Spring Awakening
Book and Lyrics: Steven Sater
Music: Duncan Sheik
Directed by: Christy Anderson
Performances: Jul. 19, 20, 25, 26, 27, 28(m), Aug. 1, 2, 3, 2024
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It’s the 1890s in Germany and the adults are fully in charge. Teenagers fight to be heard and understand the complexities and big questions of gender and sexuality. Especially when the adults refuse to be honest. It is a celebration of rebellion and angst as we follow Wendla, Moritz, Melchior, and their friends through the complexities of the teenage experience.
Note: Spring Awakening contains heavy content matter that includes verbal, physical, and sexual abuse; sexual assault; depictions of suicide; adult language; and sexual themes and content.
About the Director…
Christy Anderson is no stranger to ACT’s stage. She was Jackie Cochran in Fly Babies, Gillian in Bell, Book and Candle and choreographer for Addams Family the Musical. Christy also directed Little Shop of Horrors for SAHS at West Albany HS. She is the theater teacher at South Albany High School and lives in Albany with her husband Josh, son Shepard, daughter Ellinore, and corgi Riley. Christy’s hobbies are dancing, singing, watching movies, chasing her kiddos, and going to Disney World.
Director’s email: tuffy1299@comcast.net
Cast of Characters
Wendla Bergmann: Megan Harnden
Melchior Gabor: Carson Mack
Moritz Stiefel: Finn Mendez
Martha: Aliyah Foote
Thea: Tate Haywood
Anna: Abigail Davison
Ilse: Maeve O’Connor
Hanschen/Rupert: Michael Stevenson
Ernst/Reinhold: Aeries Landes
Georg/Dieter: Mere Butler
Otto/Ulbrecht: Zane Victor
Adult Woman: Kellie McMahan
Adult Man: Andrea Daniels