RENT
Presented by Dare to Defy Productions
Sept. 5-6
Dayton
Directed by JJ Parkey
Music directed by Ian Benjamin
Choreographed by Edward Carignan
Cast: Bobby Mitchum as Mark Cohen, Mark Beyer as Roger Davis, Lisa Glover as Mimi Marquez, Paige Dobkins as Maureen Johnson, Shawn Storms as Joanne Jefferson, Isaac Tobler as Tom Collins, Mike Embree as Angel Schunard, Mathys Herbert as Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III
Ensemble: Marcus Bedinger, Jamal Cann, Haylee Dobkins, Zach King, Danielle Kubasky, TC Schreier & Mackensie Vonderbrink
RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. It tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today.
- Fri, Sept. 5 at 8pm
- Sat, Sept. 6 at 2pm & 8pm
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