“The Dark I Know Well” is such a truthful song. The way that this number is blocked, you get to see inside the characters’ heads. The secrets that these characters share with the audience are life-changing and painful.
I’ve been fortunate to work with Chris McCoy before, so I’m familiar with his dance style. I enjoy it when he has to demonstrate particularly “sexy” or “seductive” choreography.
Chris makes the material fun and much less awkward to tackle. His dance moves are always inventive, and he’s open to bouncing ideas off of the cast to see what works best for us.
I have some pretty hard harmonies in a few of the numbers, so I get really excited when I finally nail one and lock it in!
Rachel Wagner (Ensemble)
I love jumping over the chair twice in "Bitch of Living." This really gets me pumped up. It is my favorite scene because it speaks to everyone who has ever lived and felt negative emotions in some capacity.
"Left Behind" also gets to me because of the scene’s powerful acting. One day, while rehearsing this song during a funeral sequence, Marcos—as Moritz who is supposed to be dead and in the open coffin—snuck up and waved. No one was able to sing properly after that laugh.
After the uncomfortable introduction to the sexual subject matter, we moved through the joking stage where we did nothing but laugh at what we were doing to ourselves. Eventually we accepted what we were doing and came to approach these scenes with grace and professionalism.
The music and the real situations these kids get into speak to me. Emotionally I am tuned in to the ones around me. Physically I'm just starting to get comfortable being me.
Christian Hebron (Reinhold
Ensemble)
Ensemble)
I confess that I'm primarily a singer, not an actor, and hence the Spring Awakening music is one of the most important parts of the show for me.
It creates a medium that allows me to express myself and my character in a way that ordinary dialogue does not. The amalgamation of all the musical instruments and singing of the human voice brings to life and electrifies the production.
The song "Those You've Known" has an extremely moving emotional arch and musically gives me chills. I consider it the culmination of the Spring Awakening message, which is one of resilience, perseverance and hope for better times to come.
“Totally Fucked” is one of the few numbers that I've found difficult because it's such a high-intensity song. It becomes very easy to get carried away and go crazy with the choreography forgetting that you still need to have enough breath to sing.
Johnny Wylie (Georg)
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