Jim Taulli, has been tapped to direct the Chapman University Department of Theatre’s next production, “Spring Awakening,” which will run October 24-26 and November 7-9 in Chapman’s Waltmar Theatre. The winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, “Spring Awakening” is a rock musical adaptation of Frank Wedekind’s 1891 German expressionist dramatic masterpiece about teenage self-discovery. Wedekind’s frank and, for its time, shocking play, subtitled “A Children’s Tragedy,” was banned in Germany for some time because it included themes of sex, homosexuality, child abuse and rape.