Backstage Presents: Spring Awakening

Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater | Music by Duncan Sheik
Based on the Original Play by Frank Wedekind
Orchestrations by Duncan Sheik
Vocal Arrangements by AnnMarie Milazzo
String Orchestrations by Simon Hale

Original Broadway Production Produced 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 Schnuck/Cold Spring Productions, Amanda Dubois/Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell, Jennifer Maloney/Tamara Tunie/Joe Cilibrasi/StyleFour Productions.

The World Premiere of “SPRING AWAKENING” was produced by the Atlantic Theater Company by special arrangement with Tom Hulce and Ira Pittelman.

By arrangement with Hal Leonard Australia Pty Ltd Exclusive agent for Music Theatre International (NY). 

SYNOPSIS

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.

CAST

Melchior|Thomas Weaver 
Wendla|Maggie Hartsuyker
Moritz|Caitlin Whiter
Hänschen|Andrew Smallbone
Thea|Sian Hayes 
Lucy Vella | Ilse
Anna| Sophie Takatsuka
Ernst|David Cumiskey
Georg|Brodie Baldwin
Martha|Eddi-Elle Mia
Otto|Rosanna Lam
Adult Man|Benjamin Roorda
Adult Woman|Eleanor Fair 

PRODUCTION TEAM

Director|Will Kilgour
Producer|Finn Stannard
Music Director|Jessica Tannous 
Choreographer|Amelie Downie
Intimacy Director|Matthew Dorahy
Asst. Choreographer|Lucy Vella

TW: Violence, suicide, sexual assault.