Monday, July 2, 2012
Spring Awakening Campaigns for Love is Louder
Tickets are now on sale for the glory|struck production of Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater’s Spring Awakening at the Hayworth Theatre. Through a new and exciting rock-concert format, Spring Awakening will raise the volume of awareness for the Love Is Louder movement. The producers note “the music, just like the Love Is Louder campaign, speaks volumes about young people. And through that connection we are able to sustain our community: a community of creativity, a community of collaboration, and a community of activism."
“The themes of the show correspond greatly with the mission of the Love Is Louder campaign. It is a perfect match. The young characters of Spring Awakening each bear their own inner turmoil, their own pain. In recent years, the media has done well to illuminate the surge of youth troubles in our society. There are increasing pressures for teens as they navigate their lives and, too often, we hear a tragic case of one who succumbs to their inner turmoil – Their bullying. Their wounds. Their voices lost to the world as a whisper. These are the kids that need to hear this story.”
Based on the controversial 1892 play by Frank Wedekind, Spring Awakening recalls the coming of age, and discovery of sexuality among youth in 19th Century Germany. The piece tackles issues of teen suicide, pregnancy, sexuality and identity. These topics are still incredibly relevant to youth today.
Love Is Louder was started by The Jed Foundation, MTV, and actress Brittany Snow to support anyone feeling mistreated, misunderstood or alone. Online and in communities around the world, the movement is raising the volume around a critical message -- that love and support is more powerful than the external and internal voices that bring us down, cause us pain and make us feel hopeless.
Kelley Jakle, who will make her feature film debut with the upcoming movie "Pitch Perfect" and has been seen on NBC's "The Sing-Off," will lend her voice to the character of Wendla. Featured vocalists will also include Nathan Parrett ("The Voice"), Payson Lewis ("The Sing-Off"), independent recording artists Olivia Noelle and Anthony Starble, Caitlin Ary, Jonah Platt, Topher Rhys, Jamie Lee Barnard, Jilli Marine and Michael Christopher Luebke. Paul T. Brindley and Alissa-Nicole Koblentz will play the adult authority figures.
This rock-infused presentation, helmed by director Kate Sullivan Gibbens, with musical direction by Michael Christopher Luebke, is a theatre-concert hybrid that focuses sharply on music and its story, recalling the energy of an East Village music bar as opposed to a traditional “uptown” venue. Audiences will be left with art in its purist, most unadulterated form: the music, the dialogue, and the message.
The concert is produced for glory|struck by Topher Rhys, Jamie Lee Barnard, and Nathan Gardner. glory|struck was founded to create art that aligns poignant narratives with relevant social issues to inspire collective action.
Spring Awakening will be offered in six performances from July 20-29 at the Hayworth Theatre, 2511 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057. Tickets, priced at $25.00, are available at www.springawakeninginconcert.com, or www.plays411.net/awakening or by calling (323) 960-7780.
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