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Director's Note:

 

I first saw "Spring Awakening" when I was 21. My sister, who is actually in this show, took me to NYC for my 21st birthday (side note - I do not like NYC). Last minute we got tickets to see this show called "Spring Awakening" that we knew nothing about. I remember at intermission we looked at each other and I knew what we were both thinking, "what the hell did we just witness?!" It was theatrical mastery. It felt like we were literally run over by raw emotion. The cast was wrecking us. This is why I tell this story and have several times before. 

 

Fast forward to now. These two casts are the most resilient, passionate and trusting people I have worked with. I can't wait for you to see them shine. They believe in me. They believe in my family. They believe in the importance of this story. Through grief and outrageous rage, my family has persevered to bring this show to life. These actors are a huge part of why we fought so hard to start FIND YOUR LIGHT. Serving our community through the creative outlet of theatre is our calling. 

 

I hope these actors can learn from our trials during the run of this show. Stand up. Be the change. Do your part to empathize and connect. Have your own mind. Speak up when needed and listen to what is between the lines. You are always stronger than you know.

 

Selfishly, I dedicate this show to my niece Camryn. Since a young age I have seen you yearn to be one of the "older actors" so you can push yourself dancing, sing difficult songs and tell the stories that are harder to tell. You took a stand, along with many other beautifully strong souls I am indebted to forever, and I saw this show get taken from you. Taken from so many. You have been through things that no one should ever have to. Be the voice that people need to hear. You are the light of the world.

 

To this cast, crew and to you audience members, I will remember this show always. This is the "little show that COULD". We fought for this magic, so please sit back and let this cast run you over by raw emotion. 

 

Humbly Yours,

Brittany Grim

Song List

Act I "Mama Who Bore Me" – Wendla "Mama Who Bore Me" (Reprise) – Girls "All That's Known" – Melchior "The Bitch of Living" – Boys "My Junk" – Boys and Girls (except Ilse) "Touch Me" – Boys and Girls "The Word of Your Body" – Wendla and Melchior "The Dark I Know Well" – Martha, Ilse, Boys "And Then There Were None" – Moritz and Boys "The Mirror-Blue Night" – Melchior and Boys "I Believe" – Boys and Girls

Act II

• "The Guilty Ones" – Wendla, Melchior, Boys, and Girls
• "Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind" – Moritz and Ilse
• "Left Behind" – Melchior, Boys, and Girls
• "Totally Fucked" – Melchior and Full Company (except Moritz)
• "The Word of Your Body" (Reprise) – Hänschen, Ernst, Boys (except Moritz), and Girls
• "Whispering" – Wendla
• "Those You've Known" – Moritz, Wendla, and Melchior
• "The Song of Purple Summer" – Ilse and Full Company

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Donors

Some Thank Yous from the Director:

 

-Jen Likes for believing in this show more than anyone, you are the true heartbeat behind the magic

-Brandon Harrington for starting Find Your Light with me, so we can continue to dream and create

-Marily Harrington for funding Find Your Light, so we could hit the ground running with our new vision

-Lauren Harrington and Evan Grim for supporting us when our dreams don't quit

-Marissa and Edgar Dominguez for helping FYL find funding for our mental wellness sector

-Cierra Gamino for coming back home to us and helping out with hair

-Lillie Pooler for always being a support system for all actors and staff

-Alyssa Sedgwick for saving the day backstage

-Patrick Johnson for being a visual genius with your set pieces

-Billy Cox and Kurt Brown for supporting Patrick and helping elevate our sets

-Tricia Navarre for helping me set all of the light cues and sharing the booth with me

-Logan DeBord for creating the tracks we are utilizing

-Emma Ogle for making these actors sound as good as they do

-Britta Brown for creating our posters and helping me with digital marketing

-Elliot Harrington for generating buzz about the show through social media avenues 

-Charlotte and Lance Couzens for the stunning photography

-Jessy Roberson for building our amazingly sturdy piano  

-To our entire Find Your Light community for supporting my family during our darkest times

Note from Clinical Director of Mental Wellness at Find Your Light; Marissa Dominguez, LMFT:

Thank you for supporting the arts and being willing to take a journey into the deep and relevant story of “Spring Awakening”. We invite you to check in with yourself and trusted friends after the show if any triggers were activated by the art you are seeing. Art is supposed to make us feel things and take us to sometimes uncomfortable places, but you don’t have to do that alone.

Mental Health Support (help finding a therapist that takes your insurance or no insurance): Child, Adolescent, Youth, and Young Adult Connection (CAYAC), 970.221.3308, https://www.healthdistrict.org/cayac

Connections, Adult Services 970.221.5551, https://www.healthdistrict.org/services/connections-adult-services

Allies in Women’s Health: Planned Parenthood, 970.493.0281 https://www.plannedparenthood.org

Grief Counseling: Creative Healing Center, 970.829.8819 https://www.creativehealingcenter.net

Mental Health Crisis: Text or Call the Nationwide Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988

Go to Behavioral Health Urgent Care at the Larimer County Behavioral Health Services Longview Campus, 2260 W. Trilby Rd. Fort Collins (walk-in available 24/7)

Call Crisis Support, SummitStone Health Partners, 24/7/365 at 970.494.4200

 

Find Your Light is a safe community space where these actors have had access to therapeutic resources throughout this show’s process.

