Seeking Teens for "Rent: School Edition"
Actors ages 14-18 years old are needed for "Rent: School Edition". Please see the details below. About the project: Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent School Edition 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, it 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, Rent School Edition 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. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical. Additional info: WHAT YOU NEED TO DO: Prepare 32 measures (or one verse and one chorus) of a song that shows off your voice the best (not too high or too low for your vocal range). The song does not need to be from the show. BRING THE SHEET MUSIC WITH YOU OR A KARAOKE CD or Track. (CD can have no lead vocals) You may or may not be asked to read from the script. PLEASE NOTE: If you are cast in this show, there will be a MANDATORY company meeting via ZOOM for ALL CAST members AND a PARENT/GUARDIAN on Friday, March 28 @ 7:00 pm OR Saturday, April 5 @10:00am. You MUST ATTEND one of these meetings in order to participate in the show. BOTH THE PERFORMER AND A PARENT MUST ATTEND! (If you were a cast member in CPM's "Birdie", "Charlie", "OZ," or a mainstage show from the 2023-2024 CPM Season, you have completed this requirement and are excused from attending this meeting.) Please bring a photograph of yourself to attach to your audition form. This does NOT need to be a formal headshot. Any size photo will work. PLEASE NOTE: Conflicts during Tech Week (April 25 - May 1) will affect casting decisions. We prefer no conflicts during this week. Rehearsals are normally three weeknights from 6:30 to 9:00pm and 12:00 to 6:00pm on Saturdays and/or Sundays, except Tech/Dress weeks when they will be 12:00 to 6:00pm on Sat. and Sun. and weeknights from 6:00pm to 10:00pm. Performance Dates: Friday May 2 & 9 @ 7 pm May 3, 10, 11, 17, 18 @ 1pm (Actor call time is 10am for 1pm performances and 5pm for 7pm performances.) PERFORMANCE CONFLICTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED. If interested, please apply.
27 roles
Filmmaker and video artist. Knee deep in his own soul-searching, Mark is the typical young artist. He and Roger are roommates in the loft. A bit of a nerd.
A struggling musician and former drug addict. He is reminiscent of Kurt Cobain. Roommates with Mark in the loft and battles with being HIV-positive.
A computer genius and liberal professor. He is a nurturer with a smooth and relaxed disposition. Used to be a roommate in the loft and is HIV-positive.
The landlord of Mark and Roger's apartment building. A former roommate in the loft, Benny traded in his personal morals for power and wealth.
A public interest lawyer and headstrong lesbian. She is smart and purposeful in all her decisions. Carries on a tumultuous relationship with Maureen.
The eccentric HIV-positive street drummer. A drag queen with an incredible gift of dance and a magnetic personality. He becomes Tom's lover.
An HIV-positive stripper with drug addictions. Slender and sickly, she conceals it all at her job in the local strip club. She lives in the same building as the loft.
An unpredictably zany performance artist. Maureen oozes sexuality and used to live in the loft. She has recently dumped Mark for Joanne.
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