Urinetown
A compressed civic machine for Urinetown, industrial, stratified, and sharply theatrical, built to hold the musical’s satire of scarcity, power, and class.
University of Missouri2024
Description
Urinetown became a civic machine at the University of Missouri: industrial, compressed, and deliberately stratified. Layered levels and visible circulation paths kept hierarchy present as scenes shifted between public spectacle and private confrontation.
Distressed infrastructure, steel framing, elevated offices, and containment logic made the world feel governed, policed, and monetized. The environment was not neutral; it was an apparatus of control.
Credits
Book and LyricsGreg Koti
Music and LyricsMark Hollman
Directed byJoy Powell
ChoreographyEmily Ehling
Music DirectionAudra Sergel
Scenic DesignBrandon PT Davis
Costume DesignMarc W. Vial II
Lighting DesignVincente Williams
Sound DesignDevin Stevenson
