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WESTMINSTER COLLEGE OF THE ARTS OF RIDER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS Spring Awakening Book & Lyrics by Music by Steven Sater Duncan Sheik Based on the play by Frank Wedekind Vocal String Orchestrations Arrangements Orchestrations Duncan Sheik AnneMarie Milazzo Simon Hale Miriam Mills, director Robin Lewis, choreographer Wendy Feaver, music director j Thursday, April 28, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 29, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016, 2 p.m. Saturday, April 30, 2016, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 1, 2016, 2 p.m. Yvonne Theater Rider University Lawrenceville, N.J. 2 Cast Melchior Colby Dezelick Wendla Molly Franco Moritz Matthew Fairlee Ilse Ruby Westfall Hänschen Braden Sweeney Ernst Bryce McAllister Georg, U/S Moritz Daniel Joseph Maldonado Otto Aaron Bennett Miller Martha Kadrea Dawkins Gretchen, U/S Wendla Eleni Kontos Thea Hannah Bearer Anna Terrie Lynne Goins Greta Laura Jinparn Herr Stiefel, Dr. Von Brausepulver, Dieter, U/S Melchior Nick Ziobro Fanny Gabor Essence Williams Fräulein Knuppeldick Sloan Brettholtz Rupert, Headmaster Knochenbruch, U/S Georg Kyle Geraghty Frau Bessell, Fräulein Großebüstenhalter Shelly Lynn Walsh Frau Bergman, Frau Neumann Sara Davis Herr Gabor Max Silverman Ulbrecht, Herr Sonnenstich Ellington Berg Herr Rilow, Father Kaulbach, Schmidt Pat Constant Reinhold, Herr Neumann Michael Arias SPRING AWAKENING Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. 421 West 54th Street, New York, NY 10019 Phone: 212-541-4684 Fax: 212-397-4684 www.MTIShows.com WARNING Strobe lights will be in use during the performance. The videotaping or other video or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited. The use of cell phones is prohibited during the performance. Violators may be asked to leave. Artistic Staff and Crew 3 Director Miriam Mills Choreographer Robin Lewis Musical Director Wendy Feaver Costume Designer Robin I. Shane Lighting Designer Todd Loyd Scenic Designer German Cárdenas-Alaminos Technical Director Buck Linton Sound Designer Darren R. Sussman Producer Ivan Fuller Assistant Directors Brandon Ponzo, Dakota Judge Assistant Choreographer Maria Garvey Assistant Musical Director Rachel Sherman Production Stage Manager/Coordinator Meaghan Finlay Stage Manager Joshua Hornback Assistant Stage Managers Abeba Isaac, Cassie Szymczyk Assistant Technical Director Austin Gray Assistant Costume Designer Kerri Singley Props Master Evan Griner Fight Coordinator Sean McCarther Light Board Operator Joshua Hornback Spot Operators Megan Beres, Lancelot Douglas Wardrobe Runners Stephanie Hampton, Juliana Long, Destiny Rohan Hair & Make-up Kathryn Priest Sound Runners Christopher Horton, Kimberly Ortiz Props Runners Gabi Bazinet, Stephanie Devito, Allison Phillips Scenic Operator Austin Gray Poster Design Mary Mechalakos Orchestra Wendy Feaver, keyboard Steve Schaefer, guitar Louis F. Goldberg, keyboard Dennis Walter, drums Susan Meuse, cello Jack Gerhard, violin/guitar John Lindner, bass 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 & Ira Pittelman. 4 Musical Numbers ACT I “Mama Who Bore Me” Wendla “Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise)” Wendla, Girls “All That’s Known” Melchior “The Bitch of Living” Moritz, Boys “My Junk” Boys and Girls “Touch Me” Boys and Girls “The Word of Your Body” Melchior, Wendla “The Dark I Know Well” Martha, Ilse, Boys and Girls “The Word of Your Body (Reprise)” Otto, Georg “And Then There Were None” Moritz, Frau Gabor, Boys “The Mirror- Blue Night” Melchior, Boys “I Believe” Boys and Girls ACT II “The Guilty Ones” Wendla, Melchior, Boys and Girls “Don’t Do Sadness” Moritz “Blue Wind” Ilse “Don’t Do Sadness/Blue Wind” Moritz, Ilse “Left Behind” Melchior, Full Company “Totally Fucked” Melchior, Full Company “The Word of Your Body (Reprise 2)” Hänschen, Ernst, Boys and Girls “Whispering” Wendla “Those You’ve Known” Moritz,Wendla, Melchior “Song of Purple Summer” Ilse, Full Company THERE WILL BE ONE 10-MINUTE INTERMISSION TIME: 1891 PLACE: Germany Special Thanks Tharyle Prather Elissa Fredeen Danny Prather The Faculty of Theatre and Dance Ivan Fuller Scott Alboum Trent Blanton Jenna Moschella Rebecca Simon Todd Dellinger Louis Goldberg Sean McCarther Laura Luck Director’s Note 5 Spring Awakening, the musical, was first written as a play by Frank Wedekind in 1891. The play deals with sexuality and was a blistering critique of the sexually repressed society of the 1890’s. For the next 110 years, the play