Spring Awakening

Machinery of Night Co. in participation with The Lab Series at Department of Theatre of The Ohio State University presents, Spring Awakening. Based on the play by Frank Wedekind, with Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater, and Music by Duncan Sheik. Directed by Shelby Brewster.

Admission is free. Donations to BRAVO: The Buckeye Region Anti-Violence Organization are accepted in place of an admission price. Reserve your seats at EventBright.com.

This performance will take place in the Roy Bowen Theatre in the Drake Performance and Event Center. May 28 and 29 @ 7:30pm.

Spring Awakening is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

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About the Show

An angsty, rock musical adaptation of the seminal play about the trials and tribulations of growing up. A musical for a new generation.

The winner of 8 TONY Awards, including Best Musical - told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater through "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade" (Entertainment Weekly) - Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock & roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years. 

It’s Germany, 1891. A world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body, and wonders aloud where babies come from, till Mama tells her to shut it, and put on a proper dress. Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy Moritz – a boy so traumatized by puberty he can’t concentrate on anything. Not that the Headmaster cares. He strikes them both and tells them to turn in their lesson. One afternoon – in a private place in the woods – Melchior and Wendla meet by accident, and soon find within themselves a desire unlike anything they’ve ever felt. As they fumble their way into one another’s arms, Moritz flounders and soon fails out of school. When even his one adult friend, Melchior’s mother, ignores his plea for help, he is left so distraught he can’t hear the promise of life offered by his outcast friend Ilse.

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