Audition for RENT – Sun & Mon, Apr 3-4, 7-9 PM

ByOlivia Bada
Rent

June 2-18, 2016

Rent

  • Directed by Dana Margulies Cauthen
  • Musical Staging: Dana Margulies Cauthen
    Musical Director: Jonathan McCormick
    Technical Director: Amy Insley
  • Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International
  • Auditions: Sun & Mon, Apr 3-4, 7-9 PM

An inspiring musical about friends and artists struggling with addiction, poverty, AIDS and most of all, love.

Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the TONY Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages.

Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.

This is theatre at its best – exuberant, passionate, and joyous.

Auditions: Sun & Mon, Apr 3-4, 7-9 PM

Please prepare a one-minute musical audition and bring either sheet music or an accompaniment CD. Accompanist will be provided. Please come dressed to move with appropriate footwear (no crocs or sandals).

Please note: This show contains adult material and is rated R by Music Theatre International, the licensing agency. Casting will be over the age of 18, with exceptions made to 17-year-olds with written parental consent. You must bring parental consentwith you to participate in auditions.

Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Winner of the TONY Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today.

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