A staged reading of Brecht’s work that highlights his role as voice and advocate for those without power, money or status. Readers/singers are Steffin Silvis, Jake Prine and Brette Olpin and musicians are Diana Wheeler and Angela McJunkin. There will be songs from Threepenny Opera, The Mother and Mother Courage and Her Children, poems from many periods of his life and live music to accompany it all. Free admission as always.
A Voice for the Voiceless – Poems, songs and scenes from the work of Bertolt Brecht
The name for Fermat’s Last Theater came about because one member of the company, upon re-reading The Merchant of Venice, had an idea for a production, but as with the 17th century mathematician, his conception was too large to include all the details in the margin of the of text.
We are a political theater—we stage works that explore issues of class, race and gender. Founded as a Shakespeare company in 2013, we have in recent years been exploring the genre of documentary theater—theater about real people, events and social movements.
We are a free theater. You will never be asked to buy a ticket to gain admittance to any of our work. We believe that being a political theater is inextricably linked with being a free theater. We pay our performers, and rely on a network of individual donors and city, state and national granting agencies to fund our shows. At the end of each performance, we do ask for free will donations for those able to contribute.
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Arts + Literature Laboratory is located at 111 S. Livingston Street #100, Madison, Wisconsin, 53703.
Our galleries are open Tuesday through Friday 10am-5pm and Saturday noon to 5pm, and other programs take place throughout the week. Please check the events calendar and education section for details.