Why did you choose "Urinetown" as the performance content of the musical?

您为什么选择《Urinetown》作为音乐剧表演内容呢？

This musical was chosen for two main reasons: I felt that the cast that auditioned for Musical Theatre would be able to embody the various characters well, and this show is not that well known outside of people that know lots about Musical Theatre. It’s always great to try something new and different! 

The roles of the policeman and the little girl are both in and out of the play. I think this setting is very interesting. Is this form common in musicals? 

警察与小女孩的角色既在戏里又在戏外，我看完剧之后觉得这种设定非常有趣。请问这种形式在音乐剧中常见吗？

Having characters that play the dual role of acting in the show and being fourth-wall breaking narrators is not a common trope in Musical Theatre. It actually comes from a style of theatre called Epic Theatre, where actors would often break character to make the audience less focused on the emotion of the play, and more focused on the message that the play was trying to give. Urinetown takes many elements from Epic Theatre, so it is not surprising that the writers of this show decided to have Little Sally and Officer Lockstock be both actors in the show and narrators that talk directly to the audience.

How did the actors of this musical choose their roles?

这场音乐剧的演员是如何选角的？

All actors have to audition for the show, and depending on how they did during their audition, I chose the roles that I believed would fit each person best.

How long did it take to rehearse?

排练大概花了多久？

We’ve been rehearsing since September for this show. Since club time is often not actually enough time to prepare and rehearse a full Musical Theatre show, we also had some lunchtime and self-study rehearsals to make sure that everyone is prepared and gives the best performances they can.

What interesting things happened during the rehearsal? Does this promote the completion of the final performance?

在排练过程中，有什么趣事发生？这有没有促进最后表演的完成呢？

The rehearsal process was quite smooth, but needed a lot of time and effort. There were a lot of fun times learning the show! The most interesting part of rehearsals was probably the double cast - having two actors play the same character, but on separate nights. Because they had to learn their scenes together, we often had two actors in the same role singing and dancing together, and trying to push each other to get better and better.