Title
Playwright
Jonathan Larson
Performance Dates
September 24-27 & October 1-3, 2015
Creative Team
Directed by............................Melissa Lusher
Music Direction by.................Lori Kay Harvey
Choreography by...................Natasha Natraj
Scenic Design by..................Rob Johnson
Lighting Design by.................Rebecca Schafer
Costume Design by...............Emma Sicker
Sound Design by...................Doc Davis
Synopsis
This musical, set at the dawn of the 1990s, follows a group of New Yorkers as they struggle with their careers, love lives and the effects of the AIDS epidemic on their community. Mark,an aspiring filmmaker, and Roger (Adam Pascal), an HIV-positive musician, scramble for money to pay rent to their landlord and former roommate, Benny (Taye Diggs). Meanwhile, their friend Tom (Jesse L. Martin), a professor, has fallen for Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia), who is slowly dying of AIDS. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294870/plotsummary
Disciplines
Acting | Dance | Theatre and Performance Studies | Theatre History
Keywords
College Theater, Otterbein University Theatre, Musical Theatre, Drama
Recommended Citation
Otterbein University Theatre and Dance Department, "RENT" (2015). 2015-2016 Season. 4.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/production_2015-2016/4