Directors Laura McLean and Christine Quintana gives us some good reasons to see
Spring Awakening
Written by: Franz Wedekind
Adapted by: Jonathan Franzen
Directed by: Laura McLean and Christine Quintana
Starring: Eric Biskupski, Odessa Cadieux-Rey, Veronica Campbell, Chris Cook, David Kaye, Alexander Keurvorst, Pippa Mackie, Matt Reznek, Tessa Skara, Naomi Vogt, Anna Wallace-Deering, and Tich Wilson.
Presented by: Delinquent Theatre (link)
Jonathan Franzen’s lively translation of the German classic subtitled ‘A Children’s Tragedy’ follows a group of young teenagers coming of age despite their repressed and religious upbringings. First performed in 1906, Spring Awakening was labeled as obscene, offensive and radical – 100 years later the story was remade and sexed up for the 2006 Broadway musical adaptation. Now, in an age where abstinence-only education is proposed as the antidote for an over-sexed youth culture, Wedekind’s original work is timelier than ever. At once sad, disturbing, and touchingly funny, Spring Awakening sees sex, violence, puberty and great expectations through the dreamy eyes of youth. Even now, Wedekind’s work continues to prove that even when hidden in the deepest of places, the stirrings of spring awakenings will always find their way to the surface.
Preview July 21, plays July 22 to August 1, Wednesday to Saturday at 7PM
The Havana Theatre (1212 Commercial Drive).
Tickets $12/$15, can be reserved at delinquenttheatre@gmail.com.
