Delinquent Theatre

SPRING AWAKENING

“You’d think the whole world revolves around penis and vagina!”
Melchior, Act 2 Scene 1

SUMMER 2009: New production company Delinquent Theatre presents Franz Wedekind’s Spring Awakening at the Havana Theatre. Directed by Laura McLean and Christine Quintana, 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.

Directed by Laura McLean and Christine Quintana. Featuring 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.

The Reformatory

Melchior (Alexander Keurvost) and Wendla (Tich Wilson) in the hayloft.

The Professors

Clockwise from bottom: Melchior (Alexander Keurvorst), Moritz (Chris Cook), Wendla (Tich Wilson). Photo by Brendan Albano.

From left: Wendla (Tich Wilson), Moritz (Chris Cook), Melchior (Alexander Keurvorst). Photo by Brendan Albano.

Melchior (Alexander Keurvorst), Wendla (Tich Wilson). Photo by Brendan Albano.

Moritz (Chris Cook). Photo by Brendan Albano.