The live reading of She Fights for the Motherland took place on October 14, 2021 at the Central Madison Public Library. A Q&A after the reading was led by UW-Madison History Department professors Francine Hirsch and Kathryn Ciancia, both
Acting Un-American – 2020 – An audio performance
Acting Un-American – HUAC and the Federal Theatre Project Fermat’s adaptation of the testimony of Hallie Flanagan before the House Un-American Activities Committee With live theater a fevered dream in the midst of the 2020 COVID pandemic, Fermat’s recorded Acting
Another Evening with James Baldwin – 2020
Fermat’s Last Theater presents August 13, 2020, Cafe Coda Madison Concept and curation by Quanda Johnson Program Lawd, How Come Me Here – Negro spiritual – sung by Quanda Johnson From Giovanni’s Room – read by Melvin Hinton The Giver
An Evening with James Baldwin – 2019
Fermat’s Last Theater presents An Evening with James Baldwin Concept and curation by Quanda Johnson November 14, 2019, Urban League of Greater Madison Program Letter to My Nephew and a passage from Giovanni’s Room Read by Melvin Hinton Six poems
Anna Akhmatova and the Engineers of the Human Soul – 2019
Anna Akhmatova and the Engineers of the Human Soul Cast and Crew Anna Akhmatova – Brette Olpin Nadezhda Mandelstam – Mya Kahler Ensemble roles – Ari Pollack Music – Charlie Lynch Script by David Simmons Direction by David Simmons
Acting Un-American – 2018
Acting Un-American – Fermat’s adaptation of the testimony of Hallie Flanagan before the House Un-American Activities Committee Cast and Crew Hallie Flanagan Maggie Schenk Martin Dies Alex Hancock Joe Starnes Steffen Silvis J. Parnell Thomas Nick Barovic-Hancock Harry Hopkins
Mother Courage Alone – 2017
Mother Courage Alone – Fermat’s adaptation of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children Cast and Crew Mother Courage Greer Dubois Narrator Steffen Silvis Musician Diana Wheeler Script & Director David Simmons Graphic & web design Wendy Vardaman Stage Manager
The Trial – 2016
The Trial by Franz Kafka Cast Monette Bebow-Reinhard – Mrs. Grubach/Secretary Darby Fitzsimons – Wilhemina/Assassin 1/Court Admin. Stacey Garbarski – Katya/Narrator/Solemn Girl/Priest Shreenita Ghosh – Underling 2/Answer Ma’am Greg Hudson – Joseph K. Jo Krukowski – Miss Burstner/Narrator/Giddy Girl/ Flogger