Summer Production: Rent

Calling performers ages 19–29 that have completed at least 1 year of college! Aspiring actors are encouraged to audition. Join us for our summer stock production of the Broadway hit musical, Rent – a story 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 has resonated with audiences of all ages. Based loosely on the Puccini opera, La Boheme, Jonathan Larson's 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.

There will be three performances open to the public in Steinmetz Hall. Ticket information will be released at a later date.

Ages: college performers and post-grad professionals 19 – 29

Audition Notice
If interested, please submit a headshot, resume, and audition video of a 32 bar cut of a musical theater piece that fits the era to auditions@drphillipscenter.org by 5 p.m. Friday, May 24. Subject should say “Rent Audition: First Initial. Last Name” (A.Smith)

Invited Callbacks:Friday, June 7 from 5 – 9 p.m.

Cast List Announced: Sunday, June 9

Rehearsals 5 – 9 p.m.:

• July 8 – 12
• July 15 – 19
• July 22 – 26

Tech Week 4 – 10 p.m.:

• July 29 – August 1

Performances in Steinmetz Hall:

• Friday, August 2 @ 7:30 p.m.
  
• Saturday, August 3 @ 7:30 p.m.
  
• Sunday, August 4 @ 2 p.m.