Spring Awakening (DramaTech – Spring 2025) by Matthew Aronin

Special Thanks

Dean John Stein and the Office of the Dean of Students

Dean Kaye Husbands Fealing and the Ivan Allen College

The Division of Student Engagement and Well-Being

Dr. Kelly Ritter

and the School of Literature, Media, and Communication

Friends of DramaTech

June Abbott

Michael Boatright

THIS PRODUCTION CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE AND DEPICTIONS OF VIOLENCE, BRIEF NUDITY, SIMULATED SEX, SUICIDE, AND OTHER SENSITIVE THEMES, INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF ABORTION, CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE, AND INCEST. STROBE, HAZE, AND SUDDEN LOUD SOUNDS MAY ALSO BE USED.

DramaTech Theatre Presents

Book and Lyrics by Steven Sater Music by Duncan Sheik

Based on the play by Frank Wedekind

Director

Jacob McKee

Assistant Director

Alma Najem

Stage Manager Trix Sunga

Choreographer

Ashley Freeman

Music Director Gamble

Production Manager Lydian Holt

Assistant Stage Managers Tessa Allers and Ashley James

Assistant Choreographer Emily Freeman

Intimacy Coordinators

Fight Choreographer Kevin Roost

Ash Anderson and Kristen Oliver

Orchestrations

Duncan Sheik

Vocal Arrangements

AnnMarie Milazzo

String Orchestrations

Simon Hale

Any video and/or audio recording of this production is strictly prohibited.

SPRING AWAKENING is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Original Broadway Production Produced by IRA PITTELMAN, TOM HULCE, JEFFREY RICHARDS, JERRY FRANKEL, ATLANTIC THEATER COMPANY, Jeffrey Sine, Freddy DeMann, Max Cooper, Mort Swinsky/Cindy and Jay Gutterman/Joe McGinnis/Judith Ann Abrams, ZenDog Productions/ CarJac Productions, Aron Bergson Productions/Jennifer Manocherian/Ted Snowdon, Harold Thau/Terry Schnuck/Cold Spring Productions, Amanda Dubois/Elizabeth Eynon Wetherell, Jennifer Maloney/Tamara Tunie/Joe Cilibrasi/StyleFour Productions.

The world premiere of SPRING AWAKENING was produced by the Atlantic Theater Company by special arrangement with Tom Hulce & Ira Pittelman.

A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR

Spring Awakening premiered on Broadway when I was a teenager. Edgy, weird, and unapologetically honest about a lot of tough issues, it captured the cultural consciousness of theatre kids all around me — even in the relatively conservative, suburban area where I grew up. Our parents didn’t like it, and we might not have totally understood it, but it felt so incredibly relevant to the types of frustration, repression, and othering we endured daily.

I wish, more than anything, it was less relevant today. I long for a day when Spring Awakening feels tired, when someone might watch it and ask how something like this could ever possibly happen. That day is not today.

All across the world, people are being robbed of the right to selfdetermination. Governments, authority figures, and people in power — including those right here in our country — are not just complicit in the oppression of marginalized people. They are the architects of that oppression. Spring Awakening may take place in 1891, but the tactics used to obfuscate knowledge and silence dissent can be seen in news stories everywhere, from the suppression of opposing voices to the systematic degradation of rights for transgender Americans. The leaders of our modern society spend their days attempting to dismantle structures that offer inclusion to those who need it to survive; they discredit the value of diverse company and thought; they paint an equitable society as an unfair one.

The greatest lesson that I’ve learned from Spring Awakening throughout this process — while working with this luminous cast, indefatigable crew, and everyone at DramaTech in between and beyond — is that even in the face of such overwhelming adversity, there will always be those who persist in search of a better way to live. The students at DramaTech reflect humanity’s best qualities, and I feel lucky to exist in their orbit for a little while. They deserve a society that feels just as lucky to have them, that will welcome them with open arms, that will allow them autonomy to live their life as they wish.

I hope, tonight, you can be that audience for them. I hope you can accept their work and learn the lessons they teach. And tomorrow, I hope you wake up, imagine the better world we have been trying to build every day in the rehearsal room, and figure out what you can do to help make it real.

