R*NT (or, What You Own: another dirge for a city remembered)

The Performance Project @ University Settlement Presents A 2015—2016 Artist in Residence Project R*NT (or, What You Own: another dirge for a city remembered) In celebration of the 20th anniversary of Rent—Jonathan Larson's Tony and Pulitzer-winning opus—downtown deviant Chris Tyler brings you R*NT (or, What You Own: another dirge for a city remembered). A genre-bending spectacular parody fusing the anti-virtuosities of high school drama club with the free-for-all revelry of queer nightlife; R*NT draws inspiration from the work of writer and activist Sarah Schulman to explore the psychic ramifications of AIDS and gentrification in New York City. Created by Chris Tyler in collaboration with Jess Goldschmidt, Ethan Simba Graham, Mike McGee, Seán McKeithan, Ombro de Oro, Blake Palmer, Ethan Philbrick, Alex Rodabaugh, Derek Smith, Bailey Williams, and Jaime Wright April 28—30 at 8pm Tickets: $15 general admission, $10 students/seniors http://www.anotherdirge.com/ *** "No one has copyright over AIDS, the East Village, homosexuality, performance art or watch alarms."—Orin Snyder, lawyer and spokesperson for the Larson family