Spring Awakening's Courtney Markowitz

Spring Awakening's cast interview features Courtney Markowitz. Find out what Courtney's favorite stop of the tour is so far and what she plans for the future! Click on the link to check out the video!

Spring Awakening on Tour's Sound Check with the Ultimate Guilty Ones!

Check this out!!! Last night, the winners of the “Are You The Ultimate Guilty One?” video contest rocked out onstage with the cast of Spring Awakening on Tour at Chicago’s Oriental Theatre!!! WARNING: This video contains strong language.

Blah, Blah, Blah Wednesday Videos

Hey, Spring Awakening fans: Happy Blah, Blah, Blah Wednesday! Here are a couple videos featuring tour cast members Elizabeth Judd (Wendla) and Daniel Plimpton (Ernst). Enjoy!

Congratulations to the Ultimate Guilty Ones!

Congratulations to the winners of Spring Awakening on Tour's "Are You The Ultimate Guilty One?" video contest! Here are the winning entries, listed alphabetically by first name!

Anthony G's entry:


Katrina H's entry:


Margret M's entry:


T.J. C's entry:


These four ultimate guilty ones will enjoy an extra-special opening night celebration of Spring Awakening in Chicago on Tuesday, May 3, 2011! Their prize consists of:

• Two (2) onstage seats at Chicago’s opening night performance
• A poster signed by the 2010-2011 touring cast of Spring Awakening
• An invitation for the winner and his/her guest to attend the sound check before the performance and “rock out” on stage with the cast singing “Totally F***ed” at the end of sound check
• An invitation for the winner and his/her guest to attend a meet and greet with the cast before sound check begins

Thanks to all who participated in this contest.  Check out even more Ultimate Guilty Ones entries in this playlist on YouTube!

Here's Emily! Check out this week's blog with Spring Awakening's Emily Mest

Emily Mest "Thea" in NETworks Presentations' 2010-2011 national tour of SPRING AWAKENING, shares some fun facts! Visit http://www.springawakening.com for tickets and more information.

Spring Awakening's Erin Burniston

Spring Awakening's latest cast interview features Erin Burniston "Chair of Rock". Click on the link to check out the video!

Spring Awakening's George E. Salazar (Otto)

Spring Awakening's latest cast interview features George E. Salazar (Otto) with a special guest appearance by Billy Lewis (Chair of Rock). Click on the link to check out the video!



Video footage courtesy of Rachel Geisler. For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

Spring Awakening's Jamie Rea Billings

Check out this video featuring Spring Awakening's Jamie Rea Billings to find out what her favorite tour stops were and what her favorite cable network is and why!



Video footage courtesy of Rachel Geisler. For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

Spring Awakening's George E. Salazar (Otto)

Spring Awakening on Tour's George E. Salazar, who plays the role of Otto, gives a shout-out to the University of Florida and invites fans to see the show in Gainesville, Florida, at the Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Check out George's video!



For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

“Are You The Ultimate Guilty One?” Video Contest

Coby Getzug, Christopher Wood and Elizabeth Judd
Photo by: Andy Snow

This is the season for dreaming…
The national tour of Spring Awakening is now playing its FINAL WEEKS of performances throughout the U.S. and Canada. The producers of Spring Awakening and Broadway in Chicago are offering YOU the opportunity to win the ultimate fan experience at Spring Awakening on Tuesday, May 3, 2011 – the opening night of the tour at Ford Center/Oriental Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.

Four (4) of Spring Awakening’s biggest fans will win:

• Two (2) onstage seats at Chicago’s opening night performance on Tuesday, May 3, 2011
• A poster signed by the 2010-2011 touring cast of Spring Awakening
• An invitation for the winner and his/her guest to attend the sound check before the performance and “rock out” on stage with the cast singing “Totally F***ed” at the end of sound check
• An invitation for the winner and his/her guest to attend a meet and greet with the cast before sound check begins

How to Enter:

• Create a one-minute video showing us how you’re the biggest fan of Spring Awakening and why you deserve to be one of the Ultimate Guilty Ones. Get creative and be original!
• Upload your video to www.YouTube.com and submit the URL to ultimateguiltyone@networksontour.com by the deadline of 11:59 PM Eastern on Sunday, April 10, 2011.
• Be sure to name your YouTube video: Ultimate Guilty One Video Entry
• Remember – your video must be one minute or less – no exceptions allowed!
• In the body of your e-mail, please include your first and last name, age, current city and state of residence, e-mail address, and phone number.

The winning video entries will be posted on Spring Awakening’s Still Totally Truckin’ Blog, and all qualified video entries will be featured in a playlist on NETworks on Tour’s official YouTube Channel. Winners are solely responsible for transportation and lodging.

Click here to read the official rules and regulations.

Spring Awakening's Jeff Ostermueller (Chair of Rock)

Jeff Ostermueller who plays a Chair of Rock in the 2010-2011 national tour of Spring Awakening is our latest featured actor! Check out this video of Jeff discussing his favorite tour stop, a fun fact about himself, and which female character in the show he relates to the most and why!



Video footage courtesy of Rachel Geisler. For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

Spring Awakening's Jim Hogan (Georg)

Jim Hogan, who plays the role of Georg in the national tour of Spring Awakening shares some fun facts about himself, including a great piece of travel advice! Watch the video by clicking the player below!



For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

Spring Awakening's Mark Poppleton

Actor Mark Poppleton, who plays all the adult male roles in the national tour of Spring Awakening sat down to answer some questions asked by fellow cast member Rachel Geisler! Click on the video to watch!



For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

Jim Hogan Interview - VIDEO

Spring Awakening's Jim Hogan, who plays the role of Georg, is interviewed in this video! Check it out by clicking below!