Jacob McKee (he/they) Director, Spring Awakening

Cast

The Boys

Melchior ........................................................................... RYAN McCANDLESS

Moritz ................................................................................... ALEX ANDERSON

Hanschen ............................................................................... OWEN CARROLL

Ernst.......................................................................................... ISAAC BREIDING

Georg ...................................................................................... MARCUS KURTH

Otto ...............................................................................................RILEY VAUPEL

The Girls

Wendla ...................................................................................... EMMA HARDIN

Ilse ..............................................................................................DAYSEN GYATT

Martha..................................................................................................CAM VICE

Thea ................................................................. JACQUELINE CUNNINGHAM

Anna .................................................................................... MARIANA TORRES

The Adults

Adult Man ..................................................................................... SHREY PATEL

Adult Woman ........................................................................ HALEY MERRITT

The Ensemble

MIRIAM ARAYA, JOSEPH CLOER, JACKSON LEE, AUTUMN ROUTT

The Swings

CAMILLE HEIDEL, YASH SINGHAL

band

Keys 1 ......................................................................................................GAMBLE

Keys 2, Cello ........................................................................... KELSEY MOLLER

Guitar/Violin ............................................................................. NIKKI CHACKO

Guitar ............................................................................. SCOTTY GUENTHER

Viola .................................................................................... RACHAEL MORRIS

Percussion ........................................................................ CAINEN CROWDER

Bass ..............................................................................................KEVIN ROOST

directing & Stage management

Director ....................................................................................... JACOB MCKEE

Assistant Director ....................................................................... ALMA NAJEM

Music Director ....................................................................................... GAMBLE

Production Manager....................................................................LYDIAN HOLT

Stage Manager .............................................................................. TRIX SUNGA

Assistant Stage Managers ......................................................... TESSA ALLERS, ASHLEY JAMES

Choreographer.................................................................... ASHLEY FREEMAN

Assistant Choreographer .......................................................EMILY FREEMAN

Fight Choreographer .................................................................. KEVIN ROOST

Intimacy Coordinators ......................................................... ASH ANDERSON, KRISTEN OLIVER

Master Carpenter ............................................................ ARIANA MANIATIS

Assistant Carpenter ................................................................... THEO URBAN

Master Electrician ................................................ CHRISTOPHER LEONARD

Assistant Electrician ..................................................... SAMANTHA SCHULZ

Sound Engineer ............................................................. ELIJAH RABINOVICH

Assistant Sound Engineers................................................. LUKAS KASSATLY, KYRA STILLWAGON

Crew Designers

Costume Designers ............................................................... KAYLIE MARTIN, DANE SCHULTEN

Assistant Costume Designers .......................................... DIANA JACHMAN, AGNI PALIWAL, ANNIKA PATEL, TYKERIA WEST

Lighting Designer........................................... VANESSA ROYDEN WATKINS

Props Designer ................................................................... DHRUV KULKARNI

Assistant Props Designers............................................ASHLYN DONALSON, DAYSEN GYATT, MARK PATTILLO, JAYSON SPRADLING

Set Designer ....................................................................... ANTHONY HEIGES

Assistant Set Designers .............................................................. HALEY AGAN, LILLY DURSO, AMANDA WANG

Sound Designer............................................................................ GAVIN BAKER

Assistant Sound Designer ....................................................... OLIVIA BANICH

Marketing

Graphic Designer ..................................................................... HALEY ARMOR

Assistant Graphic Designer ................................................... KAYLIE MARTIN

Headshot Designer ............................................................ DHRUV KULKARNI

Assistant Headshot Designers............................................... HALEY ARMOR, TEJASWINI (TWIG) RAMKUMAR BABU

Program Designer.......................................................... MATTHEW ARONIN

Assistant Program Designers ............................................ ALEX ANDERSON, HALEY ARMOR

Promo Video Designer ...................................................... ISAAC BREIDING

Assistant Promo Video Designers ........................................ HALEY ARMOR, TEJASWINI (TWIG) RAMKUMAR BABU

Social Media Manager ............................................................. TYKERIA WEST

T-Shirt Designer..................................................................... HALEY MERRITT

Assistant T-Shirt Designer ...................................................... HALEY ARMOR

run crew

House Manager ..................................................................... LUKAS KASSATLY

