RENT, School Edition

Book, music & lyrics by Jonathan Larson ~ School Edition specially adapted and licensed by Music Theatre International (MTI)

For High School performers - BY AUDITION

Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT, School Edition 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, it 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, School Edition follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians, struggling to survive and create their art 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 the main characters. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.

Auditions Workshop & Auditions: Tuesday, September 23, 6:00 - 9:00pm. Casting will be announced, via email, no later than 9/25. Please register to secure your audition spot. Audition songs & sides will be emailed by September 1st.

If cast, there will be a $200 Performance Fee to be paid before the first rehearsal. If the fee is prohibitive, please inquire about need-based scholarship opportunities. There is no fee for high school seniors. 

Rehearsals: Sundays, 2:00 - 6:00pm starting October 5.

Additional Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 11/18 & 25, 6:00 - 9:00pm and Saturday, 11/29, 2:00 - 8:00pm

No Rehearsal: 11/16 & 23  Tech Rehearsals: 12/1 - 4, 5:00 - 10:00pm

Performances: December 5 at 7:00pm, December 6 at 2:00 & 7:00pm, December 7 at 2:00pm at The SI Playhouse at Empire Outlets, 55 Richmond Terrace

Please note: Actors are responsible for their own costumes. Costume information & links to inexpensive options will be provided after casting is complete.