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Due to unavoidable circumstances beyond our control (namely severe and prolonged inclement weather), a few schedule changes regarding KAT's upcoming production of RENT have been implemented. We regret to announce that Opening Night will be delayed by one week. Thus, performances on Feb. 12 and Feb. 13 have been canceled.
Our OPENING NIGHT will now be February 19th, 2010. In order to provide you with the optimal show experience, we will be adding the following two performances to replace the canceled ones: one on Thursday, February 25th, at 8pm and a closing matinee Sunday, March 7th, at 2pm.
New performance dates: February 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 28, March 4, 5, 6, 7. Times: Th/Fr/Sa @ 8pm, Su @ 7pm (except 3/7 @ 2pm).
Thank you once again for your ongoing support of Kensington Arts Theatre and for your patience and flexibility regarding these schedule variations. Remember: NO DAY BUT TODAY. Don't miss KAT's RENT, opening February 19th, 2010!
RENT is a rock opera with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson based on Giacomo Puccini's opera, La Bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the thriving days of Bohemian Alphabet City, under the shadow of AIDS.
The musical was first seen in a limited three-week workshop run at the New York Theatre Workshop in 1994. This same New York City off-Broadway theatre was also the musical's initial home following its official January 25, 1996, opening. Tragically, the show's creator (Larson) died suddenly the night before the off-Broadway premiere. The show won a Pulitzer Prize, and the production was a hit. The musical moved to Broadway's larger Nederlander Theatre on April 29, 1996.
RENT marks KAT's second Jonathan Larson production, after having put on tick, tick...BOOM! in May 2004, with WATCH nominations received by Will Hayden for Leading Actor in a Musical and Craig Pettinati for Direction of a Musical.
We at KAT would like to extend our appreciation and thanks to the casts, staffs, and crew of our 2009 shows: One Red Flower, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, and The Rocky Horror Show. Please join us at the WATCH presentation ceremony held on Sunday, March 14 (7pm), at The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA.
Kensington Arts Theatre 2009 Nominations
- Outstanding Direction of a Musical – Evan Hoffmann – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – Katie McManus as "Lin" – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Set Design in a Musical – Kevin Boyce – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Set Construction in a Musical – John Decker – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Light Design in a Musical – Kevin Boyce – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Sound Design in a Musical – Kevin P. Garrett – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Special Effects – Kevin Boyce – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Properties in a Musical – Jenna Ballard, Brian Dettling – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Properties in a Musical – Malca Giblin, Brian Dettling – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical – Jenna Ballard – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Set Decoration in a Musical – Evan Hoffmann, Malca Giblin – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical – Rachael Feola & Cast – One Red Flower
- Outstanding Makeup Design in a Musical – Jaclyn Young – The Rocky Horror Show
- Outstanding Hair Design in a Musical – Jaclyn Young – The Great American Trailer Park Musical
The Rocky Horror Show (Fall 2009)
Book/Music/Lyrics by Richard O'Brien
Directed by Darnell Morris
Produced by Doe B. Kim
That sweet transvestite and his motley
crew did the time warp on Broadway in a
twenty fifth-anniversary revival. Complete
with sass from the audience, cascading
toilet paper and an array of other audience
participation props, this deliberately
kitschy rock & roll sci-fi gothic is more fun
than ever.
RENT (Winter 2010)
Book/Music/Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Directed by Craig Pettinati
Music Direction by Brian Victor
Produced by Darnell Morris, Doe B. Kim
*PENDING AVAILABILITY* Violet (Spring 2010)
Book and Lyrics by Brian Crawley
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Directed by Caroline Angell
Set in 1964 in the Deep South during
the early days of the Civil Rights
Movement, Violet follows the growth
and enlightenment of a scarred young
woman on a journey, who along the way
learns about beauty, love, courage, and
what it means to be an outsider. One of
the most acclaimed off-Broadway shows of
the '90s, Violet astounded critics &
audiences with its powerful story & music.
Come celebrate our 8th anniversary Season as we perform stories that
ask questions and make you evaluate your assumptions about people and life. Be a part of this award-winning theater with a spectacular lineup of musicals.
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