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SPRING AWAKENING
 
Book & Lyrics by 
STEVEN SATER
 Music by
DUNCAN SHEIK
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
 
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
     
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CREDITS:You agree to bill the Play and the Authors in all programs, houseboards, displays and in all advertising and all paid publicity, in the following manner: Specifically, you must bill the Play and the Authors as follows:                         SPRING AWAKENING   Book & Lyrics by  STEVEN SATER (50%)  Music by DUNCAN SHEIK (50%) Based on the play by Frank Wedekind (25%)   Billing credit for the Authors shall be equal in type, size and prominence.  No one may receive billing larger than Authors You agree to include the following credit on the main credit page of all theater programs: 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.   You agree to provide the following credits (in the size, prominence and style of type no less than that used for the designers' credits) on the main credit page of all theater programs and in any paid print advertising in which all designers are billed: Orchestrations Duncan Sheik Vocal Arrangements AnnMarie Milazzo String Orchestrations Simon Hale In addition, the following biographies of the Authors must appear in all programs of the Play: 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. 

 
The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

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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Song List

Mama Who Bore Me
Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)
All That's Known
The B**** of Living
My Junk
Touch Me
The Word Of Your Body
The Dark I Know Well
And Then There Were None
The Mirror-Blue Night
I Believe
Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind
The Guilty Ones
Left Behind
Totally F*****
The Word Of Your Body (Reprise)
Whispering
Those You've Known
The Song Of Purple Summer

Cast

Jessica Lopez
Wendla
Alonso Melgoza
Melchior
Isabella Chinicci
Martha
Gerrel Marquez
Moritz
Sophia Gilbert
Thea
Nathan Bravo
Hanschen
Megan January
Anna
Jaden Sioson
Ernst
Sloane Ptashek
Ilse
Omar Gomez
Georg
Elijah Walker
Otto
Ashlyn Filippone
Adult Woman
Jacob Levy
Adult Man
Katy Cloutier
Ensemble
Ella Gomez
Ensemble
Emory Slane
Ensemble
Jeyna Lynn Gonzales
Dream Ballet Dancer
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Wendla
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Melchior
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Martha
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Moritz
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Thea
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Hanschen
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Anna
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Ernst
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Ilse
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Georg
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Otto
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Adult Woman
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Adult Man

Meet the Company

Jessica Lopez

Wendla

Alonso Melgoza

Melchior

Isabella Chinicci

Martha

Gerrel Marquez

Moritz

Sophia Gilbert

Thea

Nathan Bravo

Hanschen

Megan January

Anna

Jaden Sioson

Ernst

Sloane Ptashek

Ilse

Omar Gomez

Georg

Elijah Walker

Otto

Ashlyn Filippone

Adult Woman

Jacob Levy

Adult Man

Katy Cloutier

Ensemble

Ella Gomez

Ensemble

Emory Slane

Ensemble

Jeyna Lynn Gonzales

Dream Ballet Dancer

Name

Wendla

Name

Melchior

Name

Martha

Name

Moritz

Name

Thea

Name

Hanschen

Name

Anna

Name

Ernst

Name

Ilse

Name

Georg

Name

Otto

Name

Adult Woman

Name

Adult Man
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