Backstage Grip .......................................................................... ASHLEY JAMES

Costumes Masters ....................................................... SAMANTHA SCHULZ, TYKERIA WEST

Light/Sound Operator................................................................ TESSA ALLERS

Microphone Operator ................................................... KYRA STILLWAGON

Microphone Wranglers........................................................... ASHLEY JAMES, KELSEY MOLLER

Act 1

Mama Who Bore Me .............................................................................. Wendla

Mama Who Bore Me (Reprise) ............................................. Wendla and Girls

All That’s Known .................................................................................... Melchior

The Bitch of Living .................................... Moritz, Georg, Melchior, and Boys

My Junk .......................................................................................... Girls and Boys

Touch Me ...................................................................................... Boys and Girls

The Word of Your Body ............................................... Wendla and Melchior

The Dark I Know Well ........................................ Martha, Ilse, Boys, and Girls

The Word of Your Body (Reprise 1) ...................................... Otto and Georg

And Then There Were None................................................. Moritz and Boys

The Mirror-Blue Night.......................................................... Melchior and Boys I Believe .......................................................................................... Boys and Girls

Act 2

The Guilty Ones ......................................... Wendla, Melchior, Boys, and Girls

Don't Do Sadness ...................................................................................... Moritz

Blue Wind ......................................................................................................... Ilse

Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind (Reprise) .................................. Moritz and Ilse

Left Behind ..................................... Melchior, Boys (except Moritz), and Girls

Totally Fucked ........................... Melchior and Full Company (except Moritz)

The Word of Your Body (Reprise 2) .......................................... Full Company

Whispering ........................................................................Wendla and Melchior

Those You've Known ....................................... Moritz, Wendla, and Melchior

The Song of Purple Summer ........................................ Ilse and Full Company

RYAN McCANDLESS (Melchior) is a second-year aerospace engineering major and materials science & engineering minor at Georgia Tech from Annapolis, Maryland. Ryan recently performed in DramaTech’s Fall 2024 production of She Kills Monsters. Outside of DramaTech, Ryan is a staffer/ technical officer at the MILL (Materials Innovation and Learning Laboratory) and a member of YJSP (Yellow Jacket Space Program).

Ryan thanks his cast, tech, directing team, coolcatcoolcat, and various little creatures for an amazing show process! To any Ryan fans in the audience: “I’m sorry! It’s okay to look away!” -Ryan

ALEX ANDERSON (Moritz, Assistant Program Designer) is a first-year chemistry major at Georgia Tech from Commerce, Georgia. Outside of DramaTech, Alex is part of the Chamber and Chorale choirs at Georgia Tech. Also, he is part of the semi-professional choir Kanjani.

Schlurp Slap Slop

OWEN CARROLL (Hanschen) is a first-year chemical and biomolecular engineer and Japanese minor at Georgia Tech from Roswell, Georgia. This is Owen’s first show at DT and he is very excited to be in it. Outside of DramaTech, Owen is a part of GT chorale and a semi-pro choir. He also participates in chem E cube which aims to create a carbon capture device.

Multi variable calculus is my Roman Empire. My GPA is a gladiator in its arena.

ISAAC BREIDING (Ernst, Promo Video Designer) is is a third year Film major and Theatre minor at Georgia State University from Douglasville, Georgia. Isaac is a working theatre artist. Most recent credits include Sweeney Todd, Miss You Like Hell (Woodstock Arts), and SnowGirls (Out Front Theatre).

Isaac wants to thank the Georgia Tech community for welcoming him into their space and allowing him to check off a dream show. Instagram: @ Isaac.breiding

MARCUS KURTH (Georg) is a fourthyear Solid Earth & Planetary Sciences major at Georgia Tech from Panama City Beach, Florida. This is Marcus’s fourth musical with DramaTech. Other roles included Noel in Ride the Cyclone, Mark in Rent, and Mr. McQueen in Urinetown. Outside of DramaTech, Marcus is a teaching assistant, researcher, and tour guide.

I wonder what all of our characters are doing in approximately 40 years.

RILEY VAUPEL (Otto) is a fourth-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Acworth, Georgia. Riley played Oliver in DramaTech’s production of Puffs and performs in shows with resident improv troupe Let’s Try This!

in the 1890s Germany. straight up ‘awakening it’. and by ‘it’, haha, well. let’s justr say. My spring.

