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Gilbert Theater will be holding auditions for RENT the musical on July 22^nd and 23^{rd ,} from 6-9pm at the Gilbert, 116 Green Street, Fayetteville, NC. Actors interested in auditioning should e mail artisticdirector@gilberttheater.com for an appointment time. Please be prepared to sing one song, pop rock and bring headshot and resume. The Gilbert has limited AEA contracts available.

RENT will run September 20^th – October 6^th of 2013. Rehearsals will begin August 19^th, 2013.

• Mark Cohen : A      struggling Jewish documentary filmmaker and the narrator      of the show. He is Roger’s and Collins’s roommate until Collins moves out;      he is also Maureen’s ex-boyfriend.
• Roger      Davis : A once      successful but now struggling musician who is HIV positive and an      ex-junkie. He hopes to write one last meaningful song before he dies. He      is having a hard time coping with the fact that he, along with many others      around him, knows that he is going to die. His girlfriend, April, killed      herself after finding out that she was HIV positive. He is roommates with      Mark.
• Mimi      Márquez: A club      dancer and drug addict. She lives downstairs from Mark and Roger, and is      Roger’s love interest who, like him, has HIV. She is also Benny’s      ex-lover.
• Tom      Collins : An anarchist      with AIDS. He is described by Mark as a “computer genius, teacher,      and vagabond anarchist who ran naked through the Parthenon.”      Collins dreams of opening a restaurant in Santa Fe, where the problems in      New York will not affect him and his friends. He was formerly a roommate      of Roger, Mark, Benny, and Maureen, then just Roger and Mark, until he      moves in with Angel.
• Angel      Dumott Schunard : A young drag queen and street percussionist with      AIDS. He is Collins’s love interest.
• Maureen      Johnson : A      lesbian performance artist who is      Mark’s ex-girlfriend and Joanne’s current girlfriend. She is very      flirtatious and cheated on Mark (presumably with Joanne).
• Joanne      Jefferson : An Ivy League-educated public interest lawyerand a lesbian.      Joanne is the woman for whom Maureen left Mark. Joanne has very important      parents (one is undergoing confirmation to be a judge, the other is a      government official.)
• Benjamin      “Benny” Coffin III : Landlord      of Mark, Roger and Mimi’s apartment building and ex-roommate of Mark,      Collins, Roger, and Maureen. He is also Mimi’s ex-lover, although he      considers himself her ex-boyfriend.
• THE      FOLLOWING ROLES MAY BE DOUBLED AND TRIPLED

• Mrs. Cohen: Mark’s      stereotypical Jewish mother. Her voicemail messages are the basis for the      songs Voicemail #1, Voicemail #3, and Voicemail #5.
• Alexi      Darling: The      producer of Buzzline who tries to employ Mark after his footage of the      riot makes primetime. Sings Voicemail #3 and Voicemail #4.
• Mr. and      Mrs. Jefferson: The wealthy parents of Joanne Jefferson, they      leave her Voicemail #2. Mr. Jefferson is also one of the a cappella      singers in Voicemail #5. Mrs. Jefferson usually sings the female solo in      Seasons of Love.
• Mrs. Davis: Roger’s      confused mother who calls in Voicemail #5, asking continuously,      “Roger, where are you?”
• Mrs.      Marquez: Mimi’s      Spanish-speaking mother who sings in Voicemail #5, wondering, in Spanish,      where she is.
• Mr. Grey: Benny’s      father-in-law who wants to buy out the lot.
• The Man: The      local drug dealer whom Mimi buys from and Roger used to buy from.
• Paul: The man      in charge of the Life Support group.
• Gordon: One of      the Life Support members. Usually doubles as “The Man”
• Steve: One of      the Life Support members. Usually doubles as “The Waiter”
• Ali: One of      the Life Support members
• Pam: One of      the Life Support members
• Sue: One of      the Life Support members. As notated in the script by Larson, the roles of      all of the Life Support members are encouraged to take on the name that      someone in the cast (or production) knows or has known to have succumbed      to AIDS. In the final Broadway performance, Sue is renamed Lisa.
• Squeegee      Man: A homeless      person who chants “Honest living!” over and over.
• The Waiter: A waiter      at the Life Cafe.

There are also many other non-named roles such as The Homeless Woman, The Preacher, Seasons of Love soloists, Cops, Bohemians, Vendors, Homeless People.

 The Gilbert Theater hires Equity members on a show by show basis.  If you are Equity and wish to audition please call in advance to inquire at (910) 678-7186.

If you cannot make auditions for a particular production, please feel free to contact us, or send us your resume and headshot to admin@gilberttheater.com or via snail mail.