SPRING AWAKENING takes its inspiration from one of literature's most controversial masterpieces - a work so daring in its depiction of teenage self-discovery, it was banned from the stage and not performed in its complete form in English for nearly 100 years.

It's Germany, 1891. A world where the grown-ups hold all the cards. The beautiful young Wendla explores the mysteries of her body, and wonders aloud where babies come from, till Mama tells her to shut it, and put on a proper dress.

Elsewhere, the brilliant and fearless young Melchior interrupts a mind-numbing Latin drill to defend his buddy Moritz - a boy so traumatized by puberty he can't concentrate on anything. Not that the Headmaster cares. He strikes them both and tells them to turn in his lesson.

One afternoon - in a private place in the woods - Melchior and Wendla meet by accident, soon find within themselves a desire unlike anything they've ever felt.

As they fumble their way into one another's arms, Moritz flounders and soon fails out of school. When even his one adult friend, Melchior's mother, ignores his plea for help, he is left so distraught he can't hear the promise of life offered by his outcast friend Ilse.

Spring Awakening will be at The Centre's Aiken Theatre on Tuesday, October 12 at 7:30pm.

Tickets go On Sale Friday, September 10 at 10:00am. Seats are $47.50, $29 and $19.

For more information call The Centre Box Office at 812-435-5544 or 812-435-5770 ext. 211.

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The Centre Box Office hours are Monday-Friday 10:00am-5:00pm. Day of Show the hours are 10:00am to Showtime.

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