Staff photo / Andy Gray

From left, Dakota Smith, McKenna Lago, Kat Fitzgerald, Harmon Andrews, Jose Garcia and Gwen Baker are shown in a scene from the musical “Spring Awakening,” which opens tonight at Kent State University at Trumbull.

Staff photo / Andy Gray

From left, Dakota Smith, McKenna Lago, Kat Fitzgerald, Harmon Andrews, Jose Garcia and Gwen Baker are shown in a scene from the musical “Spring Awakening,” which opens tonight at Kent State University at Trumbull. Paul Dahman first saw the musical “Spring Awakening” when he was a student at Otterbein University.

“I love the themes of it, of pushing back against authority,” he said. “Questions are OK. It’s important to question things and not be afraid to ask what more or why? I always think of it as almost a protest show. Change

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