Mother Courage and Her Children

The Harold Clurman Lab Theater presents
Mother Courage and Her Children
By Bertolt Brecht
Translated by Tony Kushner
Directed by John Gould Rubin
January 28 – February 20, 2016
Studio G (German Beer Hall)
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“Mother Courage” was first performed in Zurich in 1941 and is usually seen as Brecht’s greatest work. Remaining a powerful indictment of war and social injustice, it is an epic drama set in the seventeenth century during the Thirty Years’ War. The plot follows the resilient Mother Courage who survives by running a commissary business that profits from all sides. As the war claims all of her children in turn, the play poignantly demonstrates that no one can profit from the war without being subject to its terrible cost also. This lively production, conceived by director John Gould Rubin, will be set in a German Beer Hall with live music, beer & sausages for purchase, and will use a translation by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tony Kushner.

CAST:
Estelle Bajou*  (Eiliff)
Felix Birdie  (Swiss Cheese)
Chuck Montgomery*  (The Cook)
Sandra Tauro  (Titles, Farmer’s Wife, Sgt)
David Tillistrand*  (The Chaplain)
Franca Vercelloni*  (Titles, General)
Angela Vitale*  (Mother Courage)
Katie Willmorth  (Kattrin)
Tobias Christian Wong*  (Yvette)

CREATIVE TEAM:
Director: John Gould Rubin
Scenic Designer: Andreea Mincic
Lighting Designer: Chuan-Chi Chan
Costume Design: Sherry Martinez
Composer: Tobias Christian Wong
Choreographer: Brenna Palughi
Assistant Director: Nina Dingizian
Stage Manager: Mikenzie Ames

PRODUCING TEAM:
Artistic Director: Tom Oppenheim
Director of Cultural Programming: Nina Capelli Oppenheim
Supervising Producer: J. Steven White
Director of Marketing: Ryan Chittaphong
Production Manager: Libby Jensen
Technical Director: Steven Brenman
Prop Master: Addison Heeren
Master Electrician: Romo Hallahan

REMAINING PERFORMANCE DATES:
Friday, February 12
Saturday, February 13
Monday, February 15
Wednesday, February 17
Thursday, February 18
Friday, February 19
Saturday, February 20

* APPEARING COURTESY OF ACTORS’ EQUITY ASSOCIATION. This is an Equity approved showcase.