RENT - Schools Edition
Book, Music and Lyrics by Johnathan Larson

Venue: The Forum Studio Theatre

Jonathan Larson's Pulitzer-prize winning Broadway musical based loosely on Puccini's opera La Boh�me. 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. A ground-breaking rock musical.

Cast

(in order of appearance)

Mark Cohen - Connor Grace
Roger Davis - Jake Hankey
Benjamin "Benny" Coffin III - Josh Hankey
Tom Collins - Alex Aram
Joanne Jefferson - Abigail Sherratt
Angel Dumott Schunard - Dominic Melluish
Mimi Marquez - Catriona Hogg
Maureen Johnson - Brogan Craine

Ensemble & Other Characters - Sian Baines, Aaron Bladen, Sophia Bunning, Thomas Crichton, Natalie Davies, Leah Dovey-Evans, Owen Jones, Maisie McMahon, Ewen Roberts & Connor Taylor

Production team

Director and Musical Director - Simon Phillips
Assistant Director and Choreographer - Laura Roberts
Production Manager - Janice Craine
Production Assistant - Luke Disley
Production Assistant - Stuart Evans
Lighting Design/Operation - Mark Shenton
Sound Design & Installation - Richard Stokes & Brian Fray
Sound Operation - Brian Fray
Props - Luke DIsley, Janice Craine & Annette Clemence
Costume - Laura Roberts
Set Design & Construction - Oliver Price
Artwork - Jamilla Spauls & Hannah De Oliveira Whitlock

BAND
Keyboard - Simon Phillips
Guitar - Paul Taft
Guitar & Keyboard - Adam Behrens
Bass - Justin Proudman
Drums & Percussion - Neil Middleton

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