SPRING AWAKENING
Music by Duncan Sheik & Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater
PERSONNEL
The Watering Hole Collective
Executive Producer: Laura Payne
Artistic Producers & Directors: Claire Greenberg & Mac Welch
Music Director: Olivia de Guzman
Movement Director: Emily Bernet
Location: Arts Mission Oak Cliff
DATES
In-Person Callbacks: April 8th, 2023
First Rehearsal: Tuesday, June 6, 2023
Opening: Wednesday, July 5, 2023
Closing: Saturday, July 15, 2023
SEEKING
The Watering Hole Collective encourages actors of all backgrounds and abilities to submit. Full vaccination is required.
We are seeking adult professional actors as well as High school Seniors (18+) that are collaborative and passionate about this show.
Actors for roles in SPRING AWAKENING (See breakdown).
CHARACTER BREAKDOWNS
WENDLA BERGMAN: A sweet, but naive young girl who is trapped in her family’s unwillingness to teach her about the adult world, but with every passing day, she grows bolder and more curious about her body. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE)
ILSE NEUMANN: A misguided young girl who runs away from an abusive home to live in an artists’ colony. Kind and resilient while also broken and stuck in a cycle of abuse.
MARTHA BESSELL: One of Wendla’s friends who is abused by her father, and she keeps the worst of the abuse to herself.
ANNA: A kind school girl and Martha’s best friend.
THEA: A confrontational school girl and Wendla’s best friend.
MELCHIOR GABOR: A headstrong, smart and charismatic schoolboy. He knows much more than the others because of what he reads in books and is able to see the corruption in society. (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE)
MORITZ STIEFEL: Melchior’s intense and nervous best friend. He has an overwhelming confusion relating to sexual feelings that quickly develop into a serious issue for him. The system has failed him. Highly sensitive and aware of his inability to fit into the system and feels like a failure. (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE)
HÄNSCHEN RILOW: A cunning schoolboy, who manipulates the other students, especially Ernst, whom he seduces. Like Melchior, he also appears to be very intelligent, but uses his knowledge in favor of the system.
ERNST RÖBEL: A sweet and naive classmate. He is Hänschen’s love interest.
GEORG ZIRSCHNITZ : A hormonal schoolboy who lusts after his older, busty piano teacher.
OTTO LÄMMERMEIER: Another schoolboy who has a disturbing dream about his mother.
ADULT WOMAN: Frau Bergman: Wendla’s mother; Fräulein Knuppeldick: an associate of Headmaster Knochenbruch Frau Bessell: Martha’s mother; Fräulein Grossebüstenhalter: Georg’s piano teacher; Fanny Gabor: Melchior’s mother (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE)
ADULT MAN: Herr Sonnenstich: a schoolteacher; Herr Stiefel: Moritz’s father; Schmidt: the abortionist; Herr Neumann: Ilse’s Father; Headmaster Knochenbruch: the boys’ school headmaster (HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS ROLE)
*NOTE: Each adult plays multiple roles.
HIGH SCHOOL ENSEMBLE
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Please submit a 32-bar contemporary musical theater, pop/rock song, or a selection from the show that can be found here:
Spring Awakening Audition Cuts
Spring Awakening High Schooler Audition Form
Spring Awakening Adult Audition Form
DEADLINE TO SUBMIT 11:59 PM MARCH 31st, 2023
SUBMIT TO
Spring Awakening High Schooler Audition Form
Spring Awakening Adult Audition Form
SALARY
All actors will receive a weekly stipend, TBD.
UNION
Non-Union
*SPRING AWAKENING Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com *
Videos
