RENT, 2024
Jonathan Larson's Rent was a director's gift to unpack. It was a dream to be able to do what I say I do best: deconstruct and rebuild a concretized piece of musical theater iconography. I aimed to celebrate the femininity of the male body, level the importance of the named characters and the homeless ensemble, and depict a dramaturgically accurate AIDS epidemic.
Rent
By Jonathan Larson
Presented by Southern Plains Productions at the Tower Theater
Director: Cameron King
Artistic Director: Jackson Gifford
Music Directors: Jude Caminos & Jordan Andrews
Choreographer: Hui Cha Poos
Intimacy Designer: Cam Hamlin
Production Stage Manager: Audrey Mantia
Technical Director: Christian Heffron
Lighting Designer: Carson Decker
Scenic Designer: Ningning Yang
Sound Designer: Jacob Henry
Costume Designers: Darci McKinnon & Armando Ortiz
Video Designer: Cameron Wallace
Photographer: John Gifford
Mark: Logan Wright
Roger: Aidan Joyce
Angel: Jaylon Crump
Collins: Owen Scales
Mimi: Erika Zade
Maureen: Maya Lagerstam
Joanne: Mayah Lourdes Burke
Benny: Aidan B. Jones
Pam: Luis Rojas
Gordon: Gage Martinez
Paul: Isaiah Williams
Steve: Roberto Lopez Jr.
Ali: Jessica Cajina
Sue: Cheyanne Marie
Shelly: Lydia Kelly Campbell
Evan: Trace Burchart
Mayah Lourdes Burke as Joanne Jefferson
me, "directing"