"HOOLIGAN’s rendition of ‘Rent’ shows real people beneath AIDS stigma"

​BY SAMANTHA SUMAN
 
"Harmonized voices echoed through the north end of Parking Structure 2 on a cold Thursday night. The building’s fluorescent lights became spotlights while the actors danced on the chilled concrete.
The cast of HOOLIGAN Theatre Company’s Rent was immersed in character when someone mumbled, 'We might have a car situation in 10 seconds.' The group members dispersed as the SUV approached, laughed at their misfortune and immediately returned to the rehearsal as if there had been no interruption."

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The cast of HOOLIGAN's "Rent" consulted with UCLA student group AIDS Ambassadors to learn more about the illness and to make the actors’ portrayals of the characters with the disease more accurate. (Zinnia Moreno/Daily Bruin)