The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, told by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater through what Entertainment Weekly called, "the most gorgeous Broadway score this decade," Spring Awakening explores the journey from adolescence to adulthood with a poignancy and passion that is illuminating and unforgettable. The landmark musical is an electrifying fusion of morality, sexuality and rock and roll that is exhilarating audiences across the nation like no other musical in years.

 

Spring Awakening is an undergraduate research-funded production that features the work of award-winning choreographers, Nathan Bravo and Isabella Chinnici (B.F.A. in Music Theatre 2025 & 2024, respectively); with direction by Ruby Lapeyre (B.F.A. in Music Theatre 2025); and a full production company of over 40 students working on and off stage.

 

Performances
Matinees: March 16, 17 at 2 p.m.
Evening: March 17 at 7:30 p.m.

 

Please be advised that Spring Awakening contains themes of sexuality, domestic violence, sexual violence, gun violence with use of a prop gun (no sound effects), abortion, and suicide. The show is recommended for ages 16+.

 

 

WHO IS METRO THEATRE COMPANY?
Metro Theatre Company is a UCI undergraduate-focused Registered Campus Organization with peer mentorship opportunities for graduate students to aid and further the education of the breadth of our student body through hands-on experience on and offstage. From performers to directors to designers, their productions are entirely student-run to allow entrepreneurship and creativity to thrive amongst multiple disciplines. Putting on a show practices cross-training skills which is why Metro aims to uplift students of a variety of majors to join the company from Drama to Sociology to STEM. With logistical support from faculty sponsor and Head of Undergraduate Acting, Cynthia Bassham, they established themselves as an independent company and Registered Campus Organization within one year.

RESEARCH-FUNDED UNDERGRADUATE ARTS PROJECT
This production is a research-funded project through the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP). UROP provides grants for UCI faculty-mentored undergraduate research projects and creative endeavors. You may have seen Metro’s last musical, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, in the Spring of 2023 which was also funded by UROP.

Spring Awakening
is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI).
All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
www.mtishows.com

 

 

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