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Spring Awakening
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Music by Duncan Sheik Based on the play by Frank Wedekind March 16 - 31, 2012
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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.Musical numbers include Mama Who Bore Me, The Bitch of Living, Totally F***ed, and The Song of Purple Summer.
Cast
Wendla - Alexa Rybinski
Melchior - Tito Duran Moritz - Asher Pollock Ilse - Mitra Jouhari Martha - Rachel Gaunce Thea - Sarah Tackett Anna - Emily Albrinck Hanschen - Matt Boyd Ernst - Chris Hawkins Otto - Derrick Walter Georg - Logun Baker Adult Female - Andrea Klinker Adult Female - Amy Sylvester Adult Male - Jack Miller |
Production Team
Director - Ed Eblin
Assistant Director - Esther Stinson Music Director - Ryan Stem Stage Manager - Jim Bouyack Choreographer - Cassandra Cardenas Assistant Choreographer - Heather Metcalf Costumer - Jocelyn Kane 
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Spring Awakening is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
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421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com