her from previous shows at Columbia including The 115th Annual Varsity Show, Bat Boy, and XMAS! 4. She would like to thank the incredible C-team, Megasuite, and the invention of the 19.2 oz. Red Bull can for an amazing semester- it's been a privilege. BE THE BUNNY!

Andrew Wright (CC'14, Fipp/Tiny Tom) is pleased to be making his CMTS debut in Urinetown. Despite playing an extensive range of roles from a smooth talking insurance bigwig to a farmhand romantic, Andrew is excited to dive into his two' opposing characters and more importantly tackle a singer's favorite thing: dancing. He would like to thank the amazing cast and crew, his parents, family, and friends for coming out to support him. Additionally, he would like to thank the publishers of Gay City for without their publication, Emily Wallen would cry.

Mitchell Feinberg (SEAS'13, Keyboard 1) is excited to be working on Urinetown! Columbia credits include playing for Company, performing in The Secret Garden, and music directing Fiddler on the Roof He is a graduate of Juilliard's pre-college program in piano, voice, and composition. Thanks for Alex, Hillary, Will, and his parents and sister!

Solomon Hoffman (CC'14, Reed/Rehearsal Pianist) is thrilled to be involved with his first production at Columbia and has enjoyed working with such an amazing team. He was active in the theater community of his hometown, Port Washington NY, where he has been involved with over 20 productions in various musical capacities. Solomon is a graduate of Juilliard Pre-College in classical composition where he was the recipient of two achievement awards and had his piece performed by the orchestra.

Shira Laucharoen (CC'12, Keyboard 2) is so excited to be playing with CMTS for the first time. She has previously played piano for NOMADS' May I Please Speak and is currently writing music and lyrics for XMAS! 5.

Aaron Silberstein (NYU' 12, Drums) is currently a junior at NYU studying percussion performance with Jonathan Haas. He recently played for NYU's production of The Fix and regularly performs with his progressive band, Ishmael. He enjoys playing in a wide variety of styles and looks forward to having a career as a professional percussionist.

Hillary Kritt (BC' 12, Director) is super excited to be making her directing debut! She is currently on the boards of CUPAL and CMTS and previous Columbia theatre experience includes Bat Boy (producer), The 1161h Annual Varsity Show (Performer), .and Little Shop of Horrors (Assistant Producer) . Thanks to 2C, my family, Officer Pien'e and my extremely talented creative team­you keep me (relatively) sane!

Will Hughes (CC'13, Producer) is truly in the money with Urinetown. He is currently on the boards of CUPAL and CMTS, and previous Columbia credits include The 1161h Annual Varsity Show and Bat Boy. Thanks to the incredible creative team: it's been quite a ride.

Fiona Georgakis (CC'13 , Producer) has had an amazmg experience working on Urinetown. She previously assistant produced The I I 6th Annual Varsity Show. Thanks to the whole team for all your hard work, and to Mom and Dad for all your support.

Alex Hare (CC'13, Musical Director) is elated to be involved with Urinetown. Previous Columbia productions include Bat Boy

1161h(Sheriff), XMAS! 4 (Preston P. Pennington), and The Varsity Show (Sam). He is also currently serving as director on XMAS! 5. Thanks to the creative team, the stellar band, and a wonderful cast of singers, as well as ever-supportive family and friends.

Marly Faherty (BC' 12, Choreographer) is so happy to be in the money with this Urinetown team. Previous choreography includes CMTS's Bat Boy and Company. Much love and thanks to the incredible team, wonderful cast, my supportive family, friends, Megasuite, Castle Suite, Appletree Market, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, iPod master Cody, Alex Shaw, and of course, Mike, for assistant directing. Hillary - this is good .. . right?

Stephen Davan (CC'12, Artistic Director) is not a carpenter (although he likes The Carpenters). Previous productions at Columbia include The 116th Annual Varsity Show (set designer) and XMAS! 4 (assistant set designer), as well as last year's Bat Boy and Grandma Sylvia's Funeral (graphic designer). Urinetown marks Stephen's first outing as art director. It's been a blast to work with the best team in Columbia theatre.

Jordana Moser (BC'14, Stage Manager) loves musicals, and is both thrilled and honored to have worked with such a talented cast and crew. This is her first of (hopefully) many CMTS productions, as she doesn't know what else she would do with her time. In a world where dance could kill, there is so much love for c-team, cast, family, friends, and of course, the a-team.

