NOW PLAYING thru August 20, 2023
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“Wow-inducing… Bold, smart, wildly impressive, emotionally stirring” - Broadway World
“Well-directed and smartly cast” - OC Register
WOW! "Vibrant & Vital... as perfect a production of Jonathan Larson’s chef-d’ouevre as any diehard Renthead could wish for” - StageSceneLA
RECOMMENDED "This isn’t a production you want to miss.” - Orange Curtain Review
“STELLAR… first-rate ensemble cast” - JordanRYoung.com
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 is 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, the musical 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. This is theater at its best - exuberant, passionate, and joyous.
NOTE: This show contains mature content and strong language. Performances include the use of flashing lights and theatrical fog.
"RENT"
Book, Music, and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Matthew McCray
Music Directed by Lex Leigh
Choreographed by Mo Goodfellow
Starring... Luc Clopton, Gavin Cole, Lena Ceja, JoeJoe McKinney, Adam Leiva, Lily Targett, Frankie Ripley, Christopher D. Baker, Jack Thomas Aitken, Micah K. Blanks, Ayani Dorsey, Autumn Kirkpatrick, Patrick McCormick, Mikey Miro, and Gemma Pedersen
Design Team... Joe Holbrook (Scenic Designer), Bradley Allen Lock (Costume Designer), Nick Santiago (Projection Designer), Zach Moore (Lighting Designer), Dave Mickey (Sound Designer), Cynthia C. Espinoza* (Stage Manager), Bruce Goodrich (Dramaturg), James Markoski (Audio Engineer), Jorge Zuniga (Drums), Feras Halabi (Assistant Director), Lia Weed (Assistant Sound Designer), and Greer Gardner (Assistant Costume Designer)
Partners... Executive Producers: Linda & Tod White; Season Producers: Bette & Wylie Aitken; Associate Producers: Rachelle Menaker & Eddie Schuller, Laurie Smits Staude;
Associate Season Producer: The Family of Mary Kay Fyda-Mar; Community Partners: Gay For Good, LGBTQ Center Orange County, PFLAG Newport Beach, and Shanti Orange County
Trailer shot & edited by Camryn Long
* Chance Theater Resident Artist