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Below is the archived schedule from BroadwayCon 2016. Please note that it may not accurately reflect everything that took place, as we made on-the-fly changes due to the blizzard.

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Friday, January 22 • 1:00pm - 1:50pm
Deaf West, East

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Deaf West’s production of Spring Awakening is set to close on January 24 after an odds-defying, boundary-pushing, electrifying 20 weeks on Broadway. Join members of the cast and creative team as they discuss the process, challenges, and joys of bringing Spring Awakening back to town. 

Please Note: This program will be interpreted in American Sign Language. 

Moderators
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Michael Gioia

Michael Gioia is a NYC-based writer and performer. He most recently appeared in Friends in Theater’s benefit staging of The Secret Garden, starring Rebecca Luker, in January. He has performed with NYC’s 5th Floor Productions and the Manhattan Children’s Theatre as well as at... Read More →

Speakers
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Katie Boeck

Katie Boeck is honored to be making her Broadway debut with Deaf West. Her acoustic rendition of “Ave Maria” was featured in the final season of the HBO series “The Newsroom”. BA: UCLA. Original music available on iTunes. Love and thanks to family and teachers! 
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Alex Boniello

Alex Boniello is making his Broadway debut as Voice of Moritz/Guitar in Spring Awakening. Selected Credits: Deaf West’s Spring Awakening (Wallis Annenberg Center), Brooklynite (Vineyard Theatre), Here’ s Hoover! (Abrons Art Center), I Am Harvey Milk (Lincoln Center), Lin-Manuel... Read More →
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Daniel N. Durant

Daniel N. Durant is honored to be making his Broadway debut as Moritz in Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. Previous theatre: Spring Awakening; Flowers for Algernon; Cyrano (Deaf West); and Police:Deaf:Near:Far. Television: “Switched at Birth.” Through his work, Daniel strives to... Read More →
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Sandra Mae Frank

Sandra Mae Frank is making her Broadway debut as Wendla in Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. Richard III (NextStop Theatre), A Commedia Christmas Carol (Faction of Fools), Apples & Oranges (MO2 Productions). TV: ABC Family’s “Switched at Birth.” 
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Spencer Liff

Broadway choreography: Spring Awakening (2015), Hedwig and the Angry Inch. TV: 7 Seasons of FOX’s “So You Think You Can Dance” (earning him 2 Emmy Nominations for Best Choreography), “DWTS,” “How I Met Your Mother,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Mike and Molly,” “2... Read More →
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Austin P. McKenzie

Austin P. McKenzie is making his Broadway and theatrical debut as Melchior in Deaf West’s Spring Awakening. Austin recently finished his first feature-film lead in Dan Harris’ “Speech & Debate.” Austin attended Columbia College Chicago, studying special needs teaching and... Read More →
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Andy Mientus

Theater: Les Misérables (Broadway, Broadway.com Audience Choice Award, Breakthrough Performance), Spring Awakening (First National Tour, dir. Michael Mayer), Carrie (MCC Theater, recording). Television: Series regular on “Smash” (NBC), Recurring roles on “The Flash” (CW... Read More →
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Krysta Rodriguez

Krysta Rodriguez can currently be seen on Broadway in the role of Ilse in Deaf West's Spring Awakening. Krysta previously starred opposite Zachary Levi in the Broadway production of First Date. Other Broadway credits include: The Addams Family, In the Heights, Spring Awakening... Read More →


Friday January 22, 2016 1:00pm - 1:50pm EST
Sutton