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Fermat’s Last Theater Company Presents Singing in the Dark Times – The Many Trials of Bertolt Brecht Cast Brecht Isabel Karp Ensemble members Greer Dubois & Maggie Schenk Musicians: Violin Diana Wheeler Cello Greer Dubois Flute Maggie Schenk
In 1852 the Rochester, NY Ladies Anti-Slavery Society asked Frederick Douglass to deliver their annual Fourth of July Oration. The speech he gave ran to more than 2500 words and is a work of scorching irony and one of the
Nowadays, anyone who wishes to combat lies and ignorance and to write the truth must overcome at least five difficulties. He must have the courage to write the truth when truth is everywhere opposed; the keenness to recognize it, although
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
UW Professor Emeritus Marc Silberman recently sat down with us to discuss the live, times and works of Bertolt Brecht. Marc came to UW in 1988, and is an internationally known Brecht scholar and translator who has published many books,
From the Karp sisters three we have a wonderful reading of Shakespeare’s sonnets for Valentine’s Day. By design we have avoided the better known poems, and each reads ten. We begin with Ariana,
Not unlike the original instrument movement in classical music (no more playing a Haydn symphony with 100 piece orchestra), many companies are experimenting with using original pronunciation (O.P.) in Shakespeare’s plays. David and Ben Crystal give a good introduction here:
Rita Mae Reese is the author of The Alphabet Conspiracy and The Book of Hulga, which was selected by Denise Duhamel for the Felix Pollak Prize. She is a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers’ Award, a Stegner
There is a terrific theatre company in Spring Green – well, actually two theatre companies. American Players Theatre (APT) you likely know about and have visited. But a little farther down the road is The White Church Theatre Company, and
Emily Dickinson is one of America’s most widely read and beloved poets. Her letters are not as well known, but equally astonishing. In this September 2017 podcast, Fermat’s board member Ayeshah Emon reads a selection of Dickinson’s letters to Thomas