PhotosPHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On the Road With the Spring Awakening TourRachel Geisler, who plays "Anna" in the current tour of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening, shares exclusive photos from the road.
By
Matthew Blank
February 11, 2011
Having launched in October, the touring itinerary covers over 60 cities across the country. We catch up with the cast as they reconvene in New York following a brief holiday hiatus and travel to their first stop of the year, Salt Lake City.
Geisler offers a look at the road company as they travel, rehearse, perform and hang out in three of their recent cities:
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PHOTO EXCLUSIVE: On the Road With the Spring Awakening Tour
Broadway direction and choreography for the tour was recreated by Lucy Skilbeck and JoAnn Hunter, respectively. The cast is led by Christopher Wood as Melchior, Elizabeth Judd as Wendla, Coby Getzug as Moritz, Courtney Markowitz as Ilse, Rachel Geisler as Anna, Jim Hogan as Georg, Aliya Bowles as Martha, George E. Salazar as Otto, Emily Mest as Thea, Devon Stone as Hanschen with Daniel Plimpton as Ernst.
Upcoming tour dates follow:
Los Angeles, CA. February 8-13, 2011 Denver, CO. February 15-16, 2011 Albuquerque, NM. February 18-19, 2011 Bloomington, IN. February 22, 2011 Ft. Wayne, IN. February 23, 2011 Nashville, TN. February 25-27, 2011 West Palm Beach, FL. March 2, 2011 Tallahassee, FL. March 3, 2011 Huntsville, AL. March 4, 2011 Knoxville, TN. March 5, 2011 Akron, OH. March 9, 2011 Raleigh, NC. March 11-12, 2011 Charlotte, NC. March 13, 2011 Pembroke, NC. March 14, 2011 North Charleston, SC. March 15-16, 2011 Clearwater, FL. March 18-19, 2011 Sarasota, FL. March 20, 2011 Gainesville, FL. March 22, 2011 Fort Pierce, FL. March 23, 2011 Jacksonville, FL. March 25, 2011 Fort Lauderdale, FL. March 25-27, 2011 Huntington, W. VA. March 29, 2011 Athens, OH. March 30, 2011 Buffalo, NY. March 31, 2011 Bethlehem, PA. April 1, 2011 New Brunswick, NJ. April 2, 2011 Stony Brook, NY. April 3, 2011 Concord, NH. April 5, 2011 Burlington, VT. April 6, 2011 Bloomsburg, PA. April 8, 2011 York, PA. April 9, 2011 Greenvale, NY. April 10, 2011 University Park, PA. April 12-13, 2011 New London, CT. April 14-15, 2011 Indiana, PA. April 27, 2011 New Bedford, MA. April 29, 2011 New Haven, CT. April 30, 2011 Orono, ME. May 1, 2011 Chicago, IL. May 3-8, 2011 Worcester, MA. May 10, 2011 Kingston, ON. May 11, 2011 Kitchener, ON. May 12, 2011 Ottawa, ON. May 13-15, 2011
The 2010-2011 national tour of Spring Awakening is produced by NETworks Presentations, LLC.
Spring Awakening won eight 2007 Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The original Broadway production of Spring Awakening featured direction by Michael Mayer and choreography by Bill T. Jones.
Songs featured in the Tony-winning score are "All That's Known," "And Then There Were None," "Blue Wind/Don't Do Sadness," "Left Behind," "Mamma Who Bore Me," "My Junk, "The Bitch of Living," "The Dark I Know Well," "The Guilty Ones," "The Song of Purple Summer," "The Word of Your Body," "Those You've Known," "Totally Fucked," "Touch Me," "Whispering" and "The Mirror-Blue Night."
For more information visit www.springawakeningontour.com.