"Degrassi" Star Epstein to Succeed Riabko in Spring Awakening National Tour
"Degrassi: The Next Generation" star Jake Epstein will assume the role of Melchior Gabor in the national tour of the Tony-winning musical Spring Awakening in July.

The 22-year-old, Toronto-born actor, who most recently appeared as CB in the Toronto premiere of Bert V. Royal's Dog Sees God, will join the young cast of Spring Awakening when the Duncan Sheik-Steven Sater musical arrives at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. on July 7.

Read more at the source.

More media mentions:
BroadwayWorld.com: Degrassi Star Jake Epstein Joins The Cast Of Spring Awakening National Tour 7/7
Broadway.com: Degrassi's Jake Epstein to Star in Spring Awakening Tour
TheaterMania.com: Degrassi Star Jake Epstein to Play Melchior in Spring Awakening Tour

And from TotallyTrucked.Blogspot.Com:
We are happy to announce that Jake Epstein from Degrassi: The Next Generation will take over for Kyle Riabko in the role of Melchoir on the national tour. While we are sad to see Kyle go, we wish him all the best in his exciting career. Kyle's last stop will be Philadelphia and Jake will officially kick off his run in Washington DC on July 7th.

We have exclusive video of Jake singing a song from Spring Awakening with our cast members while they were in Toronto. As many of you know, Jake was in the Toronto cast of "Dog Sees God" which our cast members saw early in their Toronto run. They decided to do a cabaret together. Here is Jake with fellow Dog Sees God members Alex Saslove and Paula Brancati (also from Degrassi) with our cast members Krystina Alabado, Sarah Hunt, Julie Benko. Anthony Lee Medina and Matt Shingledecker sing back up vocals! Enjoy this exclusive rendition of "The Dark I Know So Well:"



Read Jake's official press release at the source.

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