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Mark your calendar! RENT: School Edition, presented by Avon Summer Theater

Mark
your calendar for Avon Summer Theater’s production of  RENT,
School Edition



Rehearsals begin Monday, as 50
students from many towns in the Greater Hartford area and Farmington Valley
come together to produce and perform a dynamic production of RENT: School Edition.  On-stage Performers and Technical Theater
participants (behind the scenes,) will work hard over the next four weeks to
produce a dynamic, challenging show. 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. 



RENT is a rock opera with music and
lyrics by Jonathan Larson, based on Giacomo Puccini’s opera, La Bohème. This school edition of RENT has been carefully done, working with
the Larson estate to retain the dramatic intent of the groundbreaking rock
musical, while incorporating some changes to language and the removal of one
song ("Contact") to make it appropriate for high schools to perform.

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RENT 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.  RENT has a terrific score of
well-known songs, including “Seasons of Love” and “La Vie Bohème.”  It is the tenth longest-running show in
Broadway history, having played at the Nederlander Theater from 1996-2008.  The show transformed the definition of
musical theater, and changed Broadway forever, bringing contemporary music back
to Broadway and with it, a younger audience that had abandoned Broadway
musicals for more accessible forms of entertainment, like movies, television
and music videos.  RENT has won every
major best musical award, including the Tony Award, as well as the Pulitzer
Prize for drama.  Whether it’s your 1st
time or your 100th time, you won’t want to miss this production of RENT, School
Edition.



Avon
Summer Theater began in the late 1950's as an Avon Public School summer music
and arts program, and RENT, School
Edition
marks the 54th summer production.

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The production hits the stage at 7:30
pm July 24, 25, 26 and 2:00 pm on July 27th at the Avon High School Auditorium,
510 West Avon Road, Avon, CT. Tickets are $15/$10  general admission, and $25, reserved section.
Tickets can be purchased online at http://www.avonsummertheater.com  as well as at the
Avon High school office  during summer
hours 8 am -3 pm beginning June 30th.  In
addition, the box office will be open some evenings during the week of July 21st.
 Please see our website for specific
times.



 

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