Victoria Theatre Association Presents SPRING AWAKENING 11/3

The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and featuring, "The most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," (Entertainment Weekly) the 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING arrives in Dayton, November 2 and 3 at the historic Victoria Theatre.

Based on the 1891 Frank Wedekind play, the landmark musical is a stirring combination of sexuality, morality and rock & roll that is captivating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years. SPRING AWAKENING features an award-winning and evocative story with a score by Duncan Sheik, book and lyrics by Steven Sater, and original direction and choreography by Michael Mayer and Bill T. Jones, respectively.

Broadway direction and choreography will be recreated by Lucy Skilbeck and JoAnn Hunter. Set design is by Christine Jones, costume design by Susan Hilferty, lighting design by Kevin Adams and sound design by Brian Ronan.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 6 PM, Friday, September 10 and can be purchased via phone at 967/228-3630 or 888/228-3630; online at www.ticketcenterstage.com at the Ticket Center Stage Box Office, located in the Wintergarden of the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center in downtown Dayton.

Just as on Broadway, the tour will feature a limited number of on-stage seats available for purchase. For more information, please visit www.springawakeningontour.com or check with the local box office at 937/228-3630.

Set against the backdrop of a repressive and provincial late 19th century Germany, SPRING AWAKENING follows a group of young students as they navigate through teenage self-discovery and coming of age anxiety. A powerful celebration of youth and rebellion the New York Times raves, "Broadway may never be the same."

The Broadway production opened on December 10, 2006 at the Eugene O'Neill Theatre. The original cast recording of SPRING AWAKENING won the 2008 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. Originally produced by Ira Pittelman, Tom Hulce, Jeffrey Richards, Jerry Frankel and the Atlantic Theatre Co., the 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING is produced by NETworks Presentations, LLC.

Casting has been announced for the 2010 - 2011 National Tour of SPRING AWAKENING. The cast includes Christopher Wood as Melchior, Elizabeth Judd as Wendla, Coby Getzug as Moritz, Courtney Markowitz as Ilse, Rachel Geisler as Anna, Jim Hogan as Georg, Aliya Bowles as Martha, George E. Salazar as Otto, Emily Mest as Thea and Devon Stone will portray Hanschen with Daniel Plimpton as Ernst.

The ensemble of SPRING AWKENING includes Jamie Rea Billings, Erin Burniston, William J. Lewis, Michael Linden and Jeff Ostermueller.

SPRING AWAKENING contains mature themes, sexual situations and strong language.

For additional dates and more information visit: www.springawakeningontour.com

NETworks Presentations, LLC (Producer) Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenig and Scott Jackson, NETworks has produced and managed over 70 national and international touring productions. Previous productions include Oliver!, Little Women starring Maureen McGovern, Jekyll & Hyde, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall, The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady co-produced with Cameron Mackintosh, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Annie and Hairspray among many others. Joining returning hits The Wizard of Oz, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and the Lincoln Center's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific this season are Joyful Noise's production of Handel's Messiah Rocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man Group National Tour and Les Miserablés.

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