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RENT School Edition Auditions
The White Plains Performing Arts Center is seeking students in grades 7 – 12 (ages 12 – 18) to audition for its Conservatory Theatre production of RENT School Edition. Auditions take place on Monday, February 10, with callbacks on Wednesday, February 12. Performances are set for April 25 – 27 on the WPPAC main stage at White Plains City Center.
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.
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This adaptation has been carefully done, working with the Larson estate to retain the dramatic intent of the groundbreaking rock musical, and consists of minimal changes to language and the removal of one song ("Contact") to make it possible for middle and high school students to perform this piece.
AUDITIONS: Monday, February 10, by appointment, from 4 – 8 p.m. Email education@wppac.com to schedule an appointment. Please prepare 16-32 bars of an appropriate, contemporary musical theatre song and bring the sheet music, in the correct key, to your audition. Schedule appointments by Friday, February 7.
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SCHEDULE: Auditions: Monday, February 10
Callbacks:
Wednesday, February
12, from 4 – 8 p.m.
Rehearsals: Begin the week of February 24 and will include two weekday evenings and one weekend day through April 19. Once the show is cast, WPPAC will design a schedule based on the availability of performers. Initially, not
all performers will be called to every rehearsal. WPPAC is flexible: Have a conflict? No problem. They will work around it.
Technical Rehearsals: April 21 – 24, from 4 – 8 pm. Attendance at technical
rehearsals is mandatory.
Performances: April 25-27
COST: $475
LOCATION:
White Plains Performing Arts Center
11 City Place (at City Center), 3rd Floor,
White Plains, NY 10601
MORE INFO: Visit http://wppac.com/rent-school-edition/, call
914-328-1600