The Threepenny Opera [Vancouver, 1995]

The Threepenny Opera [Vancouver, 1995]

musical theatre production / spectacle de théâtre musical|theatre production / spectacle de théâtre

Public Dreams Society | Ruby Slippers Theatre

Vancouver, British Columbia

multiple locations / lieux multiples

1995-08-18 [performance; Victoria Park, Vancouver]; 1995-08-19 [performance; Robson Park, Vancouver]; 1995-08-20 [performance; Oppenheimer Park, Vancouver]; 1995-08-25 [performance; Douglas Park, Vancouver]; 1995-08-26 [performance; MacLean Park, Vancouver]; 1995-08-27 [performance; Nelson Park, Vancouver]

Gay, John; author/auteur. | Hauptmann, Elisabeth; author/auteur.

Weill, Kurt; compos.

Brown, Diane; dir./metteur en scène | Dunn, Katrina; dir./metteur en scène | McDonell, Ann; dir./metteur en scène

Samworth, Ron; dir. music.

Hahn, Catherine; sets/scénogr.

Hatfull, Christine; costumes

Bisson, Michel; stage manager | Bloom, David; violence coach | Burke, Lisa; props | Chung, Joseph K.; assistant technical director | Doerr, Melanie; assistant costume designer | Hahn, Catherine; scenic painter | Jardine, Paula; pyrotechnic design | Jardine, Peter; pyrotechnic design | Kage, Eileen; site manager | LeGresley, Shane; pyrotechnician | Lesmeister, Chandra; assistant stage manager | Scott; George; technical director | Young, Melody; scenic painter | Zimmer, Jacob; set builder

Downing, Anne; act. (role: Beggar) | Ewen, Lesley; act. (role: Polly Peachum) | Davies, Joseph; act. (role: Matt of the Mint, Constable) | Fulford, Vaughn; act. (role: MacHeath) | Hodson, Heather; act. (role: Stump Woman, Whore) | Jelavich, Maria; act. (role: Beggar) | Johnston, Andrew; act. (role: Tiger Brown) | Liston, James; act. (role: Beggar) | Macdonald, Shawn; act. (role: Lucy, Filch) | McDonald, Ian Ross; act. (role: Peachum) | Pechawis, Archer; act. (role: Streetsinger) | Purcell, Simon; act. (role: Jimmy, Old Whore) | Quibell, Linda; act. (role: Low Dive Jenny, Dreary Walter) | Robert, Nicole; act. (role: Celia Peachum) | Spottiswoode, Mandy; act. (role: Smith, Reverend Kimball) | Thompson, Laurel; act. (role: Fat Beggar, Vixen) | Wapp, Bessie; act. (role: Suki Tawdry, Ned) | Young, Bryson; act. (role: Crook-Fingered Jake, Constable)

Clark, Bill; musician/musicien. (trumpet) | Lee, Peggy; musician/musicien. (cello) | Samworth, Ron; musician/musicien. (guitar) | Van der Schyff, Dylan; musician/musicien. (drums)
Mortal Coil | Pyrodeziaks | Razom Sestre | Rhythm Unity Community Orchestra

lang.: English / anglais

Brecht work(s)/oeuvre(s): Die Dreigroschenoper

Occasion: Brecht in the Park

The planned Vancouver venues for the performances were Victoria Park (18 Aug.), Robson Park (19 Aug.), Oppenheimer Park (20 Aug.), Douglas Park (25 Aug.), MacLean Park (26 Aug.), and Nelson Park (27 Aug.).

“1996-1997 Season.” Ruby Slippers Theatre, https://www.rubyslippers.ca/1996-1997-season. Accessed 10 Sept. 2018.
Crook, Barbara. “City parks perfect stage for Brecht’s dark opera.” Vancouver Sun, 22 Aug. 1995, p. C7.
Program Notes for "The Threepenny Opera", Vancouver, 1995, private archive.
Walling, Savannah. Interview. Conducted by Joerg Esleben, Vancouver, 5 June 2019, https://biblio.uottawa.ca/omeka1/brecht-canada/exhibits/show/analyses/interviews/walling.

Catalog.: Joerg Esleben, University of Ottawa