Photo Flash: Milburn Stone Theatre's SPRING AWAKENING Opens Tonight

Tonight, April 12th, 2013 at 8pm the Milburn Stone Theatre will open the 2007 Tony award winner for best musical, Spring Awakening. BroadwayWorld has a sneak peek at the boys of Spring Awakening below!

Spring Awakening is based on Frank Wedekind's 1906 play by the same name that caused outrage and controversy when it premiered in Berlin. Due to the show's frank subject matter and adult themes it was banned or censored for more than fifty years with most productions of the show only lasting two performances. In 2006, playwright Steven Sater and composer Duncan Sheik updated the show and turned it into a powerful rock musical that ran to sold out crowds on Broadway and won the show several Drama Desk and Tony awards.

Based on the classic German coming of age drama, Spring Awakening is a gripping musical drama that stands the test of time. Adults scheme with teens as their pawns, while keeping them in the dark about the facts of life. In this stellar, multiple Tony award winning musical, the 19th Century German setting is brought to the present with a thrilling rock score. With show stopping musical numbers "Momma Who Bore Me," "The B*tch of Living" and "Don't Do Sadness."

Featuring Caroline Colino from Bear, DE as Wendla, Benjamin Walker from Wilmington, DE as Melchior, Bevin Hensley of Churchville, MD as Martha, Shane Lowry of Fallston, MD as Moritz, Megan Valle from Belair, MD as Thea, Jeff Gorcyca of Kennett Square, PA as Hanschen, Sydney Hastain of Middletown, DE as Anna, George Fletcher III as Ernst, Kelleigh Pangratz as Ilse, Chandler Smith of Wilmington, DE as Georg, Miranda Daviduk of Newark, DE as Ina, Matthew Peterson of Belair, MD as Otto and Charlie Johnson of Rising Sun, MD as Robert. Rounding out the ensemble is Alliyah Corley, Katie Obarski, Kashana Roberts, Shelby Smith and Dane Hutchinson of Elkton, MD as the Adult Male and Karen Decker of Oxford, PA as the Adult Female.

Direction and Design by S. Lee Lewis, Musical Direction by Marji Eldreth, Choreography by Bambi Johnson and Stage Management by Serenity Rowland.

Recommended age 17 and older. The show runs tonight, April 12 and April 13, 19, 20 at 8 p.m. April 14, 21 at 3 p.m. Ticket prices: Adults: $18; Students and Seniors: $15; Children 12 and under: $10; College Students with a valid ID: $5. To purchase tickets, call the MST box office at (410) 287-1037. The box office, located at One Seahawk Drive at Cecil College in North East, Md., is open from noon to 5 p.m. Monday to Friday, or visit the Milburn Stone website at www.milburnstone.org.

The Cast of SPRING AWAKENING

The Cast of SPRING AWAKENING

The Cast of SPRING AWAKENING

The Cast of SPRING AWAKENING

Ben Walker as Melchior Gabor