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 2007-2008:  Death of Ayn Rand / A Bed of My Own  |  Mankind’s Last Hope  |  Candide 

 2006-2007:  Love on the Edge: New Play Reading Series  |  Orphans 

INAUGURAL SEASON:  Threepenny Opera 

 

     
 
 
 
   
   
   
 

Production photos by Annie Anderson
Marketing photo by Philip Kaake

 

"Threepenny Opera gets under my skin every time I listen to the score. The searing intensity of the lyrics, coupled with the relentless power of the music hits like a thunderbolt.  In adapting John Gay's The Beggar's Opera, Brecht leaves nothing out in his portrayal of life on the edge.  There is an unapologetic truth to every moment, yet the storytelling is so compelling, the characters so provocative, that watching the show is a divine pleasure."

- Laura Lundy-Paine, Director
   
 

THREEPENNY OPERA

Written by BERTOLT BRECHT and KURT WEILL

Directed by LAURA LUNDY-PAINE

Virago’s inaugural production was a cabaret-style performance of Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera

PRODUCTION DATES

February 2006

 

All performances at

MONART Drawing Studio

1918 Encinal Avenue, Alameda

 

Added Performance (Actors’ Benefit)
April 8, 2006
Masonic Hall, 2312 Alameda Avenue, Alameda

 

CAST . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Ballad Singer/Narrator/Jimmy/Smith/Beggar: BRUCE LUNDY

Tiger Brown/Filch: KEITH JEFFERDS

Jake/Constable/Beggar: JEREMY VIK

Low-Dive Jenny/Walter/Cop: MICHELLE PAVA MILLS

Macheath (Mac the Knife): ANTHONY ABATÉ

Polly Peachum/Dolly: EILEEN MEREDITH

Jeremiah Peachum/Reverend Kimball: DAN KAPLER

Celia Peachum: ANGELA DANT

Lucy Brown/Vixen/Matthew: CYNTHIA ROGERS BAGGOTT

 

CREW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Director:  Laura Lundy-Paine

Set Designer/Technical Director:  Robert Lundy-Paine

Pianist:  Alice Montgomery

Stage Manager:  Annie Anderson

Choreographer:  Lisa Bush-Finn

Flute:  Liz Brott

Drums/Percussion – David Scharff