The Threepenny Opera
by: Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
Directed by: Brenda Wentworth
Musical direction: Hillary Vermillion
Choreography: Angharad Davies
Scenic design: David R. Borron
Lighting Design: Brent Anderson
Costume design: Jeffrey Bleam
April 20 - 25
Center Stage
"Oh the shark has pretty teeth, dear..."
Under the veneer of musical comedy, Brecht and Weill serve up a wickedly ironic satire, deliciously apt for today's economic climate of bail-outs and bonuses. Originally produced on Broadway in 1933, this groundbreaking musical plunges its audience into a world of greed and graft, where organized crime and prostitution serve as toothsome metaphors for a political system gone belly-up.
Cast:
Mr. Peachum - Bryan Nelson
Mrs. Peachum - Erika Borden
Filch - Zach Kulzer
Polly Peachum - Ashley Hall
Macheath - Bjorn Anderson
Jenny - Erika Ellingson
Rev. Kimball - Chris Dritsas
Tiger Brown - Danny Frost
Smith - Cody M. Logeland
Lucy Brown - Sierra Schermerhorn
Readymoney Matt - Adam Smith
Crookfinger Jake - Paul Andrew Willis Jr.
Bob the Saw - Johnny Packard
Walt Dreary - Sebastian Briggs
Betty - Dinah Danielson
Dolly - La Tia Whitfield
Molly - Sharisse Germain
Coaxer - Samantha Girard
