Muse Presents RENT

Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent follows a community of artists over the course of a year as they struggle against the AIDS epidemic, a housing affordability crisis, and addiction - sustained only by their love for each other.

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of its Broadway debut, RENT is as groundbreaking as ever, putting a community on stage that is as diverse, raw, and queer as the artists who portray them. The music rewrites the playbook for what a Broadway musical should sound like, with an authentic rock score and instrumentation to match. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon. with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences across generations. This is theatre at its best – exuberant, passionate and joyous.

We would like to commemorate those who lost their lives during the AIDS crisis. Many suffered silently.

See our amazing alternate cast take on their leading roles on Friday night! The couple seats closest to the walls on either side have obstructed view of a corner of the stage.

CONTENT WARNING

Please note, RENT contains frequent coarse language, sexual innuendo & depictions of violence. Themes of suicide, self-harm, substance abuse, homophobia, AIDS as it existed in the 80s & 90s, police brutality and homelessness will be depicted. Photosensitive people should be aware the show contains light use of strobing.

CAST

Joss Arkley-Smith as MARK COHEN

William Rogut as ROGER DAVIS

Courtney Joubert as MIMI MÀRQUEZ

Angus Baker as TOM COLLINS

Chris Shanko as ANGEL DUMOTT SCHUNARD

Madeleine King MAUREEN JOHNSON

Eden Borrie as JOANNE JEFFERSON 

AJ St Valentine as BENJAMIN COFFIN III (BENNY)

Percy Chiu as MARK (ALT) / ANGEL (SWING)

Luca Brown as ROGER (ALT) / TOM (SWING)

Joanna Simeon as MIMI (ALT)

Ensemble & Featured Roles

Raffael Baktashi-Petridis

Jenny Chau

Ryan Chow 

Charlotte Doyle

Melody Grant

Sienna Marriott

David Miguel

Bailey Mitchell

Em Ollis

Mikayla Tsolkas

PRODUCTION TEAM

Andrew Smallbone - Director

Mia De Oglou - Producer

Hazel Alexander - Music Director

Alyssa May - Choreographer

Annie Geissler - Assitant Director/Producer

Claire Polczynski - Vocal Director

Skye Gibson-Williams - Marketing Manager/Photographer/Production Assistant

Hannah Silberman - Intimacy Co-Ordinator

Hugo Jerusalemy - Assistant Music Director

Leo Tarbox - Assistant Vocal Director

DESIGN TEAM

Mischa Bendall - Co-costume Designer

Charlotte Thomson - Co-costume Designer

Abigail Pierce - Wigs, Hair & Makeup Designer

Dan Maher - Set Designer

Jeramiah Tamata - Prop Master

Elle Booth - Videographer

Grace Amarante - Graphic Designer

TECHNICAL CREW

Sasha Kovarik - Stage Manager

Byron Rowley - Lighting Designer

Oriana Chan - Co-Sound Technician

Linh Tran - Co-Sound Technician

Georgia McCormack - Mic Technician

Yimiao Li - Assistant Stage Manager

Tash McBride - Assistant Lighting Designer

Book, music and lyrics by JONATHAN LARSON 

Musical Arrangements

STEVE SKINNER

Original Concept/Additional Lyrics

BILLY ARONSON

Music Supervision and Additional Arrangements

TIM WEIL

Dramaturg

LYNN THOMSON

RENT was originally produced in New York

by New York Theatre Workshop and on Broadway

by JEFFREY SELLER, KEVIN MCCOLLUM, ALLAN S. GORDON

and the New York Theatre Workshop

Licensed exclusively by Music Theatre International (Australasia).