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<div dir="ltr" align="center"><font color="#800080" size="5" face="Gill Sans MT"><strong>AU Theatre brings you
<em>Urinetown</em>, the musical </strong></font></div>
<div dir="ltr" align="center"><font color="#800080" size="5" face="Gill Sans MT"><strong>comedy
</strong></font><font size="5" face="Gill Sans MT"><font color="#800080"><strong>that asks you to pay to pee!!!!</strong></font>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="3"><font face="Gill Sans MT"><strong><em><font size="3"><font face="Gill Sans MT"><strong><em>Urinetown</em></strong></font></font></em> runs Feb. 19, 20, 26, 27 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 21 at 2 p.m. in the Hugo Young Theatre in the Center for
the Arts on the campus of Ashland University!!!</strong> </font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font size="3"><font face="Gill Sans MT">Directed by Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames and Cassie Haines with musical direction by Brian Nabors and choreography by Pierre-Jacques Brault,<span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> the
Tony-Award winning musical comedy <em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Urinetown</span></em><em><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Gill Sans MT','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">
</span></em>takes on corporate greed, poverty and social injustice by parodying popular musicals like
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Les Miserables</i> and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">
West Side Story</i>. Commanded by the ruthless Caldwell B. Cladwell’s mega-corporation Urine Good Company (UGC), mandatory public pay-per-use toilets have been installed due to a severe water shortage. Offenders of the policy are cast into the mysterious and
much-feared Urinetown, never to return. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bobby Strong, an employee of UGC, becomes a local hero, rebelling against the policy and inspiring others to action. The pure and lovely Hope Cladwell, strikingly different from
her father, is captured and held hostage by the rebels. Will our hero save the day and get the girl? Will the hardened Cladwell relent and save his daughter? Despite its quirky title,
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Urinetown</i> touches upon the serious issues which any so-called civilized society must face.
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nominated for 10 Tony Awards, winning Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Director.
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Gill Sans MT"><font size="4"><strong>For tickets and more information, please call the AU Box Office at 419.289.5125. Hours are Monday through Friday, noon to 6 p.m.</strong>
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<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">Michelle Williams</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">Coordinator of Performing Arts Publicity and Events</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">Ashland University</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">401 College Avenue</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">149 CFA</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">Ashland OH 44805</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">419-289-5950 Office</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT">419-289-5329 Fax</font></div>
<div><font face="Tw Cen MT"><a href="mailto:mwillia7@ashland.edu"><font face="Tw Cen MT">mwillia7@ashland.edu</font></a></font><font face="Tw Cen MT">
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