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<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:13px"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#0000ff" size="6">AUDITIONS</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000" style="font-size:15px">Hathaway Brown Theatre Institute (HBTI) Summer Productions</font></span></p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:36.7999992370606px;background-color:transparent"><font color="#0000ff" size="6">RENT</font></span><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:1.15;font-family:Arial;color:rgb(255,0,255);font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent">
<span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal">Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and multiple Tony & Drama Desk Awards, including BEST </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal">MUSICAL</span>

</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="Arial, sans-serif"><span style="font-size:15px"> </span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Directed by Fred Sternfeld</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Music Directed by Mario Clopton</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Choreographed by Bebe Weinberg Katz</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Costume Design by Jackie Guerra  </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Set Design by Ron Newell</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Properties by Lydia Chenenka</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">
<b><font color="#ff0000">P</font></b></span><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15;background-color:transparent">RODUCTION DATES</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;line-height:17.6333332061768px"><font size="4">July 3 - 12 (6 performances) </font></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333332061768px"><font color="#000000">Friday, July 3 at 7:30 pm, Sunday, July 5 at 2:00 pm, Thursday, July 9 at 7:30 pm, Friday July 10 at 7:30 pm, Saturday, July 11 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 12 at 2:00 pm</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size:15px;line-height:17.25px;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></font></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><font color="#000000"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">Presented on Hathaway Brown School’s main stage</span><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span></font></p><br><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">ABOUT THE PLAY</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is 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, Rent has become a pop cultural phenomenon with songs that rock and a story that resonates with audiences of all ages.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">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. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333332061768px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">This is theatre at its best -- exuberant, passionate, and joyous.</span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal"> </span><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt;line-height:normal"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><br></p><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b><font color="#ff0000">AUDITIONS</font></b></span></p><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;vertical-align:baseline;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#000000">Auditions are being held jointly for Rent and Oklahoma! so you may audition for both productions with one appointment on either of these dates; it is possible to be in both productions. Callbacks will be held separately.</font></span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:transparent"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">DATES & TIMES</font><font color="#000000"> - Saturday, February 7 OR Sunday, February 8 between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm. 
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</span></p></li></ul><span style="font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000">REHEARSALS</font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:normal">• </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:normal">May 26 – June 26; Weekdays, 4:00 - 8:00 pm. During these weeks there may also be Saturday and/or Sunday rehearsals </span><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:11.5pt;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial">(Saturday: morning or afternoon, Sunday: afternoon or evening).  </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">• June 27 - July 2. Tech week and dress rehearsals weekdays 5:00 - 10:00 pm and weekend days Noon - 9:00 pm.  A dinner break will be built into the weekend rehearsals.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span></p><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.3999996185303px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">•</span><span style="font-size:7pt;line-height:10.7333326339722px;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;color:black">   </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:17.6333332061768px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Depending upon the size of your role and onstage time, you will be called to between 2-6 rehearsals per week during the development phase and then all the rehearsals the last two weeks.<br><br></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><font color="#ff0000"><br></font></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(255,0,0);font-family:Arial;font-size:15px;font-weight:bold;white-space:pre-wrap;line-height:1.15;background-color:transparent">ROLES</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Roles are available for teens and young adults from 9th grade – college.  </span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman',serif"></span><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman',serif;font-size:12pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">To view character descriptions of <b><i>Rent</i>, </b>go to this link: <b><a href="http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000281" target="_blank">http://www.mtishows.com/show_detail.asp?showid=000281</a></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;font-size:15px;white-space:pre-wrap;font-family:Arial;background-color:transparent">

</span></p><p style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:15px;font-family:Arial;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap;background-color:transparent"><b><font color="#ff0000">ELIGIBILITY</font></b></span></p></span><p dir="ltr" style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;font-size:15.1999998092651px;line-height:13.6000003814697px;white-space:pre-wrap">Participation in at least one 2 or 3 week session of “Performing Arts Training” is required for eligibility to be in a production. There is a tuition.</span></p></div></div>