Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Welcome to Our Show!

Welcome to the world of "Spring Awakening" Out of the Box Theatre Co. style! We are currently in week 4 of rehearsals and are being incredibly productive. Our first two weeks were spent reading through the script (and making sure everyone understands what's being said) and learning all the music to the show. On  more than one occasion I had chills listening to the beautiful voices of the cast. Last week we started the oh-so-fun task of blocking and choreographing (with our wonderful director Samantha Eve and brilliant choreographer Jessica Hambright!). Again, chills as I watched the scenes and dances. Tonight we will finish blocking the first half of the show (isn't it amazing how quickly time flies...?)!

This cast and crew is amazing. Theatre has a way of bringing together such interesting mixes of people who end up working together to create beautiful things. It's always such an awesome experience to be a part of a show; getting to see it be turned into a story from just words and musical notes on paper. Meeting people you probably wouldn't have ever met, and becoming friends with them, and overtime truly becoming a family. We may fight and have disagreements but I have yet to be part of a show where I didn't feel a sense of family with my fellow cast and crew.

And listed below is the cast and crew, in case you aren't familiar with it yet!

Production Team
Director: Samantha Eve
Musical Director: Mandee Sikich
Vocal Director: Emily Jewell
Choreographer: Jessica Hambright
Stage Manager: Cynthia Moore
Asst. Stage Manager: Katie Williams
Asst. Producer: Salli Eve
Set Designer: Ted Dolas

Cast 
Melchior: Will Schneiderman
Moritz: Daniel Russell
Wendla: Quinlan Fitzgerald
Ilse: Samantha Eve
Hanschen: Ethan Hartsell
Georg: Skyler Jones
Martha: Maggie Langhorne
Ernst: Miguel Miranda
Otto: Evan Bell
Thea: Analicia Hawkins
Anna: Jessica Gotsman
Adult Man: Rob Grayson
Adult Woman: Deborah Bertling
Ensemble: Charlie Kate Harper/ Allison Lewis Towbes/ Marc Nicolas

Stay tuned for more updates about the show process and maybe even a picture or two!