JULY 18-21 & 25-28, 2024
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 PM | Sundays at 2:00 PM
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106
Thursdays-Saturdays at 8:00 PM | Sundays at 2:00 PM
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall, 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA 15106
PRESALE TICKETS: $25 Adults | $20 Students/Seniors
AT THE DOOR: $30 Adults | $25 Students/Seniors
AT THE DOOR: $30 Adults | $25 Students/Seniors
RENT contains mature themes and language that may be unsuitable for children. We encourage parental discretion.
La Vie Boheme! Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in 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, 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.
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.
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Production Team
Director: Nik Nemec Producers: Haley Hiller, Stephanie Ottey, Chris Rotz Music Director: Michael Zak Choreographer: Chelsea Fredrickson Assistant Director: Mackenzie Heidenreich Stage Manager: Elysse Dalzell Intimacy Coordinator: Katy Chmura Dramaturg: Becca Ackner Set Designer: Jeff Way Video Designer: Johnna Lefebvre Lighting Designer: Garth Schafer Sound Designer: Jay Weaver Costume Designer: Maison Kairush Properties: Chris Martin |
Cast
Mark Cohen: Jeremy Poynton (he/him) Roger Davis: Travis Myers-Arrigoni (he/him) Mimi Marquez: Chelsea Davis (she/her) Tom Collins: Reed Verdesoto (he/him) Angel Dumott Schunard: Chris Russell (he/they) Maureen Johnson: Richelle Szypulski (she/her) Joanne Jefferson: Randi Walker (she/her) Benjamin Coffin III: Allante Walker (he/him) Ensemble: Tyler Anderson (he/him/any), u/s Angel, Dance Captain KB Bradley (they/them), u/s Mark Aubrey Burchell (she/her), u/s Maureen Aidan Cheek (he/him), u/s Roger Tiara Emery (she/her) Sean Hale (he/him), u/s Collins Abby Lanzolloti (she/her), Swing Hopi Myers-Arrigoni (she/her), u/s Joanne Lilian Real (she/her), u/s Mimi, Dance Captain Kelsey Rispin (he/she/they) |
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson; Musical Arrangements by Steve Skinner; Original Concept/Additional Lyrics by Billy Aronson; Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements by Tim Weil; Dramaturgy by Lynn Thomson; Rent was originally produced in New York by New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway by Jeffrey Seller, Kevin McCollum, Allan S. Gordon and the New York Theatre Workshop; Rent is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