EMMA HARDIN (Wendla) is a thirdyear neuroscience major at Georgia Tech from Columbus, Georgia. Emma has been involved in DramaTech and LTT for 2 years, most recently playing Tilly in She Kills Monsters. She also directed an act for Open House and played Susie Bones in Puffs. Outside of DramaTech, Emma is involved in SMILE.

It appears I have a typecast of sad teenage girls whose stories center around death!

DAYSEN GYATT (Ilse) is a fifth-year Communicational Media major at Georgia Tech from Marietta, Georgia. Daysen was part of the props team for She Kills Monsters where she built all our heroes’ badass weapons. Daysen also did run crew for SKM. But now she is ready to take the stage and not just during a black out. She hasn’t forgotten where she came from though, as Daysen was also a member of this show’s props team.

You get a flower, and you get a flower, and you get a flower...

CAM VICE (Martha) is a first-year International Affairs and Modern Language major at Georgia Tech from LaGrange, Georgia. Cam recently played Vera in DramaTech’s She Kills Monsters. Outside of DramaTech, Cam is a member of the International Affairs Student Organization and the North Ave Review. !!!

JACQUELINE CUNNINGHAM (Thea) is a fourth-year psychology major and science of mental health and wellbeing minor at Georgia Tech from Atlanta, Georgia. This is Jacqueline’s second production acting, having previously performed in Ride the Cyclone (Jane Doe), and fifth production overall at DramaTech. Outside of DramaTech, Jacqueline is a member of the Georgia Tech Chamber Choir.

“Moritz Stiefel? He’s a stoopid!” - Thea

MARIANA TORRES (Anna) is a firstyear environmental science major at Georgia Tech from Newnan, Georgia. Mariana performed in Open House and worked on props for Orbital Debris this past fall; this is her first time acting in a DT production. Outside of DramaTech, she occasionally goes to club meetings for SOS, AEES, and LASO.

f the stork!

SHREY PATEL (Adult Man) is a firstyear masters student in Computational Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech from Jonesboro, GA. Shrey has been with DramaTech for three years, and this is his eighth DramaTech show. Most recently, he acted in DramaTech’s production of Orbital Debris last fall, and he is DramaTech’s current Business Manager. Outside of DramaTech, he is a Graduate Research Assistant for the Office of Undergraduate Education.

Domingo. Not Sunday. But the guy that came all this way and had to explain, direct from Domingo. Nah just kidding. Rather, consider this reality: you are in a BLT. Are you the B, the L, or the T?

HALEY MERRITT (Adult Woman) is a second-year psychology major with a business concentration at Georgia Tech from Wiesbaden, Germany. Haley recently assistant directed and t-shirt designed for She Kills Monsters. Outside of DramaTech, Haley is the concerts chair at SCPC.

she knupple on my dick til my spring awakens

JOSEPH CLOER (Ensemble) is a second-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Covington, Georgia. Joseph was previously in She Kills Monsters here at DramaTech where he played Miles. Outside of DramaTech you can find him playing some ball and shooting some hoops.

BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS BASS

JACKSON LEE (Ensemble) is a second-year computer engineering major at Georgia Tech from Lilburn, Georgia. Jackson has performed in musical theater since the age of nine, and has most recently played Napoleon in “Empire: The Story of Napoleon and Josephine”. He was also recently featured as the Phantom in “The Phantom of the Opera,” and as Fagin in “Oliver!”.

I’ll etbay ouyay idn’tday pectexay emay otay aysay “heTay panishSay quisitionInay,” idday ouyay?

AUTUMN ROUTT (Ensemble) is a second-year bioengineering PhD student at Georgia Tech from New Orleans, Louisiana (kinda). This is Autumn’s first involvement with DramaTech! Outside of DT, she can be found in a variety of places if you only look.

Autumn would like to emphasize that she would never eat an orange in the audience of a theatrical performance. That would be obscene.

MIRIAM ARAYA (Ensemble)

CAMILLE HEIDEL (Swing) is a first-year biology major and Korean minor at Georgia Tech from Savannah, Georgia. This is Camille’s first show at DramaTech, but outside of DramaTech, Camille often performs at the Georgia Tech Musician’s Network open mics.

