Rent- Sunday at 2PM

Rent

Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson

Musical Arrangements
Steve Skinner

Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements
Tim Weil

Original Concept/Additional Lyrics
Billy Aronson

Dramaturg
Lynn Thomson

This production performs at the Theresa Lang Theatre 220 East 72nd Street between 2nd and 3rd Ave. All attendees, including students and staff, must check in at campus security at 72nd street before making your way to the theatre.

Late seating is at the discretion of house management. If you arrive after the performance begins you may be refused entry. Rent is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission (may change).

Direction by Brandon Logan
Choreography by Sarah Crane
Musical Direction by Tom Vendafreddo
Scenic Design by Courtney Ross
Costume Design by Collin McElroy
Lighting Design by Michele Torres
Sound Design by Bruce Yauger
Projection Design by Chelsie McPhilimy
Hair and Makeup Design by Katie Brigman
Intimacy and Fight Direction by Alex Taylor
Properties by Jessica Turberville
Production Stage Management by Tika Begleiter

Thursday November 13 -Saturday November 15 at 8PM

Saturday November 15-Sunday November 16 at 2PM

Content Note: This production includes discussions of addiction, drug use, profanity, racial/homophobic slurs, prostitution, homelessness/poverty, and sexually suggestive language and gestures as well as depictions of violence, police brutality, drug dealing, funerals, and death from HIV/AIDS. Theatrical haze will be used.

Description from MTI: 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, 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.

ACCESSIBILTY AND SEATING

There is a short staircase of 4 steps at the entrance. If you cannot navigate stairs, please inform security at the door and we will be happy to escort you to an alternate entrance with no stairs. For those with mobility challenges, please reserve the seats labelled "transfer seating"—these seats are closest to the theatre doors and have armrests that flip up to allow patrons to enter the seats more easily. If you or your guest have a wheelchair or large mobility device that cannot be exited, please reserve transfer seating, then email theatretickets@mmm.edu to ensure the seat is removed before your arrival.

TICKET CHANGES AND REFUNDS

NO refunds are allowed except in cases of illness. All tickets may be transferred to another performance date by visiting your Eventbrite account and following the prompts to transfer your registration to a different event date, based on availability. If a performance is sold out, the tickets cannot be transferred. MMC Community tickets can be cancelled via your Eventbrite account.

NOTE ABOUT MMC COMMUNITY TICKETS:

Members of the Marymount community – students, faculty, staff, and alumni – are permitted one free ticket per production (not per performance). The Department of Theatre Arts reserves the right to cancel tickets from those members of our community that are found to be abusing this free ticket policy.