RENT at JACKSONVILLE STATE UNIVERSITY/DRAMA DEPARTMENT

Set in the East Village of New York City, strongRENT /strongis 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, strongRENT/strong has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages.br br Based loosely on Puccini's span style="font-style: italic;"La Boheme/span, strongRENT/strong follows a year in the life of a group of friends struggling to make it in the big city. They include Mark, a filmmaker and the narrator of the story; his former girlfriend, Maureen, a performance artist; Maureen's lover, Joanne, a public interest lawyer; Mark's roommate Roger, a musician; Mimi, an exotic dancer, with whom Roger falls in love; Tom Collins, a computer genius; Collins' lover, Angel, a street musician and drag queen; and Benny, a former member of the group who, after marrying into a wealthy family, has become their landlord. How these young

Authors

• Billy Aronson
• Jonathan Larson

Tony Awards and Nominations for RENT