CCM MUSICALS SERIES PRESENTS

SPRING AWAKENING

Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater 
Music By Duncan Sheik 
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind

April 13-16, 2023, Cohen Family Studio Theater

  • Director | Hannah Ryan
  • Choreographer | Jess Zylstra
  • Musical Director | Julie Spangler
  • Scenic Designer | Charlie Calvert
  • Lighting Designer | Kristen Peck *
  • Costume Designer |  Meredith Buckley *
  • Sound Designer | Patrick Kiernan *
  • Wig & Make-Up Coordinator| Kelly Yurko
  • Production Stage Manager | Kali Ashurst *
  • Intimacy Director | Torie Wiggins
  • Fight Director | k. Jenny Jones 
  • Dialect Coach | Sarah Summerwell

*CCM Student

Spring Awakening will last approximately two hours and 25 minutes, including a 15-minute intermission

Time and Place

1891: a provincial German town

The Company

  • Wendla | Grace Rusnica
  • Melchior | Declan Smith
  • Moritz | August Bagg
  • Ilse | Sarah Jane Nelson 
  • Martha | Julia Schick
  • Thea | Madison Mosely
  • Anna | Kassi McMillan
  • Hanschen | Tate McElhaney
  • Ernst | Sean Polk II
  • Georg | Coty Perno
  • Otto | Brian Cheung
  • Adult Man | Garrett Van Allen
  • Adult Woman | Delaney Benson
  • Standby, Wendla | Julia Yameen
  • Standby, Melchior | Nick Pattarini
  • Standby, Moritz | Tate McElhaney
  • Understudy, Ilse | Kassi McMillan 
  • Understudy, Martha | Madison Mosely
  • Understudy, Adult Man | Nate Jones
  • Understudy, Adult Woman | Madison Osment
  • Swings | Nate Jones, Madison Osment, Annalise Prentiss, Tomi Newman

Musical Selections

Musical Numbers

Act I

  • Mama Who Bore Me | Wendla
  • Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) | Girls
  • All That’s Known | Melchior
  • The Bitch Of Living | Boys
  • My Junk | Children
  • Touch Me | Children
  • The Word Of Your Body | Wendla, Melchior
  • The Dark I Know Well | Martha, Ilse
  • Word Of Your Body (Reprise) | Otto, Martha
  • And Then There Were None | Moritz, Boys
  • Mirror-Blue Night | Melchior, Boys
  • I Believe | Children

Act II

  • The Guilty Ones | Wendla, Melchior, Children
  • Don’t Do Sadness / Blue Wind | Moritz, Ilse
  • Left Behind | Melchior, Children
  • Totally Fucked | Children
  • Word Of Your Body (Reprise 2) | Hanschen, Ernst
  • Whispering | Wendla, Melchior
  • Those You’ve Known | Melchior, Wendla, Moritz
  • Song Of Purple Summer | Full Company

Orchestra Roster

Julie Spangler, musical director (faculty artist)

Violin

  • Aidan Knox 

Viola

  • Matthias Young 

Cello

  • Samuel Happeny, guest artist

Bass

  • Michael Donahue 

Drum Set

  • Jett Stevens 

Piano/Keyboard

  • Julie Spangler, Matt Welsh 

Guitar

  • Jack D’Angelo

Production Staff

  • Technical Director | Lukas Hummeldorf
  • Props Manager  | Suzanne Barnes
  • Assistant Director | Haley Root
  • Assistant Stage Managers | Sophia Gamble, Emily Mallendick
  • Production Assistant | Lily Landoch
  • Assistant Production Managers | Katie Reus*, Emma King*
  • Assistant Scenic Designer | Sean Haffey
  • Assistant Costume Designer | Corey Cochran
  • Assistant Lighting Designer | Sydney Riddle
  • Wardrobe Supervisor | Amira Rowe & Savannah Brooks
  • Pattern Maker/Draper | Clara Cavins, Erin Donnelly
  • Wardrobe Crew Head | Shelby Allred
  • Wardrobe Crew | Peggie Dona, Sarah Patisaul , Laura Hanks, Paloma Robles
  • Costume Crafts | Nato Hermann
  • Costume Crew | Cassie Smith, Lauren Wooten
  • Production Electrician | Nate Miller
  • Lighting Programmer | Eli Suarez
  • Light Board Operator | Maddie Myer
  • Follow Spot Operators | Anika Shirvaikar, Brian Haack
  • Electrics Crew | CCM Lighting Design & Technology Students
  • Set Construction Crew | Matti Andrews, Jeffrey Bell, William Blank, El (Elora) Bowers, Anna Camerer, Nick Feldmann, Raeya Garcia, Ella Gover, Laura Hanks, Willow Heichel, Corvo (Mary) Hopkins, Lily Landoch, Kaitlin Mier, Maddi Myer, Kait Naylor, Molly Powell, Charlie Raschke, Evan Reinhart, Paloma Robles, Kassidy Schley, Moira Seger, Jordan Shaw, Emma Shreve, Morgan Terry, Bethany Untener, Reagan Warvel  
  • Scenic Charge Artist | Sean Haffey
  • Scene Shop Assistants | McKenna Cameron Brennan, Isabelle /Izzy Dillon, Lukas J. Hummeldorf, Nick Hunley, Hunter Lee, Benji Lookatch, Grace Elizabeth Mayo, Janay Sukkarieh, Gabrielle Sprouse Ullman, Logan Timothy Vanderpool  
  • Set/Props Running Crew | Matti Andrews, William Blank, 
  • Production Sound Engineer | Brenden Friedel, Macay Smith
  • Audio Engineer 1 | Kayla Chen
  • Audio Engineer 2 | Lucia Thill
  • Sound Board Operator | Macay Smith (sub mix)
  • Mic Crew | Nick Feldmann , Ben Stacy
  • Wig and Make-Up Running Crew | Andy Bakun, Josh Devine

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Scholarship and Resident Artist Sponsor

The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation 
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The Corbett Endowment at CCM 
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Louise H. & David S. Ingalls Foundation, Inc. 
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Musical Theatre Department Sponsor

Genevieve Smith 
Opera Production Sponsor

Rafael and Kimberly de Acha 
Opera D’Arte Sponsor

An Anonymous Donor 
Estate of Mr. William A. Friedlander 
Mrs. William A. Friedlander 
Dr. Randolph L. Wadsworth 
Judith Schonbach Landgren and Peter Landgren  
Mr. & Mrs. Harry H. Santen 
Elizabeth C.B. & Paul G. Sittenfeld+ 
Mr. & Mrs. Thomas E. Stegman 
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Mrs. Harry M. Hoffheimer 
Ariel Quartet Sponsors

Jan Rogers 
Willard and Jean Mulford Charitable Fund of the Cambridge Charitable Foundation 
Choral Studies Sponsors

Mr. & Mrs. Joseph W. Hirschhorn 
Orchestral Sponsor

Dorothy Richard Starling Foundation 
Starling Pre-Collegiate Sponsor 
Starling Strings Sponsor

Dr. Timothy E. and Janet L. Johnson 
Thom Miles and Roberta Gary 
Organ Department Sponsors

Louis and Susan Meisel 
Piano Department Sponsor

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Jeff Thomas Catering 
The Castleberry Family 
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Patti Myers & Alan Flaherty
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CCMpower 
The CCM Harmony Fund: Challenging Hate & Prejudice through the Performing Arts 
Event Sponsors

Buddy Rogers Music 
LINKS Sponsor

Sponsors listed as of August 30, 2021

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