Director’s Notes Musical Numbers CAST in alphabetical order

The play you are about to see tonight is an opera for beggars. Act I The Threepenny Acting Ensemble Written by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill, Threepenny Opera was  "The Ballad of Mack The Knife" - Various first produced 90 years ago at the Theater am Schiffbauerdamm  "Morning Anthem" - Peachum Noah Beemer……………….Macheath, various, piano, percussion in Berlin, which eventually became home to Brecht's company  "Instead of Song" - Mr. & Mrs. Peachum Rohan Dhupar……………...Tiger Brown, various, percussion, auto harp The Berliner Ensemble. Based on John Gay's The Beggar's Opera,  "Wedding Song" - Matt, Jake, Walt & Bob James Harold Franklin…..Reverend Kimball, various, percussion, bass Threepenny examines many things: poverty, corruption, class  "Pirate Jenny" - Polly guitar, concertina systems, exploitation, cruelty, and the marginalized that live in  "Army Song" - Macheath, Tiger, Brown, the Gang Jill Goranson………………...Mrs. Peachum, various, trumpet, percussion the shadows. It is more than anything a study in the question of  "Wedding Song" Reprise - Matt, Jake, Walt & Bob Alexandre Iannuzzi………..Peachum, various, percussion what has happened to human pity, to empathy, to our ability to  "Love Song" - Polly & Macheath Kelsi James…………………...Polly Peachum, various, percussion feel amidst a society in which, as Mr. Peachum says, "Justice  "Ballad of Dependency" - Mrs. Peachum Juliette Jones………………..Jake, Dolly, various, piano, guitar, percussion gives way before humanity". Threepenny is also a play about  "The 1st Threepenny Finale" - Polly, Mr. & Mrs. Peachum Thomas Killip………………..Warden Smith, various, percussion, guitar theatre. Tonight you are in an abandoned, forgotten-about  "Polly’s Song" - Polly & Macheath Katie Martin………………….Filch, Matt, Betty, various, piano, percussion theatre in which an ensemble of thirteen offer you their stories  "Ballad of Dependency" Reprise - Mrs. Peachum Alexa MacDougall………...Walt, Coaxer, various, violin, percussion and their songs through Brecht's universe. Brecht wrote the play  "Tango Ballad" - Jenny & Macheath Macayla Paris……………….Jenny Diver, various, viola, percussion in part as an attack on existing forms of theatre, an operatic Tevra Plamondon…………Bob The Saw, Dolly, various, percussion, form that was declamatory, inaccessible to a larger audience Act II harmonica because of it's elite framework. Brecht's reach has transformed  "Barbara Song" - Lucy Elise Wilson………………….Lucy Brown, various, percussion  "Jealousy Duet" - Polly & Lucy contemporary practice, and tonight, we re-examine that again  "How To Survive" - Macheath, Mrs. Peachum …..asking what is theatre, what is opera, what is musical theatre, Assistant Director: Macayla Paris how do we make it, how can we reach you? You will see actors  "Solomon Song" - Jenny Assistant Music Director: Juliette Jones play many roles, sing, dance, play found instruments, talk to you,  "Call From The Grave" - Meaheath challenge you, open your hearts and ask you to see, to examine,  "Death Message" - Macheath Assistant Fight Director: Rohan Dhupar to be here with us. Welcome to the abandoned theatre and our  “The Mounted Messenger” - Filch, Polly, Mr. & Mrs. Peachum play for beggars...offered with humility, great heart and love.  “The Ballad of Mack The Knife” Reprise - Various

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Theatre Sheridan Technical Crew presents Stage Manager………………………….. Monyk Zahab Assistant Stage Manager………..………. Amy Owen Audio Crew……………………. ………. Josie Germon, Steven Lafond Carpentry Crew……………….... ………. Kimberly Moreira, Spencer Pestell, Abigail Pritchard, Lilyan Stoddart THE Head Lighting Technician………………. Sydney Cutulle Lighting Crew………………….. ………. Caleigh Fera, Tyler Hawes, Leeland Keary, THREEPENNY OPERA Emma Miziolek, Andre Pezzin, Autumn Russell Properties Crew………………………… Fred Amdur, Emma Banman, Nathan Brown, Maeve Byrnes, Anna Cragg, Book and Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht Shara-Lee Miller Music by Kurt Weill Scenic Paint Crew……………… ………. J. Fletcher Evans, Izzy Heim, Jacob Johnston, Lexie Ramjass-Spicer, Mikayla Stranges, Jillian Wilson English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein Wardrobe Crew………………………… David Brown, Kiren Mcneice, Kassidy Noble, Aaron Pysadee, Kristin Ruggeberg, Celina Westlake Director: Technical Assistants……………. ………. David Heeney, Brett Kasza, Connor Mckay, Cameron Trasuk, Jennifer Wilson Assistant Technical Directors……………Lucas Andrews, Michelle Campbell, Mark Allyson McMackon Greenwood, Kristen Trevors Assistant Lighting Designer…………….. Connor Ehrlich Music Director:

Paula Wolfson Running Crew Set Designer: Lighting Board Operator………………... Autumn Russell Stage Hand…………………….. ………. J. Fletcher Evans Denise Lisson Costume Designer: Production Assistants (First Year Class) David Juby Matthew Alvarez, Adam Brennan, Annika Broadhead, Nicole Brown, Stephen Catania, Joshua Coulter, Tara Crickmore, Blanca Errington, Andrew Fawzy, Lighting Designer: Mackenzie Fletcher, Zoe Gard, Nicole Genge, Jessica Gordon, Alonzo Gray, Kirstyn Keeble, Jennalyn Kelly, Guillaume Lalonde, Olivia Mackeen, Emily Meadus, Evan Nearing, Brianna O’Brien-Young, Matthew Phillips, Theodore Christopher Pattenden Pucak, Sage Rogers, Mackenzie Seib, Katherine Sheng, Rachel Ruth Talabis,