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SPRING AWAKENING takes its inspiration from one of literature’s most controversial masterpieces – a work so daring in its depiction of teenage self-discovery, it was banned from the stage and not performed in its complete form in English for nearly 100 years.It’s 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, till 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 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 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 and expel him. And soon Mama learns her little Wendla is pregnant. Now the young lovers must struggle against all odds to build a world together for their child.
The musical Spring Awakening is currently playing on Broadway, winner of EIGHT Tony Awards including 2007 BEST MUSICAL. Based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, it has been hailed as the "Best Musical of the Year" by the New York Times, New York Post, Star Ledger, Journal News, New York Observer, and USA Today. It is the story of uncontrollable emotions and undeniable passion, of first love and lasting regrets. But most remarkably, it is a musical that answers questions teenagers have been asking forever.
Original Cast:
Jonathan Groff - Melchior
Lea Michele - Wendla
John Gallagher Jr. - Moritz
Stephen Spinella - Adult Men
Christine Estabrook - Adult Women
Skylar Astin - Georg/Dieter
Lilli Cooper - Martha
Gideon Glick - Ernst
Brian Charles Johnson - Otto/Ulbrecht
Lauren Pritchard - Ilse
Phoebe Strole - Anna
Jonathan B. Wright - Hanschen/Rupert
Remy Zaken - Thea
*Notable replacements in the cast have included Blake Bashoff as Moritz and Kate Burton as Adult Women.*
Current Cast:
Andrew Durand (Georg)
Amanda Castaños (Martha)
Blake Bashoff (Moritz)
Blake Daniel (Ernst)
Kyle Riabko (Melchior)
Gabriel Violett (Otto)
Alexandra Socha (Wendla)
Emma Hunton (Ilse)
Emily Kinney (Anna)
Matt Doyle (Hanschen)
Caitlin Kinnunen (Thea)
Playing the two adults are Glen Flesher and Christine Estabrook.
Understudies/Swings/Ensemble:
Alice Lee (Ensemble, u/s Wendla)
Matt Shingledecker (Ensemble, u/s Melchior)
Jesse Swenson (Ensemble, u/s Melchior)
Jenna Ishkowitz (Swing)
Eryn Murman (Swing, u/s Wendla, Ilse)
Gerard Canonico (Ensemble, u/s Moritz)
Tony Carlin (u/s Adult Men)
Frances Mercanti-Anthony (u/s Adult Women)
Creative Team:
Duncan Sheik (Music)
Steven Sater (Book & Lyrics)
Michael Mayer (Director)
Bill T. Jones (Choreographer)
Kimberly Grigsby (Music Director)
Design Team:
Christine Jones (Set Designer)
Susan Hilferty (Costume Designer)
Kevin Adams (Lighting Designer)
Simon Hale (String Orchestrations)
Brian Ronan (Sound Design)
Producers:
Ira Pittelman (Producer)
Tom Hulce (Producer)
Jeffrey Richards (Producer)
Jerry Frankel (Producer)
Atlantic Theater Company (Producer)
Jeffrey A. Sine (Producer)
Freddy DeMann (Producer)
Max Cooper (Producer)
Morton Swinsky (Producer)
Jay and CIindy Gutterman (Producer)
Joe McGinnis (Producer)
Judith Ann Abrams (Producer)
Zen Dog Productions (Producer)
Car Jac Productions (Producer)
Tracy Aron (Producer)
Stefany Bergson (Producer)
Jennifer ManCoherian (Producer)
Ted Snowdon (Producer)
Harold Thau (Producer)
Terry E. Shnuck (Producer)
Robert Bailenson (Producer)
Lee Genick (Producer)
Amanda DuBois (Producer)
Elizabeth Eynon Wetherall (Producer)
Jennifer Maloney (Producer)
Tamara Tunie (Producer)
Joseph Cilibrasi (Producer)
Stylesfour Productions (Producer)
Pat Flicker Addis (Associate Producer)
Joan Cullman Productions (Associate Producer)
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