SPRING AWAKENING
DIRECTOR Micaela O'Rourke
CHOREOGRAPHER Jillian Rubino
MUSIC DIRECTORS Willow Fallon, Cass Nieves
INTIMACY DIRECTOR Daniel Siani
FIGHT CHOREOGRAPHER Sierra Friday
LIGHTING DESIGNER Sam Terrell
ASST. LIGHTING DESIGNER Mackenzie Walsh
SET DESIGNER Selina Amargo
ASST. SET DESIGNER Jess Luciano
PROPS DESIGNER Holden Whalen
COSTUME DESIGNER Julianne Donohue
ASST. COSTUME DESIGNER Rowan Anders
SOUND DESIGNER Jack Woods
ASST. SOUND DESIGNER Hannah Hock
STAGE MANAGER Meg Dorothy Delmonico
ASST. STAGE MANAGER Jess Luciano
PRODUCER Wagner SRMT
PHOTOGRAPHER Hudson Janow
VIDEOGRAPHER Sam Terrell
FEATURING
James Thibault, Shea East, Abby Smook, Phineas Manasse-Latham, Caleb Ullian, Kyle Manzo, Amanda Summa, Nick Sokolofsky, Emma O'Kane, Sophie Schulz, Lexi Tull, Haiden Cortez, Ryan "Skylar" Erwin, Lily Azevedo, Ciara Bawar.
Performed CORNER STYLE (Audience on 2 Perpendicular Sides)
SPRING AWAKENING, without a doubt, has been my most creatively fulfilling project to date. Being the rock musical it is, it is a show that allowed much room for creativity and play.
I decided to use backlighting in this production exclusively for song and hallucination, with the goal to create the sense that the characters were entering an entirely different world; their minds. Anything that was not backlit was to be grounded in reality.
The director and I had many meetings delving into each song and scene and discussing how the audience should be feeling while watching them. Does Melchior feel warmth in this? Does Wendla? Should the audience? How does this impact the work that we do?
This idea, more than anything, was the driving force of all of my work on this show: the audience and how they should be viewing the incredibly difficult, serious, and important scenes playing out in front of them. I knew it was essential that each scene was to be handled with love and care, which is why open discussion on meaning and intention was so important with this production.
After the final performance, a colleague came up to me and said, "Up to this point, I have never really considered lighting to be an art form. This production changed my mind. What you have produced here is undoubtably a work of art."
I consider this to be the highest compliment I have ever received as a designer.
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