Directing and Rehearsal

Director David Feldshuh and co-director Carolyn Goelzer, both faculty in Cornell University's Department of Performing and Media Arts, take you behind the scenes of the rehearsal process for The Awakening of Spring.

The Awakening of Spring is Frank Wedekind's tragicomedy of teenage sex written in 1891, and censored in whole or part for more than half a century. Abortion, masturbation, rape, suicide, violence, homosexuality, repression and the dangerous chasm between ideologically imprisoned adults and innocent children on the brink of learning about the world is explored with originality and daring in this revolutionary play.

Directed by Cornell Performing & Media Arts - PMA professor David Feldshuh, this production is the final project for his PMA 3609 class, Making Theatre: Rehearsal and Production Techniques.

#Cornell PMA senior lecturer Carolyn Goelzer co-directs and instructs the cast in the Michael Chekov acting style.

The Awakening of Spring opens on Friday, November 9th, with performances scheduled through November 17th.

🎟️ are available at schwartztickets.com and at the Box Office, 430 College Avenue in #Ithaca, from Monday through Saturday, 1-8pm.

For more on the Cornell PMA production on The Awakening of Spring, be sure to visit http://bit.ly/TheAwakeningofSpring.

Video by Julian Robison '20.