For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

Spring Awakening's Michael Linden

Actor Michael Linden, who plays a "Chair of Rock" in the national tour of Spring Awakening shares fun facts about himself in this video below!



Video interview provided by cast member Rachel Geisler.

For more information about Spring Awakening, visit www.springawakening.com.

Spring Awakening's Elizabeth Judd (Wendla)

Check out this candid moment with Spring Awakening's Elizabeth Judd, who play Wendla on the national tour!

For tickets and more information, visit www.springawakening.com

Here's Spring Awakening on Tour's Sarah Kleeman!

This week we interview Spring Awakening on Tour's Sarah Kleeman. Found out what her favorite stop on the tour was so far and why. Sarah shares some fun facts about herself and being on the road! Click on the link to check out Sarah's video!

Meet Spring Awakening's Travis Stroessenreuther

This week, meet Spring Awakening on Tour's Travis Stroessenreuther, who shares some fun facts about himself and the cast! Click on the link to check out Travis's video!

I've got a barn, let's put on a cabaret!

Cast of the national tour of Spring Awakening.  Photo by Andy Snow

What: A night of cabaret from the cast of the National Tour of Spring Awakening

When: Wednesday, February 9th at 11:30 PM

Where: MBar.  1253 Vine Street, Los Angeles, CA  www.mbaronline.com  

How Much: $15 cover charge at the door; PLUS a $10 minimum food/drink inside the club.  *NOTE* All of the cover charge will be donated to The Trevor Project www.thetrevorproject.org, a teen suicide hotline charity. 

Reservations are STRONGLY recommended by calling: 323-856-0036

More Info: Join the cast of Spring Awakening for an intimate, casual evening of amazing music.  All of your favorite actors from the current national tour singing a variety of pop, rock and musical theatre numbers.  Located at the beautiful MBar just blocks from the Pantages Theatre.  All proceeds go to the Trevor Project. 

Coby Getzug - Q&A

Role: Moritz

What is your favorite song/scene/moment in Spring Awakening?

I look forward to "None" every night. It comes right after my confrontation scene with my father, which leaves me completely broken and literally in a pile on the floor, so to have the opportunity to immediately channel up all that pent up anger, guilt, whatever, into this punk rock euphoria is truly amazing. Especially towards the end of the song when all of the other guys are singing around me and I decide to rip up the letter, my body starts to shake and I get to just fly. It really is an indescribable feeling for me.

What inspires you to play the role?

I love that Moritz is so far from perfect. He's a character that so many can relate to, in that most people who come to see the show have at some point experienced similar feelings or been in similar (if not as drastic) situations. Such a big part of our rehearsal process was relating what our characters are going through to experiences that we as modern teenagers have gone through, so to have people who come to see the show thank me for being so honest with my character is so incredibly humbling. Even if only one person who comes to the show sees, through my character's mistakes, that there is always hope and a "light at the end of the tunnel", then I'm more than satisfied.

What is it like playing in a new venue almost every night?

Amazing. Every theatre and every audience has its own unique energy, and our show totally feeds off of that excitement. Since we travel so much, we don't have time to stop and realize how exhausted we may be. We just get on that new stage in that new city, and go. It sounds stressful, but I guarantee that the cast is having just as much fun as the audience is. Except for when the theatre is haunted.

Do you have a great Guilty Ones moment/story you can share?

I knew that the show had a huge fan base, but I guess I never really expected to personally have any sort of fan following, so when I got my first fan gift in Dayton (a Moritz license plate cover), it was sort of a weird combination of excitement and "Are you sure you this is for me?". The girl who gave it to me was so so sweet, and after meeting many more Guilty Ones on the road, I have to say that they are some of the coolest and nicest people I have ever met.

Do you have a great Chair of Rock/Stage Seating experience you can share?

I love the moments when I get to sit onstage, although I feel like everyone sitting around me should be given protective padding before the show. I tend to be a little clumsy on stage, and I've developed this bad habit of bumping my chair into the person sitting in front of me when I am rushing in for the classroom scene. I apologize to anyone who has sat in that seat, and apologize in advance to anyone who does in the future :)!

What is the weirdest/coolest thing that happened to you or another cast member on stage/at the stage door?

The two microphones that are used in "Don't Do Sadness/Blue Wind" have these really long cords that are expertly coiled at the beginning of the show by Kate, our amazing sound tech. I always manage to get the stage left mic all the way to where it needs to be, but for some reason, a few times I've managed to get the stage right cord tied in such a big knot that I'm not able to get the mic all the way downstage. So I'll be walking with the mic, and then suddenly get jerked backwards and smack into the mic stand. It's really embarrassing, and makes for some interesting staging.

Have you been able to watch the show when an understudy was on? What did you think? What was it like?

I haven't been out yet so I haven't had a chance to watch the show, but I can say that being in the show when an understudy is in is always so exciting. We're so close as a cast, so when one of the understudies goes on, we're all so proud and eager for them to get a chance to strut their stuff. To be able to cover as many roles as they do as well as they do is truly incredible - they are truly some of the most talented people out there.

What was it like when you performed in front of Steven Sater/Michael Mayer during the rehearsals?

I respect both Mr. Sater and Mr. Mayer so much, so to be able to perform their "brain child" for them was a dream come true. They have both put so much of their hearts into the show, so for them to entrust our cast with carrying on the legacy is such an honor. Not to mention how incredibly supportive and kind they were.

What musical theater role/character outside of the one you are playing now would you most like to play? Why?

I'd love to someday play Leo Frank in Parade. That score is so gorgeous, and I'm a huge JRB fan. Secretly, I'd also love to someday play the plant in Little Shop of Horror. Hands down, that plant has the best songs in that show. If you're reading this and you ever decide to cast a white, Jewish kid as the plant, call me!