Spring Awakening
By Frank Wedekind
March 2007
EgoPo’s signature staging of an expressionist masterpiece marks the company’s Philly life.
EgoPo officially launched its new life in Philadelphia with Frank Wedekind’s expressionist masterpiece Spring Awakening (which later inspired the Broadway musical). One of EgoPo’s signature pieces from New Orleans, Spring Awakening received a grand makeover by Artistic Director, Lane Savadove for its Philadelphia premier.
Creative Team
Lane Savadove … Director
Corey Lunchuck & Nick Lopez … Scenic Designers
Kiran Grace … Costume Designer
Matt Sharp … Lighting Designer
Naomi Littell … Mask Designer
Kyla McHale … Props Designer
Brenna Geffers … Dramaturg
Lindsey Schwartz … Stage Manager
Aaron Oster … Associate Director
Elizabeth Klinger … Assistant Director
Cast
Terry Brennan … Masked Man/Otto/Ruprect
Robert DaPonte … Melchior
Doug Greene … Moritz/Herr Stiefel
Kelly Groves … Hanschen/Frau Stiefel/Reinhold
Megan Snell (Hoke) … Martha/Frau Bergman/Locksmith/Straightjacket
Colleen Hughes … Ilse/Fetchit/Ina
Sean Lally … Ernst/Quackenseltzer/Flyswatter/ Bonebreaker (Act 3)/Helmuth
Megan Elizabeth McDermott … Wendla
Rob Neddoff … Herr Gabor/Pastor Baldbelly/Tonguetwist/Robert/Diethelm
Drew Petersen … Sunstroke/Georg/Gaston
Leah Walton … Thea/Frau Gabor/Bonebreaker (Act 1)/Dr. Procrustes
About Frank Wedekind
Benjamin Franklin Wedekind (July 24, 1864 – March 9, 1918) was a German playwright.
His work, which often criticizes bourgeois attitudes (particularly towards sex), is considered to anticipate expressionism and was influential in the development of epic theatre.
In the English-speaking world, before 2006 Wedekind was best known for the "Lulu" cycle, a two-play series—Erdgeist (Earth Spirit, 1895) and Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box, 1904)—centered on a young dancer/adventuress of mysterious origin. In 2006 his earlier play Frühlings Erwachen (Spring Awakening, 1891) became well known because of a Broadway musical adaptation.