<p>AlwaysAMom, yes, there had been a previous Cutting Room gig by the cast from RENT last month but my D was not a part of it that time. She was the only new person this time. I know that the bassist was the bassist in Spring Awakening. I am not sure she mentioned Jared to me. However, the other pianist, a friend of hers who is a graduate from CAP21 who was pianist on the Wicked Tour and who she thinks is likely going to be the Asst. MD for the Spring Awakening Tour, had asked her to do this gig. It was a benefit but she was paid (well). And yes, many of the cast members are singer/songwriters and talked to my D about perhaps in the future her playing piano for them or back up singing for them (once they heard she is an actor/singer) and they exchanged contact information. My D is also a singer/songwriter and has her own gig in about ten days at another venue in the city of her own original songs (singing and accompanying herself). Anyway, she had fun and actually was offered by one of the people there (I forget who she said…maybe it was Jared?) to accompany tomorrow for auditions for some show but she had to turn it down…she has too much on her plate at the moment including being an organizer and performer in an original street theater piece in NYC today with a theater company she formed with other Tisch Scholars as she is into combining theater with social activism. She also has an N’Harms gig soon at Joe’s Pub. But she would be happy to do these jobs when she has time or when she graduates to earn money and so meeting all these folks and networking was worthwhile. Besides, the cast of RENT were all cool people and like I’ve told you, she was extremely into RENT as a child doing several independent projects and papers on it. I don’t know if you know these cast members but you always seem to know about RENT stuff and so that’s why I am sharing it with you. :D</p>