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Bare Cheek Theatre Company presents RENT by Jonathan Larson RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccinis opera, La Boheme. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New Yorks Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS. It tells the unforgettable story of a group of young artists learning to survive, falling in love, finding their voices and living for today. Artistic Director Tony McCleane-Fay has assembled an amazing cast of actors for this production, which is staged in two venues. Alan McHale, who played the role in the Olympia, plays the role of Mark Cohen, a struggling documentary filmmaker and best friend of Roger Davis, a musician who is recovering from heroin addiction played by Cork actor, Chris Schmidt-Martin. Also from Cork, Marnie McCleane-Fay is Mimi Marquez; a sexy pole-dancer who is also a heroin junkie and Roger’s love interest. Elaine Hearty, Furry in Fair City, plays a spunky performance artist Maureen Johnson, who is Mark’s ex-girlfriend and current girlfriend of Joanne Jefferson, a tough, headstrong Harvard-educated lawyer played by Oba Seagrave. Tom Collins, the philosophy teacher, friend and former roommate of Roger, Mark, and Maureen is played by Gary Furlong. Denis Grindel is cast in the role of Angel Schunard, a Drag Queen with a heart of gold and Tom Collins’ love interest. Benjamin “Benny …
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