Delinquent Theatre presents
SPRING AWAKENING
by Franz Wedekind
translation by Jonathan Franzen
Runs July 22nd to July 25th &
July 28th to August 1st at 7 pm
The Havana Theatre
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
Stage Management by Stephanie Meine
Design by Brendan Albano
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 & Tich Wilson
Tickets $12 for students $15 for adults, available at delinquenttheatre@gmail.com
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Fighting Chance Productions presents
DOG SEES GOD: CONFESSIONS OF A TEENAGE BLOCKHEAD
Originally produced by Delinquent Theatre in Summer 2008
Vancouver Fringe Festival, September 2009
