SPRING AWAKENING Is Heading Off-Broadway This Fall And Theatre Kids Everywhere Are Freaking Out

It was the Instagram post heard around midtown yesterday afternoon. Just before 5pm on the Seaview grid, 5 words were posted and group chats around the country started blowing up. 

“One day all will know.”

Everyone knew what it meant and now we have confirmation. It was announced that Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s beloved Spring Awakening will return to New York this fall Off-Broadway at Studio Seaview directed by Tony Award winner Danya Taymor. The Tony and Olivier-winning musical will be choreographed by Celia Rowlson-Hall, in her theatrical debut, with music supervision by Or Matias. 

The musical will hold open call auditions on July 10 and July 11. Further details regarding the open call will be announced on the production's social media, @springawakeningmusical, at a later date. 

This new production will bring Spring Awakening into an intimate Off-Broadway setting, returning the musical to the raw force and urgency of Frank Wedekind’s once-banned 1891 play. Feral, honest, compassionate, and unflinching, the production will explore the experience of young people caught between desire, repression, fear, and discovery — then and now. 

The show debuted on Broadway in 2006 with future stars Jonathan Groff, Lea Michele and John Gallagher Jr., and was later revived in 2015 with Deaf West Theatre directed by Michael Arden. 

For first access to tickets and more information about Spring Awakening, please visit springawakeningmusical.com.