<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;"><b>AUDITIONS FOR <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#FF0033"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><i>RENT: SCHOOL EDITION</i></span></font></font></b></span><div><br></div><div><b>TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 FROM 5:00PM - 9:00PM</b></div><div><br></div><div><div>Students auditioning must be in Grades 9 - 12.</div><div><br></div><div>Due to the subject matter in the show, each student auditioning must bring a parent with him or her.</div><div><br></div><div>Please prepare 32 bars of contemporary song. Songs from the show are fine.</div><div><br></div><div>MUST BRING SHEET MUSIC. Everyone must sing with piano accompaniment.</div><div><br></div><div>MUST BE STRONG SINGERS.</div><div><br></div><div>Please do not call the theater for audition information.</div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#0000FF">Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera La Bohème. It follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its physical and emotional complications 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; Benjamin has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends; and Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general, always behind the camera recording the events but never playing a part.</font></div><div><br></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="text-decoration: underline;">CASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:</span></div><div><br></div><div>Roger Davis, a struggling musician who's HIV+. Roger hopes to write one last meaningful song before he dies.</div><div><br></div><div>Mark Cohen, a filmmaker and video artist, and Roger's roommate.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom Collins, an HIV+ computer genius who's back in New York after being away.</div><div><br></div><div>Benjamin Coffin III, landlord of Mark and Roger's building. Benny wants to start a multimedia studio.</div><div><br></div><div>Joanne Jefferson, a public interest lawyer, and Maureen's lover.</div><div><br></div><div>Angel Shunard, a transvestite street drummer also infected with HIV.</div><div><br></div><div>Mimi Marquez, a dancer with AIDS and a drug problem.</div><div><br></div><div>Maureen Johnson, a performance artist and Mark's ex-girlfriend.</div><div><br></div><div>Other Featured Roles</div><div>Mark's mom, Roger's mom, Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson, Mr. Grey, Alexi Darling, Steve, Paul, a Christmas caroler, a woman with bags, a pastor, man with squeegee, a cop, a waiter, and others.</div><div><br></div><div>Rehearsals Every Week: Wed. 4:00PM - 9:00PM and Sat. 10:00AM - 2:00PM</div><div><br></div><div>Detailed Rehearsal Schedule will be available at auditions.</div><div><br></div><div>Production Dates: January 9 - 18, 2009</div><div><br></div><div>Performance Schedule: Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00PM; Sundays at 3:00PM</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><div><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; 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