Category Archives: Youth Theatre

RENT: School Edition
Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre
July 12-21
Turpin High School [Anderson Township]

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.

• Fri-Sat, July 12-13 at 7:30pm
• Sun, July 14 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, July 19-20 at 7:30pm
• Sun, July 21 at 2pm

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MARIAN or THE TRUE TALE OF ROBIN HOOD
Commonwealth Artists Student Theatre
June 28-July 6
Stained Glass Theatre [Newport]

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A gender-bending, patriarchy-smashing, hilarious new take on the classic tale. Robin Hood is (and has always been) Maid Marian in disguise and leads a motley group of Merry Men (few of whom are actually men) against the greedy Prince John. As the poor get poorer and the rich get richer, who will stand for the vulnerable if not Robin? What is the cost of revealing your true self in a time of trouble?

Modern concerns and romantic entanglements clash on the battlefield and on the ramparts of Nottingham Castle in this play about selfishness, selflessness, love deferred and the fight. Always the fight. The fight must go on.

• Fri-Sat, June 28-29 at 7:30pm
• Sun, June 30 at 2pm
• Fri-Sat, July 5-6 at 7:30pm
• Sun, July 7 at 2pm

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