“The Threepenny Opera,” Bertolt Brecht's harsh satire on the bourgeois Weimar Republic, set to music by Kurt Weill, continues at Yulman Theater.
Director William A. Finlay, professor of theater and director of Yulman, says “this has a contemporary message; it's a musical with guts.
“This production is very large for a theater program of this size,” he continued. “We don't typically do musicals here at Union, but this one had something to say to the students, the artists and the faculty.”
The set, designed by Prof. Charles Steckler, will incorporate “environmental style theatre.” The entire theatre will be used, and the audience is surrounded by cast members, at times.
Lloyd Waiwaiole, the College's costumer, has designed and built all of the costumes. “They are spectacular,” said Finlay. “He's made stunning representations of Victorian-era London.”
Performances continue Friday and Saturday, May 27 and 28, at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, May 29, at 2 p.m. For tickets and information, call the Yulman box office at 388-6545.