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Friday's performance of the Center for Living Arts’ Spring Awakening wasn’t perfect. But it was in the production’s imperfections that its main strengths were revealed, because the earnestness in the actors’ portrayals wound up overshadowing the pitch problems, and the enthusiasm of director Dino Hayz’s young-adult cast – who performed the hell out of the piece – proved so infectious and stirring that the show still proved effective.