SPRING AWAKENING
"EVERYTHING A MUSICAL SHOULD BE AND MORE. ELECTRIC, FRESH, PASSIONATE YET POLISHED, THIS IS MUSICAL THEATRE AT ITS BEST. IT IS AMONGST THE BEST PIECES OF MUSICAL THEATRE I’VE SEEN IN WELLINGTON.”
Spring Awakening
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April 10 — 21, 2018
BATS Theatre, 1 Kent Terrace Wellington.
Music by Duncan Sheik
Book and lyrics by Steven Sater
In a world where sex and passion are repressed and confusion and ignorance are capable of bringing both salvation and destruction, Spring Awakening explores the 'bitch of living' for young people denied knowledge, power and autonomy. Audiences follow the anguished journey of sexual awakening with illuminating and hauntingly unforgettable poignancy in an effort to discover the beauty of living in this melancholic, complicated world.
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Exhilarating audiences across the world, Spring Awakening is at its heart, the story of young people struggling against all odds to build a world and find a place for themselves.
CREATIVE
Director Ben Emerson
Music Director Michael Nicholas Williams
Choreographer Manuel Solomon
Assistant Music Director Anna McBride
Costume Designer Kerri Singley
Lighting Designer Jennifer Lal
Lighting Operator David Conroy
Production Manager Jen Howes
Stage Manager Natasha Thyne
Props Manager Anna Rowe
Set Designer Ben Emerson
Band Anna McBride, Tiffany Anderson
CAST
Wendla Jessica Old
Meclhior Maxwell Apse
Moritz Konrad Makisi
Ilse Cassandra Tse
Martha Greer Perenara
Hanschen Alex Rabina
Ernst Cary Stackhouse
Georg Joseph Mara
Thea Kree McMillan
Anna Aimee Smith
Otto Patrick Jennings
Marianna Caitlin Penrose
Adult Men Alan Palmer
Adult Women Karen Anslow
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