Content Warning
This production contains strong adult and sexually explicit language and addresses themes of trauma, past abuse, gender-transition surgery, and drug and alcohol use. This production may use haze and strobe lighting effects.
Please note, Hedwig is throwing a rock concert for us, and as such, this may be louder than some of our past productions!
Text by John Cameron Mitchell
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by Alicia Varcoe
Music Direction by Dr. Joanna Sisk-Purvis
Shows Presented at
Vault Theatre Studio
at
4221 Garrett Rd #3, Durham
December
4, 5, 6 & 11, 12, 13
This groundbreaking, Obie-winning off-Broadway smash also won multiple awards for its hit film adaptation and Broadway revival!
In a powerhouse one-night-only concert, “internationally ignored song stylist” Hedwig Schmidt takes to the stage to smash the fourth wall and rock the house. Hedwig, an East German rock ’n’ roll goddess, happens to be the victim of a botched sex-change operation, which has left her with an “angry inch.” Hedwig (née Hansel) explains her story in the form of a rock gig/stand-up comedy routine, backed by a hard-rocking band called “The Angry Inch.” Through head-banging anthems and heartfelt rock ballads, Hedwig describes her life’s search for “The Origin of Love” and a reunion with her other half.
It’s a rocking ride – funny, touching, and ultimately inspiring to anyone who feels life gave them an inch when they deserved a mile.
Cast
| Hedwig | Connie Wakeford |
| Yitzhak | Ada Chang |
| Opening Act & US Hedwig/Yitzhak | Carter Pounder |
The Angry Inch (Band)
| Keyboards | Dr. Joanna Sisk-Purvis |
| Guitars | Amelia Riggs |
| Bass | Jeremy Boomhower |
| Drums | Erik Rose |
Production Staff
| Director | Alicia Varcoe |
| Music Director | Dr. Joanna Sisk-Purvis |
| Stage Manager | Andrea Zimmerman |
| ASM / Wardrobe | HD Welker |
| Dramaturg & Dialect Coach | Nita Tyndall |
| Costume Design | Lisa Hess |
| Set & Prop Design | Shannon Varcoe |
| Lighting Designer | Bill Webb |
| Sound Designer | Jos Purvis |
| Producer | Melissa Dombrowski |
| House Manager | Patrick Dombrowski |
| Photographer | Nita Tyndall |