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Mainstage Theatre Company Presents: RENT

ABOUT MAINSTAGE
Founded in 2008 as a not-for-profit offshoot of Children's Arts Theatre School, MAINSTAGE THEATRE COMPANY is a registered charitable organization dedicated to guiding young performing artists to personal and professional success.

Our exciting program gives pre-professional artists ages 11 to 21 the opportunity to create and experience the magic and power of professional theatre. Under the direction of Artistic Director Alain Richer, MAINSTAGE is supported by a team of professional artists boasting some of Canada's theatre leaders. An enriched and intense rehearsal process culminates in an audition-based musical theatre production. Known for the skill of its actors, beautifully designed and crafted sets and costumes, and helmed by industry professionals, our productions are an audience hit, and our program has become a competitor in the theatre education industry.

Our intensive actor-training program unlocks our students' unique and creative talents, and provides the tools aspiring actors need to make the most of their potential.

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ABOUT RENT
Set in the East Village of New York City, RENT is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon. with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages. 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.

(Music Theatre International, edited)