Spring Awakening is a small musical witha cast of 12 to 15. On Broadway, all of the adult roles were played by two actors. Here is the complete character list:
The Children | |
ANNA | A German schoolgirl and Martha's best friend. Has a difficult time understanding Martha's trials |
ERNST | A schoolmate of Melchior's. Naive, easily manipulated. Unsure. |
GEORG | A schoolmate of Melchoir's who is overcome with his feelings for his piano teacher. |
HANSCHEN | A schoolmate of Melchior's who is comfortable with his own sexuality and uses his looks and intelligence to manipulate another student. |
ILSE | Martha's sister, who shares her dark secret and has run away from home to live in an artists' colony. Moritz's last hope. |
MARTHA | A schoolgirl with a life-changing secret. |
MELCHIOR | A smart, headstrong boy who refuses to bow down to society's rules. An atheist. Struggles with his intense feelings for Wendla. |
MORITZ | A troubled student who desperately tries to please his father, but always seems to disappoint him. Has haunting dreams. Melchior's best friend. |
OTTO | A classmate of Melchior's who struggles with feelings he considers inappropriate. |
THEA | Wendla's best friend. A schoolgirl who tries to stay innocent and pure. |
WENDLA | Innocent, but with every passing day, she grows more curious about the world around her. Both vulnerable and a willing participant in her evolution. |
The Adults | |
HERR STIEFL | (Mortiz's father) |
HERR GABOR | (Melchior's Father) |
HEADMASTER KNOCHENBRUCH | |
HERR NEUMANN | Ilse's Father |
HERR RILOW | Hanschen's Father |
HERR SONNENSTITCH | The Teacher |
FATHER KAULBACH | |
DOCTOR VON BRAUSEPULVER | |
SCHMIDT | |
FANNY | (Melchior's mother) |
FRAU BERGMAN | (Wendla's mother) |
FRAULEIN KNUPPELDICK | |
FRAULEIN GROSSEBUSTENHALTER | |
FRAU BESSELL |
Marin Summer Theater (MST) is an award winning non-profit theater company for students of performing arts between the ages of 13 and 23. The MST company prepares and presents three fully-staged productions in a six-week summer season. MST's mission is threefold: To present exciting, professional quality drama, musical theater and musical revue productions; to keep tuition as low as possible so that cost is not a barrier to participation; to create a diverse company of college and high school students.