Spring Mainstage: Rent

Spring Mainstage: Rent

Dates and times: Friday, March 21 / Saturday, March 22 / Saturday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 23 / Sunday, March 30 at 2:30 p.m.

Location: Umble Center

Tickets: $12 adults, $10 seniors/students, free for GC students and employees

Audience appropriateness: GC theater rates this play PG-13 for adult language and situations.

 

Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, the musical Rent follows the lives of a close knit group of young artists navigating conflicts, dreams and love in New York City’s East Village under the shadow of HIV and AIDS in the late 1980s. It’s a story 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 has been a pop cultural phenomenon for the past 30 years.

Amy Budd, producer of the show and theater professor at GC, said, “Rent remains as relevant as ever. It emphasizes the importance of valuing people very different from you, building relationships with them, and loving them with all their flaws. The characters of this play inspire audiences by caring for one another through their worst mistakes and tragedies. Our talented young artists cannot wait to share this story with the community.”

Rent was written by Jonothan Larson. It is directed and produced by Amy Budd.