About the show
Spring Awakening is perhaps the greatest play written about teenagers, before teenagers were even invented. Banned and censored for many years, this radical and brutally authentic take on adolescent sexuality was a full-frontal collision against its 19th century setting – a world defined by moral strictures, rigidity, and rules.
This new adaptation from director Claudia Osborne reframes this tale of unbridled youthful stirrings of sexual desire for the post #MeToo era.
Cast, creative/production team, dates and venue will be announced in September 2024.
Claudia Osborne is a director, writer and dramaturg. Claudia works in a devised, image-led capacity, drawing on her background in visual arts to create distinctive theatrical landscapes.
Her directing credits include Everybody (Actors Centre Australia), Scab (Australian Theatre for Young People), Unsanctified (Phoenix), BURN WITCH BURN (FERVOUR/Old Fitz), Picnic at Hanging Rock (NIDA), Destroy, She Said (FERVOUR/25A) and Delilah by The Hour (FERVOUR/Brand X Flying Nun).
As an assistant director in theatre, Tell Me I’m Here (Belvoir St Theatre, dir. Leticia Caceres), Love and Information (NIDA, dir. Anthea Williams), The Cherry Orchard (Belvoir St Theatre, dir. Eamon Flack), The Real Thing (Sydney Theatre Company, dir. Simon Phillips), and Titus Andronicus (Bell Shakespeare, dir. Adena Jacobs).
In 2024, Claudia wrote and directed her first short film, Rash.
Claudia is a 2022 Gloria Payten and Gloria Dawn Foundation Fellow. She holds a Bachelor of Arts/Fine Arts from UNSW and UNSW Art and Design (2017), and an MFA in Directing for Performance from NIDA (2019).
