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Auditions for RENT are very soon!  Email producer@musoc.org.nz NOW to secure your audition slot!

Auditions will be held on the 26th and 27th November.  The directors are looking for people who can sing, act and dance so you’ll need to prepare a song and will be asked to do some cold readings and learn a quick dance on the day. 

(If you want a head start why not check out our auditions workshop?)

CREATIVE TEAM

Rent will be directed by Sam Creed and Merryn Patrick and musically directed by Cameron Stewart

ABOUT THE SHOW

Based loosely on Puccini’s “La Boheme”, “Rent” tells the story of one year in the life of friends living the Bohemian life in modern East Village, New York City, 1989-1990. Among the group are our narrator, nerdy love-struck filmmaker Mark Cohen; the object of Mark’s affection, his former girlfriend, Maureen Johnson; Maureen’s Harvard-educated public interest lawyer and lesbian lover Joanne Jefferson; Mark’s roommate, HIV-positive musician and former junkie, Roger David; Roger’s new girlfriend, the HIV-positive drug addicted S&M dancer, Mimi Marquez; their former roommate, HIV-positive computer genius Tom Collins; Collins’ HIV-Positive drag queen street musician/lover Angel; and Benjamin Coffin III, a former member of the group who married for money and has since become their landlord and the opposite of the group’s Bohemian values. This show demonstrates how much changes or doesn’t change in the 525, 600 minutes that make up a year.

ROLES

Male

Mark – baritone/tenor – a struggling Jewish filmmaker and narrator of the show
Roger – tenor – a struggling musician, coming to terms with the HIV positive status of himself and his friends
Tom – baritone/tenor – a gay anarchist with AIDS
Angel – tenor, often with falsetto – a young drag queen with AIDS
Benny – baritone – landlord, considered a yuppie sell-out by his former friends

Female

Mimi – mezzosoprano – a drug addict and club dancer, HIV positive
Maureen – mezzosoprano – a very flirtatious, bisexual performance artist
Joanne – mezzosoprano – an Ivy-league educated lawyer and lesbian with a privileged upbringing

Ensemble

Male and female, various vocal ranges. There are opportunities for ensemble cast members to play various minor characters.

PERFORMANCE DATES (approx): 8 – 17 March

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