 Hello, my name is Wilhelm Schultz. Recently, the student theater group Bare Stage Productions has opened their fall musical Spring Awakening. Today, we'll hear what the show's directors and actors have to say about the production. To me, Bare Stage is a community of artistic people, of people who are passionate about theater and people who just kind of love each other and love to be in this space and create art. I think the board of directors, we pick a season which we think and hope will be meaningful to the Berkeley community and we tend to pick shows that we hope everyone will enjoy. I guess our role in storytelling ultimately is trying to give the Berkeley community, I guess a place to really think about societal issues. This has been the most fun process of my entire life. Spring Awakening is this dark and cutting commentary on the negative consequences of not telling children the truth. We follow Melchior, Vendela and Moritz and all of their peers as they navigate this world that is set up in black and white.