Theater group to auction toilet seats
Posted by Salraz in News, Odd, Theater
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) - A community theater group in Royal Oak is lifting the lid on its latest fundraising plans. The Detroit Free Press reports toilet seats ornately decorated by artists will be auctioned March 20 to raise money for Stagecrafters.
A public preview is Wednesday at the Baldwin Theatre.
A production of "Urinetown: The Musical" starts next month, and the group wanted an appropriately irreverent fundraiser.
The seats' names include "Royal Flush," for one with playing cards, and "Bottom of the 9th," for another with Detroit Tiger stripes.
Development Director Lesley Phillips says most of the seats are functional.
"Urinetown" is a Tony-winning Broadway musical about a town where people have to pay to go to the bathroom.