The FAYC 2025 Teen Summer Intensive presents…
Rent: School Edition
July 18, 2025
July 19, 2025
7:30PM
Location:
Beaverton Town Hall
397 Simcoe St
Beaverton, ON L0K 1A0
RECOMMENDED FOR AGES 13+
Based loosely on Puccini's La Boheme, Rent School Edition 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.
RENT SCHOOL EDITION is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.MTIShows.com
MEET THE CAST
Roger Davis: Connor Pitkanen
Mark Cohen: River Givelas
Mimi Marquez: Diana Chirita
Joanne Jefferson: Charlotte Sharkey
Maureen Johnson: Maeve Kernohan
Angel Dumott Schunard: Oliver Giglia
Tom Collins: Quentin Holtrop
Benjamin “Benny” Coffin III: Sam Walchuk
THE ENSEMBLE:
Audree Holbrook
Brent Campbell
Brooklyn Chenard
Kate Higgs
Rachel Cartlidge
Ripley Aked
PRODUCTION TEAM
Director/Choreographer: Nicole Strawbridge
Director/Choreographer: Benjamin Conroy
Musical Director: Colin Frotten
Technical Director: Benjamin Conroy
Lighting Designer: Benjamin Conroy
Sound + Tech Equipment: Shooting Stars Productions