Urinetown the Musical
University of Mississippi

Music by Mark Hollamn, Lyrics by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis
Book by Greg Kotis

Urinetown was produced during COVID-19 and was filmed and streamed. 

Directed by Micah-Shane Brewer

Production Team
Music Director and Sound Editing- Gregg Perry
Assistant Director and Choreographer - Elizabeth Burrow
Video Editing - Micah-Shane Brewer and Cody Stockstill
Scenic Design - Cody Stockstill
Costume Design - Kerri Bland, Ava Greer, McKenzie Massey
Makeup and Hair Design - Savannah Gibbs and Trey Hebert
Lighting Design - Yi-Tai Chang
Technical Director - Felipe Macias 
Stage Manager - Katherine Clark
Production Manager - Jared Spears

Cast
Hannah Bosworth, Christian Carew, Tristan Clark, Jacob Heuer, Keeton Landfair, Lauren Hite, Catherine Long, Megan Longton, Lawson Marchetti, Lizzy Martin, Gabriela Nieto-Hale, Gregor Patti, Claire Justice Porter, Erin Stanphill, Samantha Turner, Don Waller, Catrina Winters

​Producing Theatre during COVID-19
They say that laughter is the best medicine. In the midst of a catastrophic global pandemic, a vicious election season, a failing economy, an ineffective government, a staggering unemployment rate and numerous natural disasters, Urinetown was a much needed distraction from the world around us. 

Teaching musical theatre during a pandemic was no easy task. When we came back in-person, the challenges of leading and educating student actors were difficult. When we chose to produce Urinetown, we knew that we wanted to provide the students with as "normal" of a process, even though we were not allowed to perform in public. I developed a plan to rehearse together in-person (following all health protocols of masking - and even face shields). Since we were not allowed to take masks off in a group setting, each individual actor filmed their track separately. No actor was ever on set with another actor! The design team and I worked to create a safe and collaborative environment for the students. The scenic designer and I developed a process for the film editing. We used a green screen in one theater and a set in another theater. Together, we edited the show with hundreds of files - each actor layered in one at a time (exceeding over 250 hours of editing). Although this is not my preferred method of creating theatre, I was proud of our team and thrilled that our department was able to give our students this opportunity. 
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