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RENTing Out The Muni Stage, For The Very First Time

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Audiences at The Muni shouldn't worry about being presented with a watered-down version of RENT.  

Director Mac Warren says he's "staying true" to a show that some theaters edit for language and content.  

RENT's themes, some unabashedly adult, are arguably just as relevant as they were in the mid-90s when the show debuted in New York.

Actors Scott Lecocq and Jeremy Goeckner joined the show's director on Illinois Edition to share their take on a show they say has "finally come home" to the Springfield Muni:

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Peter has a diverse background in public, independent and commercial media production. Beginning in 2011, Peter served as reporter and “Morning Edition” host for WUIS. He completed his work at WUIS in 2014. Prior to his start in public radio, he covered the Illinois legislature for NBC affiliate WANDTV-17 and helped launch Phenom Features, a non-profit apprenticeship film studio. Peter hails from Oswego, Ill., where he grew up watching WTTW-11/PBS.