I want to thank the friends that I’ve made here are DT. After coming into this show without knowing what to expect, I am so beyond grateful that I made the choice to audition.

YASH SINGHAL (Swing) is a first year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Delhi, India. Outside of DramaTech, Yash is a member of GT Calisthenics.

The only constant in life is change… and exams

CAMILLE HEIDEL (Female Swing) is a first-year biology major and Korean minor at Georgia Tech from Savannah, Georgia. This is Camille’s first show at DramaTech, but outside of DramaTech, Camille often performs at the Georgia Tech Musician’s Network open mics.

I want to thank the friends that I’ve made here are DT. After coming into this show without knowing what to expect, I am so beyond grateful that I made the choice to audition.

KELSEY MOLLER (Keys 2, Cello) is a first-year chemistry major at Georgia Tech from Flowery Branch, Georgia. Kelsey was an assistant sound designer for Orbital Debris, assistant stage manager and lights op for She Kills Monsters, and assistant lights designer for Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. Outside of DramaTech, Kelsey is a member of Chamber and Treble Choirs and is the Vice President of Service for Pi Epsilon Phi.

toast me pls

NIKKI CHACKO (Guitar/Violin) is a first-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Marietta, Georgia.

GAMBLE (Music Director, Keys 1)

RACHAEL MORRIS (Viola) is an Oglethorpe University alum from Fayetteville, Georgia. Rachael is currently an administrative apprentice at Theatrical Outfit.

Rachael would like to thank their family, friends, and most importantly, their cats and dog.

CAINEN CROWDER (Percussion) is a first-year industrial engineering major at Georgia Tech from Cartersville Georgia. Outside of DramaTech, Cainen Is also part of the Undergraduate Consulting Club as well as being an operator for WREK radio.

When asked about the show, all Cainen could say was, “I mean, it’s Health and Wellness Approved.”

KEVIN ROOST (Bass, Fight Choreographer)

JACOB MCKEE (Director) is a second-year graduate student at SCAD Atlanta from Brookhaven, Georgia. Jacob is also a screenwriter and filmmaker and is currently in pre-production for his MFA thesis film, My Dear Watson.

Oops, all flowers! (Hi Patrick! Hi Dad! Hi Kiara!)

ALMA NAJEM (Assistant Director) is a first-year Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering major at Georgia Tech from Kuwait. This is Alma’s fourth production with DramaTech. Alma is a member of the Play Reading Committee and a provisional member of the Technical Services Council. Her favorite part about being AD was also being a secret swing and secret third ASM.

Can we keep our clothes on for Totally Fucked?

LYDIAN HOLT (Production Manager) is a third-year architecture major and sustainable cities minor at Georgia Tech from Cumming, Georgia. Lydian has worked in costume design at DramaTech, most recently in She Kills Monsters and Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them

TRIX SUNGA (Stage Manager) is a second-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Washington, Georgia. This is Trix’s fifth production at DT and the fourth one in which he has been a part of the SM team. Outside of DT, he is also a tenor sax in the Yellow Jacket Marching Band.

Shoutout to my favorite amount of time.

TESSA ALLERS (Assistant Stage Manager) is a fifth-year Communicational Media major at Georgia Tech from Marietta, Georgia. Tessa assistant stage managed for Orbital Debris and assisted in sound design for Edith. Outside of DramaTech she is a part of Georgia Tech‚Äôs roller derby club.

God gives his toughest battles to his bravest soldiers (me) (also maybe Ashley and Trix)

ASHLEY JAMES (Assistant Stage Manager)

ASHLEY FREEMAN (Choreographer) is a choreographer, stage manager, and theatre maker. Previous choreography credits include productions with Synchronicity Theater and Theatre du Rêve. Previous stage management credits include productions with Dad’s Garage, Synchronicity Theatre, Theatre du Reve, Stage Door Theatre, Out of Hand Theater, and Essential Theatre Festival. She also teaches dance classes and master classes across the city.

