"Rent" Actor Anthony Rapp to Speak at ISU March 30

Stage and film actor Anthony Rapp, best known for playing Mark in both the Broadway and film versions of "Rent," will speak at 7 p.m. Monday, March 30, in Braden Auditorium at Illinois State University.

Admission is free and open to the public.  The event is sponsored by the University Program Board.

Rapp, who is a native of Joliet and graduate of Joliet West High School, will discuss his stage and film work as well as his 2006 book, "Without You: A Memoir of Love, Loss and the Musical 'Rent'."

Among Rapp's noteworthy credits are the films "Dazed and Confused," "A Beautiful Mind," "School Ties," "Road Trip," the Broadway revival of "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown," the stage and film versions of "Six Degrees of Separation," and the stage, film and filmed-live-on-stage versions of "Rent."