Fri 7/23 – Sun 8/8
Thirty-seven students bring a fresh perspective to the classic Broadway musical RENT w/ Near West Theatre’s RENT: School Edition opening on Fri 7/23 @ 7:30PM. Read on for cool details…
RENT School Edition, based loosely on Puccini’s opera, La Boheme, examines the lives and lifestyles of a group of young men and women living in New York’s East Village at the end of the 20th century.
When asked what makes RENT so relevant for teenagers, Artistic Director Bob Navis commented, “”The spirit of RENT calls all of us to look beyond the judgments and labels we so easily stamp on each other, and see the unique, struggling human expression of eternal light we all are. Each of us has our own history of pain, our own emergent possibilities for creativity and contribution. We are more than our diseases. We are more than our addictions. We are more than our genders, our ages and our genetic codes. We are more than our perceptions of each other. Together we walk this human journey, this privilege of life, this moment in time. We cannot afford to discount each other or write-off any one of us. When we do so, we wound our communities, our planet and ourselves. Time flies, time dies. All we ever have is each new day, fertile with compassionate, healing potential.”
And you can expect only the best grassroots theater from Near West Theatre. Shows run on Thu, Fri & Sat @ 7:30PM and Sun @ 3PM.
[Photo from NWT’s 2010 Benefit]
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