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Photo: Elsa Dorfman – Wikimedia Commons Video for this show is being reworked … please be patient. Rock Steady: The Revolutionary Soul of Nikki Giovanni – 2021 Concept and curation by Quanda Johnson On April 8, 2021, four talented
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
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
Photo: Allen Warren – Wikimedia Commons 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
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
Photo – Wikimedia Commons An evening of reading, music, dance and conversation about the French writer, philosopher and activist Simone Weil. April 14, 2019, Arts + Lit Lab. Thanks to all in the standing room only crowd. Perhaps we
“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
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
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 – 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