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Join Avon Summer Theater's "RENT, School Edition"
Join
the cast and crew of Avon Summer Theater’s RENT: School Edition!
This summer, students who have
completed grades 8-12 from Canton, Avon, Simsbury, Hartford, Vernon and other
towns in the Greater Hartford area and Farmington Valley will come together to produce
and perform a dynamic production of RENT:
School Edition. This school edition
of RENT has been reworked so that it
retains its dramatic intent as an historical piece, based on the Puccini opera,
La Bohème. While still including the well-known and
well-loved songs such as Seasons of Love
and La Vie Bohème, some content has
been edited or removed to make the show appropriate for high school students to
perform.
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Avon
Summer Theater values all aspects of production, onstage as well as behind the
scenes. There are two components to our program, On-stage Performers and Technical
Theater (behind the scenes,) and the experience
includes half-day rehearsals or technical work for the month of July, except
for the final week, which requires extended hours. The diversity of the cast provides great
opportunities for the young actors to get to know new friends through shared
activities such as bowling, private screenings of movies at the Avon Library,
singing at Sweet Frog and the mall and more.
“I look forward to AST every year,” says Rachel Beauregard, a junior at
Classical Magnet School. “It is great to connect with old and new friends and
so much fun to be part of a great production.
RENT will be especially good because of its modern music and great
songs.”
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The show is directed by Doreen
Cohn, with Terri Rowe as choreographer, Diana Lawler as music director and Ken
Jones as technical director.
No auditions required! Auditions for the main characters have
already been held, but there are great ensemble opportunities with spotlight
solos available. Rehearsals and
lighting/set design culminate in an exciting production July 24-28 at Avon High
School. The cost for Avon Summer Theater
is $250 for actors, $50 for tech participants, and the program will close at 40
students. Please see the website for
more information, and to register. www.avonsummertheater.com