EMILY FREEMAN (Assistant Choreographer) is a fourth-year chemical and biomolecular engineering student at Georgia Tech from Houston, Texas. Emily has previously performed as Ocean in Ride the Cyclone and choreographed for She Kills Monsters at DramaTech! On campus, she is also a member of Alpha Chi Omega and ChBE ambassadors.

ARIANA MANIATIS (Master Carpenter) is a first-year mathematics major at Georgia Tech from Woodstock, Georgia. Ariana worked on set for Orbital Debris and Edith can Shoot Things and Hit Them, as well as props for She Kills Monsters.

THEO URBAN (Assistant Carpenter) is a fourth-year mechanical engineering major at Georgia Tech from Richmond, Virginia. Theo has been involved in many shows for DramaTech mainly in the set department with brief visits to acting, run crew, and leadership

This show is Spring Awakening, NOT my awakening!

CHRISTOPHER LEONARD (Master Electrician) is a first-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Douglasville, Georgia. Christopher has worked on lights for the past four DramaTech productions, including his first experience as a crewhead for Spring Awakening. He is also a member of FYT, a First-Year Leadership Organization. skibidi awakening

SAMANTHA SCHULZ (Assistant Electrician) is a first-year Electrical Engineer at Georgia Tech from Chicago, Illinois.

Guys I really love the genie!

ELIJAH RABINOVICH (Sound Engineer) is a third-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Peachtree Corners, Georgia. Elijah has worked on seven previous DramaTech productions.

Better a live band than dead

LUKAS KASSATLY (Assistant Sound Engineer) is a third-year mechanical engineering major at Georgia tech from Aiken, South Carolina. Lukas had been involved in DramaTech since his freshman year, taking part in various parts of the club. Outside of DramaTech, Lukas holds a leadership position in the Georgia Tech College Democrats I love knocking sounds

KYRA STILLWAGON (Assistant Sound Engineer) is a third-year public policy major and spanish minor at Georgia Tech from Savannah, Georgia. Kyra previously was the Sound Engineer for Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them and serves as the Play Reading Committee Chair for DramaTech. Outside of DramaTech, Kyra serves as President of Clarkston Futures and is a member of Students Organizing for Sustainability and the Organization for Social Activism.

Tick, Tick, Boom isn’t real. Tick, Tick, Boom can’t hurt you.

KAYLIE MARTIN (Costume Designer) is a third-year Biology major with minors in Spanish and HMS from Rome, Georgia. Outside of school and theater, Kaylie likes to envelope herself in a cloak of mystery and intrigue. There are many lingering questions that linger around Kaylie very lingering-ly. Their answers have yet to be discovered...

Yeah I didn’t agree to any of this

DANE SCHULTEN (Costume Designer) is a fifth-year Chemistry major and Biology and Spanish minor at Georgia Tech from Tyrone, Georgia. Dane has worked throughout the technical departments at all levels in their 4 years at DramaTech. Outside of theatre, they spend their time painting, camping, and diving

So long, and thanks for all the fish

DIANA JACHMAN (Assistant Costume Designer) is a first-year Literature, Media, and Communications major at Georgia Tech from Atlanta, Georgia. Diana is a member of the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority!

Well yes!!

AGNI PALIWAL (Assistant Costume Designer) is a third-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Ashburn, Virginia. Agni has worked in the costumes department for 7 shows. Outside of DramaTech they are also part of the MILL‚Äôs Textiles team.

ANNIKA PATEL (Assistant Costume Designer) is a second-year international affairs and modern languages major and history minor at Georgia Tech from Rome, Georgia. Outside of DramaTech, Annika is the secretary of the International Affairs Student Organization.

Thank you to Kaylie for dragging me back into the world of theater...

TYKERIA WEST (Assistant Costume Designer, Social Media Manager) is a first-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Macon, Georgia. Tykeria has acted in DT shows, Spring 2025 MAL, runcrew for Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them, Comedy and Entertainment committee with SCPC.

Shoutout to my mommy<3

VANESSA ROYDEN WATKINS

(Lighting Designer) is a student at the University of South Carolina - Aiken from Johnston, South Carolina. Vanessa has designed for several black box productions at Unto These Hills where she also served as Master Electrician. Vanessa found her way to Atlanta by way of the Georgia Aquarium where she has retained a position with their production department for 3 over years.

