HOOLIGAN Theatre Company is proud to open is its 11th season with the beloved rock opera, "RENT"!

Based on Puccini’s beloved opera, La Bohème, Rent follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of impoverished, artistic friends living in Manhattan’s East Village. Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, struggles to find his place in the world; his roommate Roger, an HIV-positive musician, wonders how he will leave his mark before he dies. Mimi, Collins, and Angel look for true love as they face the harsh reality of life as HIV-positive young people, while the businesslike Joanne seeks fidelity from her wild-child performance artist girlfriend Maureen. The group’s dreams, losses, and love stories weave through the musical’s narration to paint a stunningly raw and emotional portrait of the gritty bohemian world of New York City in the late 1980s, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS.

CAST:
MARK COHEN - Landen Baldwin
TOM COLLINS - Aaron Fish
ROGER DAVIS - Paul Butcher
ANGEL DUMOTT SCHUNARD - Josh Briggs
MAUREEN JOHNSON - Maeve Riley
JOANNE JEFFERSON - Jayne Skinner
MIMI MARQUEZ - Holly Rizzo
BENNY COFFIN III - Rob Racke

Ensemble:
Vanessa Magula, Jonny Perl, Sara Beil, Jeremy Kaetzel, Mihir Kumar, Shilah McGuinness, Amanda Faucher, Kimberly Eddinger, Alex Weber, Brandon Papo, James Hackett-Little, Oscar Tsukayama, Clara Takahashi, Jonnie Yaj, Anna Ticker, Christian Gianni

PERFORMANCE DATES:
Thursday, Nov. 19 @ 8pm
Friday, Nov. 20 @ 8pm
Saturday, Nov. 21 @ 2pm, 8pm

TICKETS:
UCLA students - FREE
Non-UCLA students - $10 with student ID
Groups (6+) - $18
General Admission - $25

ADDRESS:
Schoenberg Music Hall
Schoenberg Music Building, UCLA
445 Charles E. Young Dr.
Los Angeles, CA 90024

For more info, visit:
http://www.hooligantheatre.org/rent

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