“With the presentation of ‘The Magic Flute’ on Wagner’s Main Stage it feels as though we’ve truly come full circle,” said Dr. Vincent Graña, Director of Wagner College Opera.

Awakened’ is clearly aimed at adults and older teens but it’s told with that nostalgic voice of childhood magic.

Upon reading the first few chapters, one might think A. E. Osworth’s sophomore novel, “Awakened,” is about capital-m Magic or trans people or found family. And they wouldn’t be wrong.