RENT
General auditions: Wednesday, August 26th
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Fox Recital Hall, CA 150
Callback auditions: Thursday, August 27th
7:00 p.m.
Fox Recital Hall, CA 150
What to prepare:
A 90-second audition package including TWO contrasting musical theatre selections – Please include one pop/rock piece.
You will be asked to stop if you go over the prescribed time.
An accompanist will be provided.
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Short synopsis:
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.
Casting notes:
- Roger Davis, a struggling musician who's HIV+, Roger hopes to write one last meaningful song before he dies
- Mark Cohen, a filmmaker and video artist, and Roger's roommate.
- Tom Collins, an HIV+ computer genius who's back in New York after being away.
- Benjamin Coffin III, landlord of Mark and Roger's building. Benny wants to start a multimedia studio.
- Joanne Jefferson, a public interest lawyer, and Maureen's lover.
- Angel Schunard, a transvestite street drummer also infected with HIV.
- Mimi Marquez, a dancer with AIDS and a drug problem.
- Maureen Johnson, a performance artist and Mark's ex-girlfriend.
For more information, please contact Craig A. Ellingson at ellngson@mnstate.edu