Spring Awakening Revival Announces Principal Cast
Spring Awakening is returning to New York for a limited 12-week Off-Broadway engagement at Studio Seaview.
Tyler Jordan Wesley will star as Melchior alongside Ashlyn Maddox as Wendla and Ryo Kamibayashi as Moritz. The principal cast also includes Jack Bateman as Georg, Jada Simone Clark as Thea, Leif Coomer as Ernst, Nando Morland as Otto, Antonio Porciello as Hanschen, Khadija Sankoh as Martha, Grace Slear as Anna, and Amalia Yoo as Ilse.
Bateman and Porciello were selected through the production’s open casting call, which saw 2,532 performers. Several cast members will make their Off-Broadway debuts in the production.
Tony Award winner Danya Taymor will direct, with choreography by Celia Rowlson-Hall, making her theatrical debut, and music supervision by Or Matias. Joining previously announced creative team members Taymor, Rowlson-Hall, and Matias are Christine Jones & Brett Banakis (Scenic Design), Kaye Voyce (Costume Designer), Brian MacDevitt (Lighting Design), Cody Spencer (Sound Design), Jeremy Chernick (Special Effects Designer), Cynthia Meng (Music Director/Conductor), David Lai (Music Coordinator), Ann James (Intimacy Coordinator), Drew Leary (Fight Coordinator), C.A. Johnson (Creative Consultant), Miranda Cornell (Associate Director), Gigi Buffington (Voice & Text Coach), and The TRC Company / Xavier Rubiano, CSA and Peter Van Dam, CSA (Casting). Elizabeth Allen serves as the Production Stage Manager. Sean Gorski / Hudson Theatrical Associates serves as Production Manager with Jonathan Whitton / Seaview as General Manager.
Featuring music by Duncan Sheik and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater, Spring Awakening follows a group of young people in late 19th-century Germany as they confront sexuality, repression, fear and self-discovery. The musical originally opened on Broadway in 2006 and was revived by Deaf West Theatre in 2015.
Tickets are now on sale at springawakening.com.
