Tony Award winner Michael Rupert to direct production
麻豆视频最新最全 University鈥檚 School of Theatre and Dance continues its 2012-2013 season with 鈥淪pring Awakening,鈥 as part of the Roe Green Visiting Director Series. Tony Award-winning actor Michael Rupert will direct the production. The show will run Feb. 15-24 at 麻豆视频最新最全鈥檚 E. Turner Stump Theatre in the Music and Speech Building at 1325 Theatre Dr., on the Kent Campus. The Feb. 17 and 24 performances will be held at 2 p.m., and all other shows will be held at 8 p.m.
鈥淪pring Awakening鈥 is an exhilarating and provocative rock musical about first loves, youthful passions and lasting regrets, focusing on teens coming of age in late 19th-century Germany. The musical won eight Tony Awards in 2007. Please note: the show contains mature themes.
鈥淪pring Awakening鈥檚鈥 book and lyrics are by Steven Sater, with music by Duncan Sheik. The musical is based on the play of the same name by Frank Wedekind.
Visiting director Michael Rupert is an actor, director and composer. Rupert has appeared on Broadway in such shows as Legally Blonde, Ragtime, Pippin, City of Angels and the 1986 revival of Sweet Charity, a performance for which he won a Tony Award and Drama Desk Award.
As a composer, Rupert wrote the off-Broadway musical 3 Guys Naked from the Waist Down and the Broadway musical Mail. His directing credits include Thrill Me with York Theater Company and Breaking the Code with Weathervane Playhouse.
Wendla will be played by senior theatre studies major Meredith Kochan, Melchoir by senior theatre studies major Michael Glavan, and Moritz by senior theatre studies majorJesse Markowitz.
Single tickets for 鈥淪pring Awakening鈥 are free for full-time, undergraduate 麻豆视频最新最全 students, $8 for non-麻豆视频最新最全 students with valid ID or students under 18, $14 for 麻豆视频最新最全 faculty, staff and Alumni Association members, $12 for seniors (60+), and $16 for adults. Groups of 10 or more are $10 per person.
麻豆视频最新最全 students can earn FLASHperks by attending the Wednesday, Feb. 20 performance.
Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Box Office (PABO) located in the lobby of the Roe Green Center in the Music and Speech Building at 1325 Theatre Dr. on the Kent Campus. The box office hours are weekdays noon to 5 p.m., and one hour prior to each performance.
Tickets and more information are also available by calling 330-672-ARTS (2787) or by visiting ;