Awakenings
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Opening Night Celebration
Audio Described, Young Friends Night
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Audio Described, American Sign Language Interpretation
Awakenings
World Premiere
An eye-opening tale of love, loss, and longing.
Based on the true story of Dr. Oliver Sacks, Awakenings is a moving story of memories, loss, and life rediscovered. For more than forty years, thousands succumbed to a mysterious sleeping sickness, rendering them as immobile and voiceless as living statues. Decades later, a brilliant young doctor discovered a revolutionary treatment to bring his patients back to life…but with the challenge of finding their place in a now-unfamiliar world.
Based on the book by Oliver Sacks, M.D.
Event information
Running Time
2 hours, 30 minutes
Venue
Loretto-Hilton Center
130 Edgar Road,
St. Louis, MO 63119
Language
Performed in English with projected English supertitles
Accompanied by members of the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
About OTSL’s COVID Safety Protocol
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For those who are unable to receive the vaccine, a negative COVID-19 test (PCR test within 72 hours of the event start or a rapid test within 24 hours) must be shown instead.
Cast & Creative Team
Tobias Picker
Composer
Aryeh Lev Stollman
Librettist
Roberto Kalb
Conductor
James Robinson
Stage Director
Allen Moyer
Set Designer
James Schuette
Costume Designer
Greg Emetaz
Video Designer
Christopher Akerlind
Lighting Designer
Susanna Phillips
Rose
Adrienne Danrich
Miriam
Jarrett Porter
Dr. Oliver Sacks
Marc Molomot
Leonard Lev
Katharine Goeldner
Iris
Andres Acosta
Mr. Rodriguez
David Pittsinger
Dr. Podsnap
Rachel Blaustein
Ruth
Angel Azzarra
Ms. Kohl
Elissa Pfaender
Dr. Muriel Else Landau
Jared Esguerra
Frank
Keith Klein
Dr. Samuel Sacks
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Made possible in part by the Sally S. Levy Family Fund for New Works and by a generous bequest from the estate of John and Sally Levy.
Leadership support comes from the Mellon Foundation and the Edgar Foster Daniels Foundation. Major production support comes from Tim & Robin Wentworth. The commission is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Audio description services provided by MindsEye.
American Sign Language interpreting services are provided by Lo’s Communicate Plus, LLC.
