ACT-San Diego Presents

The West Coast Premiere of

SPRING AWAKENING

At Coronado School of Arts Theatre

August 5-14, 2011  

ACT-San Diego presents Spring Awakening  

Featuring several of San Diego’s most talented local professionals and up-and-coming young performers in one of the most ambitious productions in years.  

SAN DIEGO (July 15, 2011) – Actors Conservatory Theatre of San Diego (ACT-San Diego) presents the West Coast premiere of Spring Awakening. Adapted from Frank Wedekind's 1891 expressionist play about the trials, tears, and exhilaration of the teen years, it has been hailed as the "Best Musical of the Year" by the New York Times, New York Post, Star Ledger, Journal News, New York Observer, and USA Today.  

The ACT-San Diego production comes to life under the direction of award winning director Leigh Scarritt, and through a promising local cast of rising young stars, and some of San Diego’s favorite actors including Eileen Bowman, Douglas Lay and Danielle Forsgren. Winner of 8 TONY Awards, including BEST MUSICAL, Spring Awakening celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that you will never forget.  

The Story  

SPRING AWAKENING takes its inspiration from one of literature's most controversial masterpieces - a work so daring in its depiction of teenage self-discovery, it was banned from the stage and not performed in its complete form in English for nearly 100 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.  

Naturally, the Headmasters waste no time in pinning the "crime" of Moritz's suicide on Melchior and expel him. And soon Mama learns her little Wendla is pregnant. Now the young lovers must struggle against all odds to build a world together for their child.  

ABOUT THE COMPANY  

Hailed by writers and critics alike ACT-San Diego is an award wining theatre company formed to offer real-world, professional training to aspiring young performers. Having won numerous National Youth Theatre Awards, the company hires professional directors, musicians, and technicians to produce quality theatrical productions.

FACT SHEET

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WHAT:         Actors Conservatory Theatre presents the West Coast premiere of Spring Awakening. Winner of 8 TONY Awards, including BEST MUSICAL, Spring Awakening celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that you will never forget.

WHERE:        Coronado School of the Arts Theatre

                      650 D Ave

                      Coronado, CA 92118

WHEN:           Opening: August  5, 2011 @ 7:30 pm

Closing:   August 14, 2011 @ 6:00 pm

Performance Schedule

Friday Aug 5 @ 7:30 pm

Saturday Aug 6 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Sunday Aug 7 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Wednesday Aug 10 @ 7:30 pm

Thursday Aug 11 @ 7:30

Friday Aug 12 @ 7:30 pm

Saturday Aug 13 @ 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Sunday Aug 14 @ 2:00 pm & 6:00 pm  

HOW:             Tickets may be purchased on line at www.actsandiego.com or by calling (858) 777-9899.  For groups or other info, please e-mail actsandiego@gmail.com.