Michael Hsu (SEAS'12, Sound Designer) It was the year of nineteen hundred and eighty eight. Disco was dying, Reagan was leaving office, and my immigrant parents, clinging to the last embers of their youth, engaged in sweet coitus, fulfilling their dream of conceiving the mOst magnificent child known to man kind (born on December 18th, 1988 in Providence Memorial Hospital, EI Paso probably). He does sound design when he's not kicking ass at mechanical engineering.

Justin Nardecchia (Lighting Designer) Credits include: Off Broadway: Love is Like Mud (45st Theater), Candida (Irish Rep), Dial N For Negress (Theater Row), Cinderella (Dicapo Opera Theater). Regional: Guys And Dolls (Ogunquit Playhouse) Film: One Angry Man (2010), In A Pickle (2011).

Lila Neiswanger (CC'12, Prop Designer) loves designing for theater. She is afraid of bees.

Rolando Rodriguez (CC'12, Costume Designer) loves theater and dressing characters. His only other design credit is for NOMAD's production of The Leap ofErsatz!

CONGRAf(JLAfIONS Rebekah!!

from your two bissest fans

l.ove. Mom &. Dad

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE

FORUM DEc:E1vffiER XI ~ XII

R(XNE ARlI]X;E AlII1TORIl1\1

Congratulations

en!

With love from your family

Congrats Rebo! Keep defying gravity!

'Love, Jeren1iah& Johannah

ANDREW ­

WE ARE SO PROUD OF

YOU AND CAN'T VVAIT

TO SEE YOU IN YOUR

FIRST COLUMBIA

PRODUCTION.

BREAK A LEG!

- To Our Shining Star ~

Yo 11 inspire US every day with your poise,

confidence and beaut.y on t.hat stage. Keep on shining! ! 1

All our love, ~1om, Dad and Ashley

TO THE CAST & CREW OF

We love you, Fiona~

- Mom, Dad, Alexander, and Zoe

B~ST WISH~S

FROM

Tl-lf FAl-lfRTY FA MIL V

CONGRATULATIONS

TO EMILY AND THE CAST

FOR A "GOLDEN)! PERFORMANCE!

LOVE, MAIVIAy DADDY AND VELVET

To our Dearest Niece-

You are truly beautiful both inside and out. Words cannot express

how proud we are.

V';ith all our Love Aunts Marilyn, lana and Valerie~ ~

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SOLOMON-

Congratulations on your

first show at Columbia! Congratulations to the entire cast, pit,

and crew of Urinetown!

Love,

Mom, Dad, and Tamara!

CONGRATULATION§ TO THE CA~T AND CREW

OF URINETOWNI

DON'T BE THE BUNNV .. THE HARE FAMILY

CONBRATtlLATIONS

'TEPNENI UC'C

~~lhaay, De.cl!1t1bt!r 13 ("'J(~ ~ . "..,; ~",

RooM!. Arl~a~e Auait~rjlht to VE~ MOM AND DAD

Once is NOT once too mu ch is It?! ~

All great shows deserve are-visit. Ifs a privilege again, Jill!

Congratulations and best f0lishes to the entire cast and ereV'I fronl the Schackners (and Millie)

Hillary-

Congratulations on your directing debut!!!

We are so proud of you!!

Love Mom, Dad, Samantha and jeremy

Reni

Our REWARDS have come in your many and varied accomplishments and the pride we feel knowing how unique, capable and upbeat you are . .. but HAPPINESS is watching you have fun performing!

Thank you and BRAVA!

Your extremely proud parents!!

The Columbia Musical Theatre Society (CMTS) is an organization dedicated to producing two high quality' musical

productions each semester.

Its current board is:

Emily Kaplan: President Kley Todd: Vice President Kasia Borowiec: Treasurer

Hillary Kritt: Treasurer Mary Jo Holuba: Secretary

Members at Large: Suzanne Davies

Mitchell Feinberg Yonatan Gebeyehu

Cody Haefner Will Hughes Emily Nagel

Steele Sternberg

If you are interested in being a part of a CMTS show for the Spring 20 11, proposals will take place in December. Look for flyers for information, or email cmts@columbia.edu for more

information.

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