The New Theatre Project Hosts THE SPRING AWAKENING PROJECT, 6/18-6/22

Ann Arbor is soon to welcome a new addition to the theatre scene. The New Theatre Project is a professional Production Company with the mission to create new plays, restore established plays for a new audience, explore newer and largely undiscovered texts and present plays that created new theatrical revolutions. TNTP is committed to ensemble work that uses non-traditional, non-hierarchical ways of organization to produce theatre.

TNTP will be something of a vagabond, producing site-specific theatre pieces wherever the play may take them.

The inaugural performance will be The Spring Awakening Project inspired by the 1891 play by Frank Wedekind in a collaborative adaptation by Jason Sebacher. Using a lengthyrehearsal process the cast has created pieces inspired by Wedekind's timely themes within their own lives. The piece will integrate the original text with their words, stories and talents.

The Spring Awakening Project will have two pay-what-you-can preview performances on Friday, June 18 and Saturday, June 19 at 2 PM and open at the Second Stage Theatre at the Performance Network on Sunday, June 20 at 8 PM and play on Monday, June 21, Tuesday, June 22, and Wednesday, June 23 at 8 PM. Tickets are $15, $10 for students and industry.

Tickets for the run at the Performance Network can be purchased through the PNT box office at (734) 663-0681 or online at www.performancenetwork.org.

The company will be hosting a launch party after the opening night of our first production on Sunday, June 20 at approximately 9:30 PM at PNT. This will be an informal, informational gathering for anyone wishing to learn and contribute to the company.

The Spring Awakening Project will then transfer to Pot and Box at 220 Felch St. in Ann Arbor, MI where it will play from Friday, July 16 to Monday, August 2, 2010. Performance times will be Fridays at 8 PM, Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM and 8 PM, and Mondays at 8 PM. Tickets are $15, $10 for industry and students.

Tickets for the transfer can be purchased online at www.thenewtheatreproject.org or by calling (810) 623-0909. More information about the show and company is also available online.

This production is generously sponsored by Pot and Box.

Photo Credit: Amanda Lyn Jungquist

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