The upcoming New York revival of Spring Awakening has set its principal forged, with most of the roles going to Off Broadway newcomers.
The musical revival, which begins performances at Studio Seaview on November 27 forward of an official December 17 opening, will characteristic Jack Bateman as ‘Georg,’ Jada Simone Clark as ‘Thea,’ Leif Coomer as ‘Ernst,’ Ryo Kamibayashi as ‘Moritz,’ Ashlyn Maddox as ‘Wendla,’ Nando Morland as ‘Otto,’ Antonio Porciello as ‘Hanschen,’ Khadija Sankoh as ‘Martha,’ Grace Slear as ‘Anna,’ and Tyler Jordan Wesley as ‘Melchior.’
Additionally becoming a member of the forged is Amalia Yoo, who gained appreciable consideration and demanding acclaim when she made her Broadway debut final 12 months within the Tony-nominated play John Proctor is the Villain. Yoo will play the function of ‘Ilse.’
“Seaview is extremely proud to convey this extraordinary work again to the stage at Studio Seaview and to have the chance to introduce New York audiences to a exceptional new era of expertise,” mentioned producer Greg Nobile. “That is an distinctive group of actors who’re fearless, deeply proficient, and characterize the way forward for our business. We really feel extremely honored to offer them the chance to convey their distinctive voices to this seminal work. They’re the type of artists who make you enthusiastic about the place theater is headed subsequent.”
Spring Awakening, which follows a bunch of late nineteenth century German adolescents as they discover teenage sexuality and repression by way of a up to date rock rating, debuted on Broadway in 2006 with star-making performances by Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele and John Gallagher Jr., and was later revived in 2015 with Deaf West Theatre directed by Michael Arden.
As beforehand introduced, the brand new manufacturing of the Steven Sater-Duncan Sheik musical, primarily based on the play by Frank Wedekind, can be directed by Tony Award winner Danya Taymor, who directed Broadway’s The Outsiders in addition to John Proctor is the Villain. Choreography is by Celia Rowlson-Corridor, making her theatrical debut, and music supervision by Or Matias.
Becoming a member of Taymor, Rowlson-Corridor, and Matias are Christine Jones & Brett Banakis (Scenic Design), Kaye Voyce (Costume Design), Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design), Cody Spencer (Sound Design), Jeremy Chernick (Particular Results Design), Cynthia Meng (Music Director/Conductor), David Lai (Music Coordinator), Ann James (Intimacy Coordinator), Drew Leary (Struggle Coordinator), C.A. Johnson (Inventive Advisor), Miranda Cornell (Affiliate Director) and Gigi Buffington (Voice & Textual content Coach).
The upcoming revival is produced by Seaview, Mickey Liddell & Pete Shilaimon, Inventive Companions Productions, Pam Hurst-della Pietra & Stephen della Pietra, Dominick LaRuffa Jr., Kate Cannova, Cohen-Gutterman Productions, DJD Productions, Federman Jenen, Sami Horneff, Deanna Knudsen, Alex Levy, Lloyd Tichio Productions, Roth Manella Productions, and Tom Tuft.
