Upper School Presents A Rollicking Environmental Satire

Set in a Gotham-like, dystopian city, where a 20-year water shortage has brought on a crippling drought, Urinetown: The Musical is a cautionary tale about humankind’s worldwide destruction of the environment. It is also a delightful comedy that delivers large doses of laughter, gaiety, and cheer. It is this combination of humor and a critical attitude that has made Urinetown so wildly successful. Inspired by the work of German writer and director Bertolt Brecht, Urinetown ’s ability to both entertain and educate is evident in its self-referential humor and use of parody: it pays hom - age to classical theatre styles and traditions while making fun of the musical theatre genre itself. Urinetown imparts its wisdom by showing us that Band-Aid solutions can only take us so far. Society as a whole needs to come together to make global problems a priority—only then can we hope to avoid a devastating “drought.”

Built on creativity and collaboration, our GCDS Theatre Program is a model of the magic that can happen when teamwork, hard work, and joy come together. —Betsy Durning, Upper School Theatre Director