was mostly censored and considered by many to be pornographic. In 2006 Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater adapted the play as a musical and kept the theme of teens’ inner sexual turmoil. One major change was to keep the spoken text in 1891, but the songs, which represent the inner thoughts of the characters, written in the rock genre. The use of rock music clarifies the writer’s desire to illustrate that the consequences of sexual repression that plagued our young in 1891 are the same issues facing the youth of today. To some this may be disconcerting, but it is the ideal choice of expressing the angst and struggle in this coming-of-age musical. This play won 8 Tony Awards, 4 Drama Desk Awards and a Grammy® for Best Cast Recording. About the Cast MICHAEL ARIAS (Reinhold, SLOAN BRETTHOLTZ (Fräulein Herr Neumann) is a senior theatre Knuppeldick) is a senior theatre performance major making his performance major. Her past Rider Rider main stage debut. Other Rider credits include ZM, Machinal, credits include Alpha Psi Omega’s Melancholy Play and Ubu Roi. productions of Live from Lawrenceville and Lovers and Other Strangers. PAT CONSTANT (Herr Rilow, Father Kaulbach, Schmidt) is a sophomore HANNAH BEARER (Thea) is a junior musical theatre major. Rider credits musical theatre major. Rider Credits include Catch Me If You Can and include Grateful: Songs of John Bucchino, A Little Night Music. Professional ZM, Constant Craving: A Country Music credit includes Family Furniture (Off- Cabaret, Flower Power: A 60’s Cabaret Broadstreet Theater, Hopewell N.J.). and A Little Night Music. SARA DAVIS (Frau Bergmann, Frau ELLINGTON BERG (Ulbrect, Herr Neumann) is a junior musical theatre Sonnenstich) is a junior musical theatre major. Rider credits include Flower Power: major. Rider credits include Catch Me A 60’s Cabaret, Praying Mantis, Constant If You Can, Girl’s Night Out, Merrily We Craving: A Country Music Cabaret and Roll Along, The Human Heart, Musical Girl’s Night Out. Professional credits Chairs, La Vie BM: Senior Showcase include Mary Poppins and Guys and Dolls of the Class of 2015, Forbidden Rider, (Millbrook Playhouse, PA). Never Have I Ever: A Miscast Cabaret, Swingin’ The Seasons, Ca*BRA*et: An KADREA DAWKINS (Martha) is a Uplifting Evening of Song, More to the freshman musical theatre major making Story: A Cut Songs Cabaret and Prologue: her Rider main stage debut. Rider credits The Freshmen Showcase of the Class of include Upon the Shoulders We Stand. 2017. Professional credits include Beauty and the Beast (Marquis Theatre, MI). 6 About the Cast COLBY DEZELICK (Melchior) is Breaking Up is Hard to Do (Off a senior musical theatre major. Rider Broadstreet Theatre). credits include Catch Me If You Can, All Shook Up, Machinal, Merrily We TERRIE LYNNE GOINS (Anna) is a Roll Along, Our Town, A Chorus Line, freshman musical theatre major making Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Cole. her Rider main stage debut. Previous Professional credits include Oklahoma, Rider credits include Red Carpet: Music of My Fair Lady, Grease, Tarzan, West Side the Movies and The Last Days of Pompeii. Story and Spamalot (The Muny, MO). LAURA JINPARN (Greta) is a MATTHEW FAIRLEE (Moritz) junior musical theatre major. Rider is a senior musical theatre and arts credits include Red Carpet: Music administration double major. Rider of the Movies, Flower Power: A 60’s credits include A Little Night Music, Cabaret and Grateful: Songs of John Lovers and Other Strangers, The Last Bucchino. Professional credits include The Days of Pompeii, Between the Lines Producers (Woodminster Amphitheatre, (’13,’14), All Shook Up, Machinal, ZM, CA) and Mary Poppins (Woodminster Merrily We Roll Along, Our Town, A Amphitheatre, CA). Chorus Line, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, The Misanthrope and The ELENI KONTOS (Gretchen, U/S Crucible. Professional credits include Wendla) is a freshman musical theatre Forestburgh Playhouse (2013), Shawnee major. Rider credits include A Little Playhouse (2014), and Mary Poppins, Night Music (U/S Mrs. Nordstrom). Guys and Dolls and the regional premiere of My Vaudeville Man at DANIEL JOSEPH MALDONADO Millbrook Playhouse (2015). (Georg, U/S Moritz) is a sophomore musical theatre major. Professional MOLLY FRANCO (Wendla) is a credits include West Side Story (Plaza senior musical theatre major. Rider Theatrical Inc.). Rider credits include credits include The Crucible, A Chorus music directing and composing for The Line, Lucky Stiff,
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