Hedwig and the Angry Inch tells the tale of how a “slip of a girlyboy” from communist East Berlin, Hanschel, becomes the “internationally ignored song stylist” known as Hedwig after a botched sex change operation. The show daringly breaks the fourth wall, as Hedwig directly tells the audience of her past tribulations and heartbreak in the form of an extended monologue paired with rock songs. With a little help from her band and her back-up singer Yitzhak, Hedwig examines her quest for her other half, for love, and ultimately for her identity.
CAST
JESSIE JAMES as HEDWIG
LUCA MCPHEE as YITZHAK
CREW
PRODUCED by IAN KOWALSKI
SET AND PROP DESIGN by QUỲNH DIEP
LIGHTING DESIGN by NIALL DURCAN
COSTUME DESIGN by IRENE LY
SOUND DESIGN by PARKER MERLIHAN
WIG DESIGN by BRANDON DARCEL
WIG SUPERVISION by HANNAH DULONG
PROJECTION DESIGN by ALEX GROZDANIS
TECHNICAL DIRECTION by MATT HALLWORTH
STAGE MANAGED by TALFRYN QUIRING
ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGED by JENNA BROWN
Music and Lyrics by Steven Trask
Book by John Cameron Mitchell
Directed by Meredith Shedden
Music Directed by Ethan Rotenberg
Production Photos by Taylor Long
Logo Design by Valentina Caballero
Graphic Design by Macy Nguyen
Mounted at Theatre Passe Muraille, September 1-7, 2024
2 x Critics Pick Award Nominee
-My Entertainment World
"Poignant and exhilarating!"
-Istvan Dugalin
"Performed by powerhouse vocalists, you won't want to miss Bowtie Productions' Hedwig."
-Janine Marley, A View from the Box
"Meredith Shedden has a keen director's eye and has created a raunchy, deliberately vulgar production with moments of touching sadness."
-Lynn Slotkin, The Slotkin Letter
"...Raucous and cathartic...Bowtie's Hedwig is a winner."
-My Entertainment World