Spring's Awakening

Directed by Ron Dye
February 5,6,7 and 8, 2004
Thursday through Saturday performances at 8 pm
Sunday at 1 pm
Moore Theatre

DePauw Theatre opens its spring productions with the notorious play, Spring’s Awakening. Written in 1891 by German playwright Frank Wedekind, the play continues to challenge and enlighten audiences today. Original productions were shunned by conservative audiences for the frank, realistic messages relayed in the story. The play explores adolescent sexuality and the grim consequences of repression, and is recommended for mature audiences only.   

Wedekind weaves a tale of three fourteen-year-olds as they struggle with the stressful stirrings of puberty. Conflicting messages and a lack of guidance from adult figures only increase the feelings of anxiety and confusion. Tensions mount and a series of heart-wrenching events reveal the critical nature and needs during this difficult time of life. According to The Globe in 1917, “No other work in literature so sympathetically interprets the storm and stress of youth at the age when it is torn between its desire and the dread of the unknown.

Throughout the past century, Spring’s Awakening has received many successful stagings and received praise from audiences and critics alike.  “It is hardly necessary to point out the revolutionary significance of this extraordinary play. It speaks powerfully for itself…[the play] has done much to dispel the mist enveloping the paramount issue of sex in the education of the child,” said writer Emma Goldman, in The Social Significance of Modern Drama.

The play contains adult situations and content.

Tickets are only $6 for adults and $3 for students and can be purchased or reserved at the DePauw University Performing Arts Center Box Office.  Phone:  765-658-4827,  E-mail:  pacboxoffice@depauw.edu

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2008-2009 SEASON

October 3, 4, 9, 11, 12
EINSTEIN AND THE ROOSEVELTS
Music by Nancy Ford
Book & lyrics by Gretchen Cryer
Directed by Andrew Hayes

November 7, 8, 9 and 13, 14, 15
NATURAL SELECTION
Written by Eric Coble
Directed by M. Susan Anthony

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TWELFTH NIGHT
Written by William Shakespeare
Directed by Amy Hayes

April 16, 17, 18, and 19
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Music & lyrics by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff
Directed by Steve Timm

MOORE THEATRE
Judson and Joyce Green Center for the Performing Arts

*Evening performances begin at 7:30 pm. Sunday matinees are at 4:00 pm in the Fall Semester and at 2:30 pm in the Spring Semester.
(Schedule is subject to change)

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