Credits

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

The world premiere of “SPRING AWAKENING” was produced by the Atlantic Theater Company by special arrangement with Tom Hulce & Ira Pittelman.

 

 

Orchestrations Duncan Sheik

Vocal Arrangements AnnMarie Milazzo

String Orchestrations Simon Hale

 

Steven Sater (Book and Lyrics) was awarded the 2007 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score for Spring Awakening along with the Drama Desk and Outer Critic Circle Awards for Best Lyrics. With alt-rocker Duncan Sheik, he received the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album for Spring Awakening.   In addition, the two received The Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award, the Outer Critics Circle, the Drama Desk, the Lucille Lortel, New York Drama Critics' Circle, and Drama League Awards for Best Musical.  Steven is the author of numerous plays, including the long-running Carbondale Dreams, Perfect for You, Doll (the Rosenthal Prize, Cincinnati Playhouse); Umbrage (Steppenwolf New Play Prize); A Footnote to the Iliad (New York Stage and Film, The Miniature Theatre of Chester); Asylum (Naked Angels); Murder at the Gates (commissioned by Eye of the Storm); In Search of Lost Wings (Sanford Meisner Theater) and a re-conceived version of Shakespeare's Tempest, with music by Laurie Anderson, which played London's Lyric Hammersmith and toured throughout Great Britain. In addition to Spring Awakening, Sater has collaborated with Sheik on the NY premiere of Umbrage (HERE), Nero (The Magic Theatre, workshopped at the New York Shakespeare Festival and New York Stage & Film), and The Nightingale (workshopped at the O'Neill Musical Theatre Conference, La Jolla Playhouse, A.C.T., and New York Theater Workshop).  He is also hard at work with System of a Down's Serj Tankian on a musical version of Prometheus Bound, to be directed by Diane Paulus at the American Repertory Theater.  Sater is the lyricist for Sheik's critically acclaimed album Phantom Moon (Nonesuch), and together the two wrote the songs for Michael Mayer's feature film A Home at the End of the World (Warner Classics) as well as the independent features Brother's Shadow and Mary Stuart Masterson's The Cake Eaters. Sater is also co-creator and executive producer, with Paul Reiser, of recent pilots for both NBC and Sony/FX, and has developed two projects for HBO, and another for Showtime (with Reiser).  He is also at work, with Jessie Nelson, on a feature film and is creating an original movie musical for producer Larry Mark.  In addition, Steven works as a lyricist with various composers in the pop/rock world -- recently writing songs with Burt Bacharach, Johnny Mandel, Andreas Carlsson, and William Joseph.

Duncan Sheik (Music). In addition to writing the music for Spring Awakening (2007 Tony Awards for "Best Orchestrations" and "Best Original Score", 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Musical Show Album"), Sheik's other theater credits include: Nero (Another Golden Rome) (currently in development), The Nightingale (currently in development), Whisper House (currently in development). Recorded works include: Whisper House (Sony/Victor 2009), White Limousine (Rounder 2006), Daylight (Atlantic Records 2002), Phantom Moon (Nonesuch 2001), Humming (Atlantic Records 1998), Duncan Sheik (Grammy Nomination "Best Male Vocal") (Atlantic Records 1996). Film Scores include: DARE (2009), Little Spirit: Christmas in New York (2008), Capers (2007) and The Cake Eaters (2007). Producer Credits include: Holly Brook (forthcoming CD 2009), Micah Green (2008), Spring Awakening Original Cast Album (Universal 2007) and Chris Garneau (2006).

AnnMarie Milazzo. (Vocal Arrangements) Composer/lyricist: Pretty Dead Girl, Sundance Film Festival.  Vocal arranger: Broadway productions of Spring Awakening and Next To Normal.  Bright Lights, Big City at The New York Theater Workshop, and the Paramount feature film, The Marc Pease Experience.  AnnMarie is a Grammy nominated singer from The East Village Opera Company on Universal/Decca.

Simon Hale (String Orchestrations) After graduating from the University of London with an honors degree in composition, Simon Hale's acclaimed solo album, East Fifteen, led to recordings with many artists, including George Benson, Simply Red, Jamiroquai and Björk. In 1996 he orchestrated Duncan Sheik's first album, and their musical collaboration has continued ever since. Simon's involvement with Spring Awakening marked his Broadway debut and the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2007. He continues to work with Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik on other projects. For more information please visit www.simonhale.co.uk. 

 

 

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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