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 Jo
Ann 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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