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MainStage: Fall Musical 2010 - THREEPENNY OPERA

Contact Artistic Director Nancy Swann - 914-522-5837
 
Acting auditions will be in early August.

Cast Breakdown:
1. Macheath ("Mackie Messer"/"Mack the Knife")– London's greatest and most notorious criminal tenor/baritone
2. Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum – The "Beggar's Friend". Controller of all the beggars in London, he conspires to have Mack hanged baritone
3. Celia Peachum – Peachum's wife, who helps him run the business mezzo-soprano
4. Polly Peachum – The Peachums' daughter. After knowing Mack for only five days, she agrees to marry him soprano
5. Jackie "Tiger" Brown – Police Chief of London and Mack's best friend from their army days     baritone
6. Lucy Brown – Tiger Brown's daughter. Also claims to be married to Mack soprano
7. Jenny ("Ginny Jenny" or "Low-Dive Jenny") – A prostitute who was romantically involved with Macheath in the past.  She is bribed to turn Mack in to the police. mezzo-soprano

8. Filch – The misfit young man who approaches the Peachums in hopes of beggar-training. tenor
9. The Street Singer – sings 'The Ballad of Mack the Knife' in the opening scene. baritone
10. Smith – a constable baritone
11. Walter tenor
12. Matthias tenor

13. Jakob tenor
14. Jimmietenor
15. Beggars, gangsters, whores, constables

Nancy Swann, Artistic Director,
will be making audition appointment times. This way you don't have to sit around and wait to be seen. Appointments will be in 10 minute slots so you can come before hand and prep yourself, audition and then leave.  Drop ins are welcome but will have to be fit in.  Call Nancy's cell: 914 522-5837 for an appointment.

Threepenny Opera
by Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill

Performance Dates: Oct. 22 - Nov. 14, 2010
Friday & Saturday at 8 pm
Sundays at 2 pm



Director:

Abigail Zealey  Bess

Music director:

John Coffey


Set design:

Chris Nowak


Costume design:

Charlotte Palmer-Lane


Lighting design:

Donald Kimmel