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A Voice for the Voiceless – Poems, Songs and Scenes of Bertolt Brecht – 2019

A Voice for the Voiceless

“Years ago when I was studying the ways of the Chicago Wheat Exchange I suddenly grasped how they managed the whole world’s wheat from there and yet I did not grasp it either.  I knew at once: you’ve run into

David Simmons February 14, 2019April 29, 2019 Brecht, Past Productions Read more

Singing in the Dark Times – The Many Trials of Bertolt Brecht – 2018

Singing in the Dark Times – The Many Trials of Bertolt Brecht – 2018

  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

David Simmons August 22, 2018August 28, 2018 Brecht, Past Productions Read more

Writing the Truth – Five Difficulties Bertolt Brecht, 1935

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

David Simmons May 31, 2018September 15, 2024 Brecht Read more

UW Professor Marc Silberman on Brecht and his work

UW Professor Marc Silberman on Brecht and his work

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,

David Simmons March 17, 2018March 17, 2018 Brecht, Podcasts Read more

Mother Courage Alone – 2017

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

Greer DuBois October 27, 2017August 28, 2018 Brecht, Past Productions Read more

The Brecht Blog

The Brecht Blog

Photo source – Wikimedia Commons   Eric Bentley – RIP In a recent post about our recording of the HUAC testimony of Hallie Flanagan, Director of the WPA’s Federal Theatre Project, I noted the passing of critic, translator and playwright

wendyvar August 21, 2017September 15, 2024 Blogs, Brecht Read more

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Fermat's in the News

"Ways of Seeing." Mike Fischer, for World Premiere Wisconsin"

The Arts Generate a Lot of Money. So Why are Artists Broke?" Mike Fischer, for World Premiere Wisconsin

‘Joe Hill, Alive as You and Me’ unites and inspires in Akron

The Songs And Stories Of Working-Class Hero Joe Hill

Hovering Above the Abyss: An Evening With Franz Kafka

Quanda Johnson reads James Baldwin

James Baldwin and the N-word

An Evening With James Baldwin (Tone Madison)

Bertolt Brecht and the Artist's Duty to Truth (WORT)

Mother Courage Alone at Fermat’s Last Theater in Madison by Brandy E. Wilcox, ecibs: Communications of the International Brecht Society, Issue 1 2018

Acting Un-American on WORT on Labor Radio – April 7, 2018

‘Mother Courage' unplugged Fermat theater group pares down Brecht's classic by Aaron R. Conklin, Madison Magazine – Sept. 23, 2017

Scripting "The Trial": Local writer converts a Kafka classic by Aaron R. Conklin, Madison Magazine – June 23, 2016

Free theater: Fermat’s Last Theater Company stages an edgy tale of class, sex and power by Catherine Capellaro, The Isthmus – June 9, 2015

Fermat's Last Theater Company sets a genderqueer "Troilus and Cressida" in a circus ring by Laura Jones, The Isthmus – August 8, 2014

Fermat's Last Theater Company makes a strong debut with "The Merchant of Venice" by Laura Jones, The Isthmus – August 3, 2013

The new kid on the block: Meet Fermat's Last Theater Company
by Jessica Steinhoff, The Isthmus – August 2, 2013

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Fermat’s is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt non-profit.  The works we stage explore issues of social justice. We are a free public theater–we do not charge admission or sell tickets.

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