ACT’s URINETOWN: Beyond the Theatre
A Contemporary Theatre and The 5th Avenue Theatre present URINETOWN by Mark Hollman and Greg Kotis from April 6 to May 26, 2019. Librarians at The Seattle Public Library created this resource list of books, music, and films to enhance your experience of the show.
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The Dispossessed
A physicist travels to a neighboring planet to explore temporal theory and ends up encountering the unexpected. Le Guin explores capitalism and individualism in this classic science fiction novel.
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Night of the Comet
"When a comet has wiped out almost all life on Earth and unleashed a zombie apocalypse, what do you do? Hit the mall, of course. Two young women are among the last survivors of the human race, and they make the most of it, in this very 80s, tongue-in-cheek girl-comedy." -- io9 This campy classic subverts the zombie genre while parodying the capitalist culture of the 80s.
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Capital in the Twenty-first Century
French economist Piketty "argues that the economic divide between haves and have-nots is increasing at a potentially calamitous rate, and he offers constructive solutions for this global state of affairs." -- Library Journal
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Capitalism
Roy thoroughly analyzes capitalism in her home country of India, although her intelligent insights are applicable worldwide.
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Cat's Cradle
Vonnegut's 1963 irreverent masterpiece focuses on American imperialism and global capitalism, and remains relevant to this day.
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