Threepenny

Event Date: 

Friday, November 15, 2024 - 7:30pm
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 2:00pm
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 7:30pm
Sunday, November 17, 2024 - 2:00pm
Thursday, November 21, 2024 - 7:30pm
Friday, November 22, 2024 - 7:30pm
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 2:00pm
Saturday, November 23, 2024 - 7:30pm

Event Date Details: 

NOV 15-16, 21-23 | 7:30 PM

NOV 16-17, 23 | 7:30 PM

Event Location: 

  • UCSB Performing Arts Theater

Event Price: 

PRE-SALE

$13 Student/Faculty/Staff/Senior
$17 General Admission

DAY-OF

$15 Student/Faculty/Staff/Senior
$19 General Admission

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THE THREEPENNY OPERA

A Play with Music Based on John Gay’s THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
By Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann
 
English translation by Simon Stephens
Directed by Annie Torsiglieri
 
Presented under license from European American Music Distributors Company, on behalf of The Kurt Weill Foundation for Music, Inc., and the Brecht Heirs
 
Originally premiering in Berlin in 1928, this dark-humored play exemplifies the dark underbelly of Victorian London. Inspired by John Gay's 18th-century work The Beggar's Opera, the deception and villainy ingrained within this story draws attention towards the struggle for success that occurs within a capitalist system. The play centers around the anti-hero "Mack the Knife", an adulterous murderer with a knack for crime and a desire to enter middle-class society. Charming, cunning, and handsome, this ironic hero finds himself entangled within a love rivalry, leading to a life on the run!
 

 

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