Muir College Musical
Ensemble to Present Urinetown
April 10, 11, and 12 at UC San Diego

April 3, 2008

By Jan Jennings

The Muir College Musical Ensemble at the University of California, San Diego will perform Urinetown at 8 p.m. April 10, 11, 12 in Mandeville Auditorium on the UC San Diego  campus. Muir College senior Richard Pham directs.

Urinetown is set in the future when a 20-year drought has depleted the world’s water resources and people are forced to pay a major urinal company. Refusal to “pay to pee” results in being whisked away to Urinetown and never heard from again.  Added to the drama is a young revolutionary who rallies the people to take back their freedom – then falls in love with the daughter of the urinal company CEO.

The Muir College Musical Ensemble is in its 15th season of producing one major musical each year. It is the only completely student produced and performed musical on the UC San Diego campus and is comprised of undergraduate students representing all six campuses. The cast of actors and actresses is supported by a 15-piece orchestra and a production team of 20.

Past Muir musicals have included Cabaret, Once Upon a Mattress, Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, Sunday in the Park with George, How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, Into the Woods and Hair.

The performance is funded by UCSD Associated Students, Muir College Council, Muir Parents Fund, founding Muir Provost John L. Stewart’s Humanities Fund, Council of Provosts, and all six colleges.

Tickets are available at the UCSD Box Office, the Muir College Center and at the door. General admission is $10; faculty and staff, $9, and students, $8.

Media Contacts:
Pat JaCoby, 858-534-7404
Jan Jennings, 858-822-1684