ABOUT

In Sleeping Beauty Wakes, a desperate father brings his sleeping daughter to a sleep disorder clinic, and soon all the patients find themselves sharing a familiar dream. The show reunites two members of the acclaimed rock trio GrooveLily – Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda – with Tony Award-winning librettist Rachel Sheinkin, who last collaborated on the inventive holiday tale Striking 12. With beguiling characters, hypnotic lyrics, and a rocking score, Sleeping Beauty Wakes delves into the magical space between dreaming and waking in an unexpected twist on a classic tale.

CREATIVE TEAM

Book by Rachel Sheinkin

Music by Brendan Milburn

Lyrics by Valerie Vigoda

DEVELOPMENTAL HISTORY

Sleeping Beauty Wakes was originally commissioned by Deaf West Theater and premiered in a co-production between Deaf West and Center Theatre Group at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Los Angeles, winning the Los Angeles Ovation Award for Best World Premiere Musical. After seeing an early preview in Los Angeles, Mara Isaacs, then Producing Director at McCarter Theatre Center, invited the writers to continue to develop the show with her at McCarter, where it was subsequently produced in a co-production with La Jolla Playhouse.