RENT Audition Announcement
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RENT AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Casting Adults and Teens (16+)
We warmly welcome and encourage all identities, ethnicities, and abilities.
Video Auditions: Accepting video submissions now through March 8.
In Person Auditions: March 7 and March 8. Click HERE to schedule an appointment. (Location: 3285 Seldon Ct. Fremont, CA 94539) Callbacks by invitation only.
Audition Form: Click HERE to download.
DATES:
REHEARSALS: May 3 - June 4 (Sunday - Thursday @ 6:30-9:30pm)
TECH WEEK: June 7 - 11 (Teves Theatre, 27170 Mission Blvd. Hayward, CA 94544)
PERFORMANCES: June 12 @ 7pm, June 13 @ 7pm, June 14 @ 2pm (Teves Theatre, 27170 Mission Blvd. Hayward, CA 94544)
NOTE: Your availability and schedule conflicts will affect final casting decisions.
WHAT TO PREPARE
In Person Auditions:
Prepare 32 bars (1-1.5 min) of a contemporary song to an instrumental track.
Video Submissions:
Please begin by stating your name and what song you will be performing. Make sure you are well lit and are in focus, and are in the frame from your waist up. Email your video, headshot, resume (if you have one), and audition form with subject line "Rent Audition Submission" to ad...@onestagetheatre.org.
All roles are volunteer and NON-AEA.
SYNOPSIS:
Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent 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, Rent 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, Jonathan Larson's Rent 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. The physical and emotional complications of the disease 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. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.
CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
NOTE: All roles are available.
Roger Davis
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.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: F2
Mark Cohen
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.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: G4
Vocal range bottom: A2
Tom Collins
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.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: F#2
Benjamin Coffin Iii
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.
Gender: Male
Age: 25 to 35
Vocal range top: F#4
Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Joanne Jefferson
A public interest lawyer and headstrong lesbian. She is smart and purposeful in all her decisions. Carries on a tumultuous relationship with Maureen.
Gender: Female
Age: 25 to 40
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: G3
Angel Dumott Schunard
The eccentric HIV-positive street drummer. A drag queen with an incredible gift of dance and a magnetic personality. He becomes Tom's lover.
Gender: Male
Age: 20 to 30
Vocal range top: A4
Vocal range bottom: C3
Mimi Marquez
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.
Gender: Female
Age: 18 to 21
Vocal range top: E5
Vocal range bottom: Eb3
Maureen Johnson
An unpredictably zany performance artist. Maureen oozes sexuality and used to live in the loft. She has recently dumped Mark for Joanne.
Gender: Female
Age: 20 to 25
Vocal range top: F5
Vocal range bottom: C4
Ensemble
Homeless Men & Women; Junkies, Parents (Mrs. Cohen, Mr. & Mrs. Jefferson); Support Group (Steve, Gordon)
PRODUCTION TEAM:
Producers: Lorraine VanRod & Robert A. Ramirez
Director: Max O. Chang
Stage Manager: Stephanie Kara
Casting Director: Lorraine VanRod