Wed. 11/6 10a: Composer Duncan Sheik and librettist Steven Sater adapted their 2006 Broadway hit, "Spring Awakening," from Frank Wedekind's controversial 1906 drama about teenagers discovering their sexuality. The rock musical is on stage November 1-17 in Rodey Theatre on the University of New Mexico's Albuquerque campus. Spencer Beckwith speaks with the director of "Spring Awakening," UNM faculty member Kathleen Clawson.
Spencer Beckwith reports on the arts for KUNM. For ten years, until March of 2014, Spencer was the producer and host of KUNM's "Performance New Mexico," a weekday morning arts program that included interviews with musicians, writers and performers. Spencer is a graduate of the acting program at the Juilliard School, and, before moving to New Mexico in 2002, was for many years a professional actor based in New York City.