Fermat's Last Theater Co. presents their summer work, Singing in the Dark Times, the Many Trials of Bertolt Brecht, at Arts + Literature Laboratory Wednesday through Friday, August 8-10 at 7:30pm, and Sunday, August 12 at 2pm. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. It begins with parts of Brecht’s testimony before HUAC in 1947, and moves back and forth in time to take in his life and work, all with the goal of examining the role of the artist as truth teller. In a time when the very meaning of “truth” is under siege, Brecht’s life and work are very much worth our attention. The performance includes live music, pieces of several of his plays and many of his poems. FREE - donations appreciated.
Singing in the Dark Times
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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