point2point productions
Proudly presents
SPRING AWAKENING
July 11 - 13
July 18 - 20
The Lodge Performing Arts Center
18 Villa Court, Elgin, IL
Book by Duncan Sheik
Music and lyrics by Steven Sater
Adapted from the play by Frank Wedekind
It is Germany, 1891, a world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body and wonders aloud where babies come from... 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't concentrate on anything...One afternoon, in a private place in the woods, Melchior and Wendla meet by accident and soon find within themselves a desire unlike anything they've ever felt. Moritz flounders and soon fails out of school. When even his one adult friend, Melchior's mother, ignores his plea for help, he is left so distraught that he can't hear the promise of life offered by his outcast friend, Ilse. The Headmasters waste no time in pinning the "crime" of Moritz's suicide on Melchior to expel him. And soon, Mama learns that her little Wendla is pregnant. Now the young lovers must struggle against all odds to build a world together for their child. -Music Theatre International
point2point productions, a division of Schaumburg On Stage, focuses on providing high quality adult community theater and non-equity productions.