The musical is a farcical journey through ancient Greece to a parched village where the owner of the only well in town is split between protecting his water monopoly and keeping his daughter away from the men in town. The cast features Brooke Cannons, Armando Gutierrez, Glenn Koppel, Eloise Coppersmith, Paul Karliak, David LaMarr, Sarah Pierce, and Jessie McLean.

Hollmann received the Tony Award, the National Broadway Theatre Award, and the Obie Award for his score to Urinetown the Musical, which itself won Outer Critics Circle, Drama League, and Lucille Lortel Awards for best musical. His other works include Yeast Nation, The Man in the White Suit, Alchemist the Musical, and Jack the Chipper.