Rent
Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Shawn Adams-Lanz
Produced by: Courtney Potter
Music Directors: Kyle DeTarnowsky and Erin Fagundes
Choreographer: Danielle Reyes
Assistant Producer: Katie Gordon
Based loosely on Puccini’s La Boheme, Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. The physical and emotional complications of the disease pervade the lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom and Angel. Maureen deals with her chronic infidelity through performance art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship is worth the trouble. Benny has sold out his Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income and is on the outs with his former friends. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider to life in general. This is theatre at its best – exuberant, passionate and joyous. Rent is not recommended for children.
Presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
Year | Category | |
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1996 | Best Musical | Winner |
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Conejo Players Theatre is at 351 S. Moorpark Road, Thousand Oaks, CA.
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The Conejo Players were born in 1958 with a “Let’s start a theatre” attitude, a meager treasury, and a handful of volunteers to build a stage in a barn and put on shows. Within seven years — and a history of some 20-plus productions — that attitude evolved into: “Let’s build a theatre!” With the generosity of the Janss Foundation and a no-interest construction loan, a 126-seat theatre opened at the current S. Moorpark Road location in July 1964. In 1974, on the 10th anniversary of the building (and nearly 50 productions later), the mortgage was paid. And after eight more years (that’s another 40 Mainstage shows and eight Conejo Afternoon Theater [CAT] productions), the urge to grow lead to a new lobby, new restrooms, new theatre seats, and an increased capacity of 185.
Videos
Anastasia: The Musical
Conejo Players Theatre (3/21 - 4/13) | ||
iStarELA
Teatro de las Americas (12/6 - 12/21) | ||
A Christmas Carol
Conejo Players Theatre (12/8 - 12/8) | ||
Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
Bank of America Performing Arts Center [Fred Kavli Theatre] (3/14 - 3/16) | ||
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Bank of America Performing Arts Center (4/5 - 4/5) | ||
New West Symphony: A Symphonic Odyssey
Bank of America Performing Arts Center (1/25 - 1/25) | ||
New West Symphony presents Winter Spectacular: Holidays of Light
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