This play shows us adults refusing to speak honestly of a world they live in and the consequences of their inaction. Information does not make things happen, it allows us to take informed action.

DHRUV KULKARNI (Props Designer, Headshot Designer) is a fourth year literature, media, and communications major at Georgia Tech from Duluth, Georgia. This is Dhruv’s 14th show at DramaTech. Dhruv has done misc things around the theatre, and is a member of GT’s origami club, which you should all join!

oh lordy this was a mistake

ASHLYN DONALSON (Assistant Props Designer) is a second-year Civil Engineering major from Thomasville, Georgia. Ashlyn has assisted with both projections and props for Ride the Cyclone and, most recently, She Kills Monsters. Outside of DramaTech, Ashlyn is also a member of ASCE. Bruh.

MARK PATTILLO (Assistant Props Designer) is a fifth-year International Affairs major at KSU from Marietta, Georgia.

I don’t even go here

JAYSON SPRADLING (Assistant Props Designer) is a first-year computer engineering major from Covington, Georgia. Jayson was involved in costumes for Orbital Debris and projections for Open House 2024.

shout out to my goat, arthur wu

ANTHONY HEIGES (Set Designer) is a fourth-year chemistry major at Georgia Tech from Athens, Georgia. This is Anthony’s tenth DramaTech show and first time set designing. He is also the current archivist and historian of DramaTech and works for the GT Library Archives.

The painting will continue until morale improves

HALEY AGAN (Assistant Set Designer) is a first-year architecture major and sustainable development and construction minor at Georgia Tech from Tampa, Florida.

LILLY DURSO (Assistant Set Designer) is a first-year industrial design major at Georgia Tech from Staten Island, New York.

The One Piece is real & stream Mayhem by Lady Gaga

AMANDA WANG (Assistant Set Designer) is a second-year biomedical engineering major and applied physiology minor at Georgia Tech from Beijing, China. Amanda was part of Ride the Cyclone show in 2024 as assistant prop designer. Outside of DramaTech, Amanda is a volunteer for service dog training and financial officer for Ramblin’ Puppy Raisers at Georgia Tech.

If Imma about to die the next second......

GAVIN BAKER (Sound Designer) is a fifth-year mechanical engineer at Georgia Tech from Albany, Georgia. This is Gavin’s fifteenth show. Gavin is a local project coordinator for Trailblazers.

Done

OLIVIA BANICH (Assistant Sound Designer) is a second-year computational media major and Chinese minor at Georgia Tech from Decatur, Georgia. Olivia has previously worked in sound and lights at DramaTech, and she is in the cast of LTT!’s Dear Diary. In her free time, Olivia is an avid reader (of BL webtoons), and she enjoys playing D&D and Blood on the Clocktower.

Hello very nice to meet you, I’d like to know about sex change operation

HALEY ARMOR (Graphic Designer, Assistant Headshot Designer, Assistant Program Designer, Assistant Promo Video Designer, Assistant T-Shirt Designer) is a third-year LMC major at Georgia Tech from Kennesaw, Georgia. Haley has been involved in eight DramaTech productions ‚Äî four as an actor, and four as some brand of marketing. Outside of DramaTech, Haley attempts to pick up as many silly little hobbies as possible.

Each and every flourish is dedicated to my dearest Kaylie Martin, lover of flourishes.

TEJASWINI (TWIG) RAMKUMAR BABU (Assistant Headshot Designer, Assistant Promo Video Designer) is a third-year computer science major at Georgia Tech from Dallas, Texas. Twig worked on light design for various productions in the past few years, was in run crew, and did marketing for GTIF, DT Open House, and Edith Can Shoot Things and Hit Them. They are also involved with Let’s Try This! (LTT), DramaTech’s improv troupe. Outside of DramaTech, Twig is a member of Bits of Good, Google Developers Group, MedTech Hack, and Psi Upsilon.

I still hear Grandpa’s voice...

MATTHEW ARONIN (Program Designer) is a fourth-year mathematics major and computer science minor at Georgia Tech from Marietta, Georgia. Matthew directed an experiment for Open House 2024 and designed the program for Edith.... Outside of DramaTech, Matthew is a member of The Ramblin’Reck Club.

