Video Promo: RENT by Jonathan Larson, Waco Civic Theatre, May 5 - 21, 2017

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. This is theatre at its best — exuberant, passionate, and joyous.

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Rent
by Jonathan Larson
Waco Civic Theatre

May 5 - 21, 2017

Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30 p.m., Sundays at 2:30 p.m.

Tickets $18-$20 Fridays and Saturdays, $16 - $18 Sundays and Thursdays, plus service fees, available via

or via www.wacocivictheatre.org.