Editing Rent (musical) (section)

===''Rent: School Edition''===
In 2007, an abridged edition of ''Rent'' was made available to five non-professional acting groups in the United States for production, primarily adapted by Jennifer and Peter Jones of Stuart, Florida's StarStruck Theatre. Billed as {{nowrap|''Rent: School Edition''}}, this version omits the song "Contact" and eliminates some of the coarse language and tones down some public displays of affection in the original.<ref name="School Edition">{{cite web |author=Deyoung, Bill |date=June 30, 2007 |title=With 'Rent,' local theater finally fulfills promise |url=http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,2545,TCP_16736_5609675,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070706021228/http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0%2C2545%2CTCP_16736_5609675%2C00.html |archive-date=July 6, 2007 |access-date=July 2, 2007 |publisher=Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers}}
Hopper, R: [http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/reviews/reviews_truman_rent.html] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828130245/http://www.nationalyouththeatre.com/reviews/reviews_truman_rent.html|date=August 28, 2008}}. National Youth Theatre review, accessed March 19, 2009.</ref> [[Shorewood High School (Wisconsin)|Shorewood High School]] in [[Shorewood, Wisconsin]], became the first high school to perform an early version of the adaptation in May 2006. The high school was selected to present a workshop performance as part of [[Music Theatre International]]'s work to adapt the musical for younger actors and potentially more conservative audiences.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AyQqAAAAIBAJ&pg=5097,6780278&dq=rent+school+edition+shorewood&hl=en|title=Students Tackle Tough Topics of 'Rent'|last=Schmidt|first=Elaine|date=May 19, 2006|location=Wisconsin|pages=8B|newspaper=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|access-date=April 9, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=August 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As of 2008, Music Theatre International began licensing "''Rent'' School Edition" for performances by schools and non-professional amateur theaters in the United States and around the world.