STEVEN SATER (Book and Lyrics) was awarded the 2007 Tony Awards for Best Book of a Musical and Best Original Score for Spring Awakening along with the Drama Desk and Outer Critic Circle Awards for Best Lyrics. With alt-rocker Duncan Sheik, he received the 2007 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album for Spring Awakening. In addition, the two received The Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award, the Outer Critics Circle, the Drama Desk, the Lucille Lortel, New York Drama Critics’ Circle, and Drama League Awards for Best Musical. Steven is the author of numerous plays, including the long-running Carbondale Dreams, Perfect for You, Doll (the Rosenthal Prize, Cincinnati Playhouse); Umbrage (Steppenwolf New Play Prize); A Footnote to the Iliad (New York Stage and Film, The Miniature Theatre of Chester); Asylum (Naked Angels); Murder at the Gates (commissioned by Eye of the Storm); In Search of Lost Wings (Sanford Meisner Theater) and a reconceived version of Shakespeare’s Tempest, with music by Laurie Anderson, which played London’s Lyric Hammersmith and toured throughout Great Britain. In addition to Spring Awakening, Sater has collaborated with Sheik on the NY premiere of Umbrage (HERE), Nero (The Magic Theatre, workshopped at the New York Shakespeare Festival and New York Stage & Film), and The Nightingale (workshopped at the O’Neill Musical Theatre Conference, La Jolla Playhouse, A.C.T., and New York Theater Workshop). He is also hard at work with System of a Down’s Serj Tankian on a musical version of Prometheus Bound, to be directed by Diane Paulus at the American Repertory Theater. Sater is the lyricist for Sheik’s critically acclaimed album Phantom Moon (Nonesuch), and together the two wrote the songs for Michael Mayer’s feature film A Home at the End of the World (Warner Classics) as well as the independent features Brother’s Shadow and Mary Stuart Masterson’s The Cake Eaters. Sater is also co-creator and executive producer, with Paul Reiser, of recent pilots for both NBC and Sony/FX, and has developed two projects for HBO, and another for Showtime (with Reiser). He is also at work, with Jessie Nelson, on a feature film and is creating an original movie musical for producer Larry Mark. In addition, Steven works as a lyricist with various composers in the pop/ rock world - recently writing songs with Burt Bacharach, Johnny Mandel, Andreas Carlsson, and William Joseph.

DUNCAN SHEIK (Music). In addition to writing the music for Spring Awakening (2007 Tony Awards for “Best Orchestrations” and “Best Original Score”, 2008 Grammy Award for “Best Musical Show Album”), Sheik’s other theater credits include: Nero (Another Golden Rome) (currently in development), The Nightingale (currently in development), Whisper House (currently in development). Recorded works include: Whisper House (Sony/Victor 2009), White Limousine (Rounder 2006), Daylight (Atlantic Records 2002), Phantom Moon (Nonesuch 2001), Humming (Atlantic Records 1998), Duncan Sheik (Grammy Nomination “Best Male Vocal”) (Atlantic Records 1996). Film Scores include: DARE (2009), Little Spirit: Christmas in New York (2008), Capers (2007) and The Cake Eaters (2007). Producer Credits include: Holly Brook (forthcoming CD 2009), Micah Green (2008), Spring Awakening Original Cast Album (Universal 2007) and Chris Garneau (2006).

ANNMARIE MILAZZO (Vocal Arrangements) Composer/lyricist: Pretty Dead Girl, Sundance Film Festival. Vocal arranger: Broadway productions of Spring Awakening and Next To Normal. Bright Lights, Big City at The New York Theater Workshop, and the Paramount feature film, The Marc Pease Experience. AnnMarie is a Grammy-nominated singer from The East Village Opera Company on Universal / Decca.

SIMON HALE (String Orchestrations) After graduating from the University of London with an honors degree in composition, Simon Hale’s acclaimed solo album, East Fifteen, led to recordings with many artists, including George Benson, Simply Red, Jamiroquai and Björk. In 1996 he orchestrated Duncan Sheik’s first album, and their musical collaboration has continued ever since. Simon’s involvement with Spring Awakening marked his Broadway debut and the Tony Award for Best Orchestrations in 2007. He continues to work with Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik on other projects. For more information please visit www.simonhale.co.uk.

by Sarah Ruhl

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