The Threepenny Opera

English Translation by Simon Stevens

Directed by Anita La Selva 

Not an opera nor exactly a piece of musical theatre, but a cutting, cynical, and often grimly funny satire – with lots of songs, including such cabaret classics as “Mac the Knife” and “Pirate Jenny.” Brecht, with a lot of help from Elisabeth Hauptmann, wrote the script in a few frantic weeks in 1928 Berlin, a city that was simultaneously reinventing modern gender relations and witnessing the excesses of turbocapitalism, and the play, with its raw and edgy score by Weill, preserves that helter-skelter atmosphere. A wild, merciless, utterly captivating ride! 

CONTENT ADVISORY

This show conatins mature content that some audience members may find distressing.

THE CAST
Liam Armstrong JJ Peachum 

Madison Buchanan Polly Peachum 

Aria DeCastro Mrs Peachum 

Steven Feng Matthias aka The Shadow 

Cameron Helmkay Jenny 

Jasmine Jenkinson Lucy Brown / Ruby 

Jacob Klick-McMahon Macheath 

Kaden Klodt Jimmy “Retail” 

Nicole Lynch Walter aka The Scholar 

Rhys Parker Pastor Kimble / Vixen / Balladeer 

Joelle Salsa Smith 

Zoe Saum Filch / Betty

Maggie Tavares Chief Inspector (Tiger) Brown 

Emma Waller Robert aka The Iceman