
Open to 8th-12th grades
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. 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.
Audition instructions:
1. Fill out the registration form
2. Submit a Video Audition by September 20th. Prepare a 30-60 second broadway song selection and submit to info@junioractorscompany.com Actors must perform to a backing track. A cappella submission are not accepted
3. Save the date for callbacks September 27th from 3:00-9:00. Video callbacks will be accepted for those that can not attend and it will not affect casting
Rehearsals will be held on Sundays in Sorrento Valley from 3:00-9:00 on October 4th
Cost
$200 Registration fee (refunded if only accepting certain roles and not cast)
$395 Production fee due at the first rehearsal
at The JAC Theatre
REHEARSALS (on SUNDAYS only)
-October 4, 11, 18, 25
-November 1, 8, 15*, 29
-December 6, 13
-January 3, 10, 17, 24
*indicates location change for that rehearsal
*MANDATORY DATES
-Tech/Performance Week January 25-28
-Performances January 29-31, Feb 5-7
SHOWTIMES are TBD
(if you have conflict with a mandatory date, check with us to see if it can be approved)