Based on Puccini's opera La Bohème, the rock musical Rent follows the ups and downs of a year in the life of a group of impoverished, artistic friends living in Manhattan's East Village. The group's dreams, losses, and love stories weave through the musical's narration to paint a stunningly raw and emotional portrait of the gritty bohemian world of New York City in the late 1980s, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Presented by DEFY Domestic Abuse Beloit and the Rock County LGBTQ+ Community.