RENT OPEN AUDITIONS AND ONLINE CONTEST

WANTED FOR



OPEN AUDITIONS
hip, authentic SINGERS in their 20’s
for the all-new Off-Broadway production

Friday, March 18, 2011
New World Stages
340 W. 50th Street
New York, NY 10019
11:00am - 2:00pm
Sign-up starts at 10:00am

Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Hollywood United Methodist Church
6817 Franklin Ave.
(In the gymnasium)
Hollywood, CA 90028
* On-site parking will be available
1:30pm - 4:00pm
Sign-up starts at 12:30pm

* Equity and non-Equity performers of all ethnicities welcome *
Prepare 16 bars of contemporary rock, pop or gospel song to sing a cappella. Strictly no musical theater tunes.

Bring sheet music (in case we need to hear you with a piano) and a photo/resume stapled together (snapshots are fine).

ONLINE AUDITION CONTEST
Can't make it to the open calls in New York or Los Angeles? Follow the steps below to enter the 2011 online audition contest for the chance to audition for RENT in New York City, where it all began.

• Create a digital video of you singing up to 60 seconds of your favorite song from RENT.
• Upload your audition video to www.YouTube.com and submit the YouTube video URL, your name and e-mail address on RENT's online auditions page on www.siteforrent.com by the ENTRY DEADLINE of 11:59 PM EST ON MARCH 18, 2011.
• From MARCH 21 – MARCH 27, 2011, VOTE for your favorite audition video.
• The online audition entrant whose video receives the most number of votes will receive round-trip transportation to NYC for an official RENT audition with Telsey + Co.

Read the COMPLETE GUIDELINES for the online audition contest.
Read the OFFICIAL RULES for the online audition contest.

Click here to enter the 2011 online audition contest today!

If you are unable to attend these open calls and can't participate in the audition contest, mail your photo/resume to RENT CASTING: 311 West 43rd Street, 10th Floor, New York, New York 10036

RENT RETURNS

NEW OFF-BROADWAY PRODUCTION SET FOR SUMMER 2011 AT NEW WORLD STAGES

SEARCH IS ON FOR NEW CAST



Producers Jeffrey Seller Kevin McCollum Allan S. Gordon have announced that the landmark musical RENT will open in a new, off-Broadway production on Thursday, August 11 at New World Stages, 340 West 50th Street, Between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Previews begin Thursday, July 14.

RENT, written by Jonathan Larson, will be directed by Michael Greif who directed the show’s original off-Broadway and Broadway productions. The creative team will include choreographer Larry Keigwin; music supervisor Tim Weil; set designer Mark Wendland; costume designer Angela Wendt; lighting designer Kevin Adams; sound designer Brian Ronan; and casting director Telsey + Company.

Casting for this production begins immediately with open calls in New York on Friday, March 18, 11am – 2pm, at New World Stages, and in Los Angeles on Wednesday, March 30, 1:30pm – 4:00pm at the Hollywood United Methodist Church, 6817 Franklin Avenue. For more casting information and to enter an online auditions contest, please visit siteforrent.com.

RENT first opened February 13, 1996 at New York Theatre Workshop where it was hailed as a landmark in the history of the American musical. It transferred to Broadway’s Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996. The musical went on to win every major best musical award, including the Tony Award, New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, and the Outer Critics Circle Award. Additionally, RENT is one of only eight musicals to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama. In all RENT won four Tony Awards, six Drama Desk Awards, two Theatre World Awards, and Obie Awards for its creator, director, and entire cast. RENT closed at the Nederlander Theatre on Sunday, September 7, 2008, after playing 5,124 performances and 16 previews.