Bishop's University Drama and Music Departments presents Spring

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14 years and up CONTENT ADVISORY : SPRING AWAKENING CONTAINS REFERENCES TO SEXUALVIOLENCE,INCEST, SEX, SEXUALITY, PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, ABORTION, SUICIDE AND DEATH. Book and lyrics by Steven Sater Music by Duncan SheikBased on a play by Frank Wedekind Directed by : Art Babayants Musical Director : Fannie Gaudette Choreography : Nicolas Zemmour Following the success of Godspell (2022) and the sold- out run of The Drowsy Chaperone (2023), Bishop’s Musical Theatre presents SPRING AWAKENING, featuring a unique lighting design and a live band. The winner of eight Tony Awards, based on a once forbidden German play, Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that are both funny and tragic. In a conservative, ultra-religious town - a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards - young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body and wonders aloud where babies come from until Mama tells her to shut it and put on a proper dress. Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy, Moritz – a boy so traumatized by puberty that he can