Intro/Tune Up 1

(Spoken)
Rent, by Jonathan Larson
It begins on Christmas Eve
With Mark, that's me, and Roger - smile!
Hmm

December 24, 9 PM Eastern Standard Time
From here on in, I shoot without a script
See if anything comes of it, instead of my old shit

First shot, Roger, tuning the Fender guitar
He hasn't played in a year

This won't tune

So we hear
He's just coming back
From half a year of withdrawal

Are you talking to me?

Not at all
Are you ready? Hold that focus steady
Tell the folks at home what you're doing, Roger

I'm writing one great-