Mother Courage and Her Children

Written by: Bertolt Brecht, Music by Paul Dessau, Hans Eisler, Kurt Weill, and Jan Powell & Ken Stone, English Version by Eric Bentley
Directed by: Andrew J. Robinson
Recommended for Ages 16+

Widely considered one of the great dramatic creations of the modern stage, Mother Courage and Her Children is Bertolt Brecht’s most passionate and profound statement against war. Set in the seventeenth century, the play follows Anna Fierling — Mother Courage — an itinerant trader, as she pulls her wagon of wares and her children through the blood and carnage of Europe’s religious wars. Battered by hardships, brutality, and the degradation and death of her children, she ultimately finds herself alone with the one thing in which she truly believes — her ramshackle wagon with its tattered flag and freight of boots and brandy. Fitting herself in its harness, the old woman manages, with the last of her strength, to drag it onward to the next battle. In the enduring figure of Mother Courage, Bertolt Brecht has created one of the most extraordinary characters in dramatic literature.

PRODUCTION TEAM

Musical Director: Jan Powell

Musical Staging: Harry Groener

Scenic Design: John Iacovelli

Lighting Design: Ellen Monocroussos

Costume Design: Michele K. Short

Properties Design: Chuck Olson

Fight Director: Matthew Jaeger

Dramaturg: Irene Robinson

Muralist: Judith Von Euer

Production Stage Manager: Young Ji

Stage Manager: Lindsey Martens

Orchestra:

Accordion: Alicia Wollerton, Eric Johnson

Bugle: Terry Evans

Guitar: Eugene Alper

Banjolele, Duduk: John Apicella

Drums: Janellen Steininger, Ralph Drischell

Didgeridoo, Recorder: Matthew Jaeger

Recorder: John Sloan

Cast

John Apicella*

RECRUITING OFFICER/CHAPLAIN

Anne Gee Byrd*

MOTHER COURAGE

Terry Evans

SWEDISH COMMANDER/SOLDIER

Adam Meyer

A SOLDIER/ A PEASANT

Philip Proctor

RECRUITING OFFICER/CHAPLAIN

John Sloan*

EILIF/A SOLDIER

Janellen Steininger*

NARRATOR/ PEASANT WOMAN

Geoffrey Wade*

SERGEANT/LIEUTENANT/SOLDIER

Timothy Adam Venable

SWISS CHEESE/ A SOLDIER

Josh Clark*

SERGEANT/LIEUTENANT/SOLDIER

Matthew Jaeger

EILIF/A SOLDIER

Ralph Drischell

COLONEL/CLERK/OLD PEASANT

Andrew Matthews

A SOLDIER/ A PEASANT

Eugene Alper

OFFICER/SOLDIER

Nathan Patrick

SWISS CHEESE/ A SOLDIER
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule

“…a splendid cast of dedicated actors.”

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