Spring Awakening
Sponsored by Northwest Community BankWhen
Approximate running time: 2 hours and 15 minutes
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Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
The world premiere of SPRING AWAKENING was produced by the Atlantic Theater Company by special arrangement with Tom Hulce & Ira Pittelman.
The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater through what Entertainment Weekly called, "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years.
It is Germany, 1891, a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body and wonders aloud where babies come from... until Mama tells her to shut it and put on a proper dress. Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy, Moritz – a boy so traumatized by puberty that he can't concentrate on anything... not that the Headmaster cares. He strikes them both and tells them to turn in their lesson. One afternoon, in a private place in the woods, Melchior and Wendla meet by accident and soon find within themselves a desire unlike anything they've ever felt. As they fumble their way into one another's arms, Moritz flounders and soon fails out of school. When even his one adult friend, Melchior's mother, ignores his plea for help, he is left so distraught that he can't hear the promise of life offered by his outcast friend, Ilse. Naturally, the Headmasters waste no time in pinning the "crime" of Moritz's suicide on Melchior to expel him. And soon, Mama learns that her little Wendla is pregnant. Now the young lovers must struggle against all odds to build a world together for their child.
Join this group of late nineteenth century German students on their passage as they navigate teenage self-discovery and coming of age anxiety in a powerful celebration of youth and rebellion in the daring, remarkable Spring Awakening.
CONTAINS ADULT LANGUAGE & SITUATIONS
Character (in order of Speaking) | Actor |
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Wendla | KATIE BRUNETTO |
The Adult Women | LAUREN JACOB |
Martha | ERICA BLASKO |
Ilse | KELLY WHITE |
Anna | AMANDA K. FRIEDMAN |
Thea | JOSIE KULP |
The Adult Men | GRIFFIN KULP |
Otto | NOEL ROBERGE |
Hanschen | ETHAN PARSONS |
Ernst | MICHAEL RAMALHO |
Georg | RUBEN SOTO |
Moritz | STEFFON SAMPSON |
Melchior | CHET R. DAVINO |
Ensemble/Swings | KARL HINGER, PAIGE MACHNICZ, MERIC MARTIN, LAUREN STANGO |
Presented by special arrangement with Music Theatre International, Inc. Produced on Broadway by, IRA PITTELMAN, TOM HULCE, JEFFREY RICHARDS, JERRY FRANKEL, ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, Jeffrey Sine, Freddy DeMann, Max Cooper, Mort Swinsky/Cindy and Jay Gutterman/Joe McGinnis/Judith Ann Abrams, ZenDog Productions/CarJac Productions, Aron Bergson Productions/Jennifer Manocherian/Ted Snowdon, Harold Thau/Terry E. Schnuck/Cold Spring Productions, Amanda Dubois/Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell, Jennifer Maloney/Tamara Tunie/Joe Cilibrasi.