Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of RENT, to Open Stage Door Inc's 5th Season, Jan 4

Rent opens Friday, January 4th, 2013 and runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00pm and Sunday matinees at 3:00pm, weekends through January 27th, 2013 at Stage Door Inc. Scroll below to meet the cast!

Jonathan Larson's Broadway musical phenomenon tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side. It takes place in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. It is an unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today. Urban and gritty, this Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical brims with raw emotion and infectious enthusiasm.

This will be Stage Door Inc.'s second time to perform the piece. Audiences voted it as one of their top four past performances. Recast and reimagined, they are excited to stage it yet again.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Stage Door Inc. is a GLBT friendly theatre. Saturday, January 12th will be Stage Door's OUT@SDI night. Starting at 7:00pm before the 8:00pm show there will be complimentary snacks and drinks in the lobby for GLBT audience members, their friends and family.

There will be a special "Pay What You Can" Performance on Thursday, January 17th at 8:00pm; donations of at least $5 are suggested.

Stage Door Inc. is a local, community theatre located inside the Pasadena Town Square Mall. Voted Best Family Entertainment Venue in Pasadena in 2011 and 2012 by Pasadena Citizen readers and Best Theatre Group by Houston A List voters, Stage Door is a true "community" theater. They partner with the Pasadena Strawberry Festival and are proud members of both the Pasadena and the Deer Park Chambers of Commerce.

Rent is the first audience voted favorite that is a repeat showing for Stage Door Inc. The remainder of the 2013 Season is as follows (audience voted returning shows are designated with a *): Stephen King's Misery; Little Shop of Horrors*; Southern Hospitality; Sweeney Todd*; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; The Rocky Horror Show; Evil Dead: The Musical*; Nuncrackers.

Tickets are $15 for general admission, $12 for seniors or students with ID. Group rates are available for all performances. Reserve seats by phone at (832) 582-7606 or reserve and pay online at www.stagedoorinc.com.

Gretchen Odum and Travis Hamilton as Mimi Marquez and Roger Davis

Gretchen Odum and Travis Hamilton as Mimi Marquez and Roger Davis

Leslie Sharp as Maureen Johnson

Michael Houghton as Mark Cohen

Rocky Banks and Tyonce Moore as Collins and Angel

Simone Williams as Joanne Jefferson

Tyonce Moore as Angel