Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of SPRING AWAKENING, Opening Gloucester Stage's 2013 Season

Gloucester Stage kicks off the 2013 season with Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik's Spring Awakening from June 20 through July 14 in the air-conditioned comfort of Gloucester Stage Company at 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. Spring Awakening is directed by Gloucester Stage Artistic Director Eric C. Engel with musical direction by Catherine Stornetta and choreography by Jodi Leigh Allen. Scroll down for a first look at the cast!

This landmark musical with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Duncan Sheik is based on Frank Wedekind's 1891 German expressionist play about the trials and tribulations, and the exhilaration of the teen years. Sater and Sheik's energetic and powerful reimagining of the play for the Broadway stage earned 8 Tony Awards in 2007 including Best Musical, Best Book of A Musical, Best Original Score, Best Direction of A Musical, Best Performance by A Featured Actor in A Musical, Best Choreography, Best Orchestrationsand Best Lighting Design of A Musical.

With its electrifying and hauntingly beautiful score, Spring Awakening traces the sexual awakening of several youths in an atmosphere of repression. Their journey from adolescence to adulthood is explored with poignancy and passion.

The cast of 13 welcomes back three Gloucester Stage veterans: Melody Madarasz from 2012's Crimes of the Heart as Wendla, Paul Farwell from 2012's Carnival and Amelia Broome from 2005's My Old Lady play all the adult male and female roles respectively in Spring Awakening. The remaining ten cast members make their Gloucester Stage debut: Lydia Baldwin as Anna; Jordan J. Ford as Hanschen; Meghan LaFlam as Thea; Sarah Oakes Muirhead as Ilse; Ross Mumford as Moritz; Mary Nepi as Marthe; Andrew Oberstein as Georg; Chris Renalds as Ernst; Phil Tayler as Melchior; and Daniel Scott Walton as Otto.

Spring Awakening runs from June 20 through July 14 at Gloucester Stage, 267 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA. Ticket prices are $40 for all performances. Senior citizen & student tickets are $35 for all performances. For reservations or further information, call the Gloucester Stage Box Office at 978-281-4433 or visit www.gloucesterstage.com.

Photo Credit: Gary Ng