The Threepenny Opera
A scathing groundbreaking musical
with Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht and Music by Kurt Weill
Mainstage
Nov 8-10 and 15-17 at 7:30 pm
Brecht and Weill turned to John Gay's 18th-century The Beggar's Opera to fashion this savage, biting commentary on bourgeois capitalism and modern morality. Set in Victorian London, the bitter tale is told of the predatory outlaw known as Mack the Knife. He secretly marries the daughter of Soho's underworld boss, but is soon betrayed by his sinister in-laws and sent to prison. After being freed by the police chief's daughter, he is again betrayed- this time by a prostitute-and sentenced to death.
Director & Choreographer: MARK ALLAN DAVIS
Assistant Director: ERIC HUBER
Assistant Choreographer: EBONE C. AMOS
Music Director & Conductor: JACOB ALLEN
Dramaturgy: MARK ALLAN & JOHN J. YORKE
Production Stage Manager: TRAVIS BLACKWELL
Technical Director: AARON MAYER
Costume Design: MELISSA PENKAVA KOZA
Lighting Design: MANDY KAY HEATH
Sound Design: MATT CANTELON
Scenic Design & Pre-Curtain Narration: KENNETH ELLIS
CAST
Macheath: JACOB WINGFIELD
Johnathan Jeremiah Peachum: AJ BERNARD
Mrs. Peechum: JANIC CRICK
Polly Peachum: KRISTINA HANFORD
Jenny Diver: SHAKIERA ADAMS
Tiger Brown: SEAN CARTER
Lucy Brown: ELIZABETH KELLICUT
Filch: STERLING CHURCH
ENSEMBLE
LUKE HEFNER, JERRY ROGERS, BRADLEY KAREL, ZACHARY KRASNOW, DILLAN ERB, CAMERON LUCENTE,
JUSTIN G. NELSON, LARENE SIMMONS, DAVID COUTER, MAGGIE ROBINSON, AUDREY SMITH, CHRISTINA
HERNANDEZ, AMELIA SUTHERLAND, WHITNEY BUCKNER, FIONA BATTERSBY, ELIZABETH MURPHREE,
SHELLY BLANCQ, TAYLOR MITCHELL, DRAKE BAILEY