};(.LV THIRTY-NINTH SEASON 1962-83
2355 East 89th Street CLEVELAND 6, OHIO · presents ''THE THREEPENNY OPERA" b:, Bert Brecht and Kurt Weill adapted by Marc Blitzstein
September 18th--October 13th ARENA THEATRE "THE THREEPENNY OPERA"
Adapted by Marc Blitzstein Music by Kurt Weill Original Text by Bert Brecht * • * Directed by Benno D. Frank Music Director J. Harold Brown Lights & Setting by Leonard Dryansky Choreography by Maurice Nystrom * * * CAST OF CHARACTERS
STREETSINGER (alias Matt) Tom Grabien Chuck Storey MR. J. J. PEACHUM George Gould MRS. PEACHUM Martha Gillespie Mary Bradley Marable POLLY PEACHUM Mary Fulton Elinor McGreevey MACHEATH (Mack the Knife) George Bishop Damon Brazwell JENNY Providence Hollander, Gwenn Yarnell REVEREND KIMBALL Norman Honaiuto TIGER BROWN (Commissioner of Police) Victor Karp, George Probst WARDEN SMITH Norman Bonaiuto LUCY HROW'N Betty Appling, Norma Powell MACK'S GANG: JAKE Robert Fontaine, Tom Klasek BOB (The Saw) Nathaniel c. Barnett Percy Marshall WALT DREARY Joe Fields, Clarence Langley GI1{LS: BETTY Helen Porter MOLLY Ellen Thornton COAXER J. Vanleer Williams C0NSTA8LE William Terrance .t3E GGAR Joe Fields FILCH William Terrance VICTORIA'S MESSENGER Victor Karp George Probst MUSICAL •NUMBERS
ACT ONE
1. OVERTURE 2. BALLAD OF MACK T~E KNIFE Streetsinger 3. MORNING ANTHEM P~ac~µm 4 • . INSTEAD OF SONG Peachum, Mrs. Peachum 5. WEDDING SONG Macheath's Gang 6. TH E SIDE-A-WE~ IN SONG Polly 7. ARMY S0NG Macheath, Tiger Brown, Gang 8. LOVE SONG Macheath, Polly 9. :BALLAD OF DEPENDENCY Mrs. Pea chum 10. 1ST FINPLE THE W~RLD IS MEAN Polly, Peachum, Mr,s • .Pe,cht,tt11 I N T E R M I S S I O N . . , .
ACT TWO
11. PnLLY'~ ~ONG Pol~y, Ma~~~ath . 12. REPqJSE, BALLAD np DEPENDENCr . · Mrs. Peachum 13. PIRATE-' ]ENNY · Jenny 14. TANGO..:l3•ALLAD Mac he a th,· Jenny 15. BALLPD OF ' THE EASY LIFE Macheath 16. BARB.ARA-SONG Lucy 17. JEALOUSY b'UST Lucy, Polly 18. 2NC FINALE - HO W TO ~URVIVE Macheath, Mrs. Peachum, Chorus I N T E R M I S S I O N
ACT THREE
19. USELES ~ SONG Peachum, Beggars 20. SOLO MON SONG Jenny 21. CALL FROh TH E GRAVE Macheath 22. DEATP ME~SA GE Macheath 23. 3RD FINALE - THE MOUNTED ~ES~ENGER · Chorus, Tiger Brown, Polly, Macheath, Mrs. Peachum. Peachum 24. REPRISE, BALLAD OF MACK TqE KNIFE Streetsinger KARAMU HOUSE Russell W. and Rowena Woodham Jelliffe .· Exeeutive Directors
THEATRE STAFF
I Execut!ve Director Rowena Woodham Jelliffe Direct9r, Musical i roductions Benno D. Frank Directgr, Drama Productions Reuben Silver Director, Children's Theatre Robert J. S tephens Musical Director J. Harold Brown Musical Director Helmuth Wolfes Choreogtapher Maurice Nystrom Technical Director Orville Ballard Art Dire:tor Leonard Dryansky Public Relations Wilhelmina Roberson
PRODUCTION STAFF
T~~hnic~l Director Orville Ballard Stage Manager Norman :·3 onaiuto Assistant to the Director Tom Grabien Carpenter Joe Martain Chief House Electrican B r ins on ''!i 11 i ams Scenic Artists Carol O'Brien, Robert J Stephens Costumes Fay Jefferson Lights Executed by Jacquelyne Early, Jack Robinson Set Construction Crew: Charles Butler, Joan Hartshorne, Thomas · Hartshorne, Joe Williams, Jack Robinson, Norman Robinson, Jacquelyne Early
PRODUCTION ANNOUNCEMENT
"PURLIE VICTORIOUS" by Ossie Davis Proscenium Theatre - September 25th - November 3rd