Auditions for STC’s RENT

Name: Auditions for STC’s RENT
Start: 2024-09-21T08:00:00-05:00
Location: 420 S 6th St, Springfield, IL

Schedule

Sat Sep 21 2024 at 08:00 am

UTC-05:00

Location

420 S 6th St, Springfield, IL | Springfield, IL

Sign up for a slot here:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0D4EACAD2DA6FF2-50460702-rent
Fill out your audition form here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd3LLt48qVZeVZPzpAV75CA4pA4XrqNttuUlvMFZI2pq_kCDg/viewform
AUDITION CUTS:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1hE1eH11iXrVuPo1dpMODynA2kpBMyYwP?usp=drive_link
Read through the script here:
https://bethshalompgh.org/CBS_Storage/Publications/RENT%20-%20LIBRETTO.pdf
RENT runs 12/6/24-12/8/24 and 12/13/24-12/15/24
Based on Puccini’s opera La Boheme, RENT follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of starving artist bohemian friends living on Avenue A in NYC in the late 1980s. This rock opera documents the loves and losses of this group of friends as they struggle with the HIV/AIDS epidemic that surrounds them. All auditioners must be 18 years of age. All auditioners need to sign up for one of the two dance slots (11 am or 4:30 pm) in addition to their singing/acting slot. All auditioners should sing 32 measures from songs from the show. Specific excerpts will be available on Sept 1st along with a full schedule (Full cast rehearsals will be Sunday-Thurs beginning Oct 7, main characters will meet the previous week).
We are looking for a cast that is diverse in race, gender identity, size, and age.
Creative Team:
Director—LaDonna Wilson
Vocal Director—Nicole Pittman
Choreographer—Sean Robb
Assistant Director—Jim Leach
Pit Conductor—Blake Martin
Stage Manager—Jeremy Tackett
Producers—John Sivak and Kevin Hart
Main Characters:
Roger Davis A musician/singer-songwriter who is a recovering drug addict living with HIV. Roger has mourned members of his community and is grieving the loss of his deceased girlfriend. Roger longs for connection and meaning through his music. He is roommates with Mark in an abandoned loft space.
Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: F2
Mark Cohen A filmmaker and video artist who constantly seeks validation. He connects deeply with his roommate Roger and longs for the days when his group of friends were closer. In his struggles to find his place in the world, he often finds himself on the outside looking in. Mark comes from privilege, but desires to understand his responsibility to himself and his community.
Vocal range top: G4 Vocal range bottom: A2
Tom Collins A professor of technology at NYU that is grounded in anarchy and liberation, Tom Collins is a kind man who is smart, caring, and the backbone of his friend group. His chosen family is lifted by his positive and nurturing spirit. His warmth and empathic presence allow him to invite his friends to examine personal accountability. Tom used to be a roommate in the loft with Mark and Roger. He is also living with HIV.
Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: F#2
Benjamin Coffin III Mark and Roger's landlord and former roommate. Benny struggles to find connection with his former chosen family. He is constantly battling being a friend while pleasing his new in-laws. Despite being seen as a sellout, Benny longs to know who he is and where he fits in his community.
Vocal range top: F#4 Vocal range bottom: Bb2
Joanne Jefferson A public interest lawyer who always fights for the underdog, Joanne comes from a conservative upper-class family. As an out and proud lesbian, she demands her own liberation. She is smart, purposeful, and grounded. She is dating Maureen Johnson. Joanne’s connection to Maureen brings her into an established chosen family where she discovers the power of being celebrated in your own community.
Vocal range top: E5 Vocal range bottom: G3
Angel Dumott Schunard A vibrant street musician who radiates light, Angel moves through the world as a gender nonconforming human who is also living with HIV. Angel has an incredible spirit with a gift for inspiring human connection all while being a street fashion icon. Angel is magnetic and rooted in living for the moment. Angel meets and swiftly becomes Tom Collins’ partner, a connection that brings Angel into the chosen family group. Angel is the heart of the piece. Angel’s musicality is rooted in their connection and love for rhythm, movement, and storytelling.
Vocal range top: A4 Vocal range bottom: C3
Mimi Marquez A dancer, Mimi is a young independent woman determined to live in the moment. She is a drug addict who is living with HIV on a journey to find who she is and what she is fighting for. Mimi’s addiction and intentions are often at odds. She desperately tries to make the best of life in whatever way she can. Living in the same building as Roger and Mark, Mimi meets the friend group through her unexpected romantic connection to Roger and is forever changed by this chosen family. Her artistry is connected to her body and movement
Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: C4
Maureen Johnson A performance artist who is constantly raging and ready to fight. Maureen is full of well-intended passion and anarchist energies of which she pours into her art no matter the medium. She’s a former roommate of Roger, Mark, Collins and Benny. She completes the chosen family rounding out the space with intoxicating energy dripping with sexualized vigor. Maureen is queer and openly dating Joanne after recently breaking up with Mark. Bursting with confidence and a vivacious spirit, Maureen navigates how to be a less self-centered human that is accountable for their actions. Artistically speaking she is a radical and unexpected arts advocate.
Vocal range top: F5 Vocal range bottom: C4
ENSEMBLE:
We are interested in an ensemble that can sing boldly and hold their own in harmonies. Each ensemble member will play multiple roles including parents, homeless people, support group members, police officers, and junkies. Some ensemble members will be featured dancers, as well.