Spring Awakening
June 1-17
Musical
Music by Duncan Sheik
Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
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... 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 ever felt. As they fumble their way into one another's arms, Moritz flounders and soon falls 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 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.
Director: Timothy E. Locklear
Music Director: Craig Johnson
Choreographer: Aya Wallace
CAST
Wendla: Natalia Soto
Melchior: Ford Nelson
Mortiz: Nathan Hamilton
Ilse: Lauren Knott
Hanschen: Matt Sheaffer
Ernst: Bryan Bunch
Martha: Faith Jones
Thea: Allison Darcy
Anna: Chelsey Winstead
Georg: Shane de Leon
Otto: Jesse Farmer
Adult Female: Heather Shinpaugh
Adult Male: Ted Willis
Helmuth: Charles Robson
Gaston: McCarty Kennedy
Ina: McKenna Waldron
Berta: Melanie Payne
