‘Spring Awakening’ to be Staged in February 2026 by The Sandbox Collective
The Sandbox Collective, under the leadership of incoming artistic director, Sab Jose, opens its 2026 season with the Tony Award-winning rock musical, Spring Awakening.
Under the direction of Andrei Nikolai Pamintuan and musical direction of Ejay Yatco, the musical is set to open in February 2026 at a brand new theater: The Black Box at The Proscenium Theater, Rockwell Center, Makati City.
Winner of eight Tony Awards in 2007, including Best Musical, with book and lyrics by Steven Sater and music by Grammy Award-nominated recording artist Duncan Sheik, Spring Awakening is a contemporary rock musical based on the Frank Wedekind play of the same name.
Set in 19th-century Germany, it tells the stories of teenagers exploring their burgeoning sexualities and rapidly-changing bodies. But seeking answers to the mysteries of life proves challenging in the face of uncommunicative parents, rigid institutions, and conservative society. Set to an alternative rock score by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater, Spring Awakening channels its characters’ adolescent frustrations and repressions into the angst and power of being a young person in the 21st century.
Joining Pamintuan and Yatco in the artistic team are Nunoy Revlon as choreographer, Missy Maramara as intimacy director, Wika Nadera as set designer, Raven Ong as costume designer, Gabbi Campomanes as assistant director, and D Cortezano as lighting designer.
Jose shares, “Spring Awakening marks the beginning of a new chapter here at Sandbox. While it honors the journey we’ve had in the last decade – the coming of age and constant rediscovery – it also marks a deliberate choice to continue producing shows that are radical, brave and advocacy-driven. This show isn’t just about adolescence and sexuality. It’s about reclaiming one’s body, voice and destiny and most of all, educating and empowering young audiences.”
OPEN CALL AUDITIONS
The Sandbox Collective will hold open auditions for Spring Awakening on August 31 and September 1, 2025. Interested applicants may access the audition guide and registration page on the company’s website.
Spring Awakening has been staged by Atlantis Productions in 2009 and by Ateneo blueREP in 2013 and 2019.
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