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Mother Courage and Her Children

Mother Courage and Her Children

  • actor sitting on a carriage while talking to an actor standing next to him
  • actors holding long sticks while another actor in a car reaches out to them
  • a close-up of an actor smoking a pipe while another actor watches on in the background

By Bertolt Brecht 

Translated by Tony Kushner

Directed by Mark Colson

The Fairchild Theatre

Tuesday, February 7, 2012 – 7:30p.m.
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 – 7:30p.m.
Thursday, February 9, 2012 – 7:30p.m.
Friday, February 10, 2012 – 8:00p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 2:00p.m.
Saturday, February 11, 2012 – 8:00p.m.
Sunday, February 12, 2012 – 2:00p.m.

Brecht’s searing indictment of fascism follows the fortunes of Anna Fierling, nicknamed “Mother Courage,” a wily canteen woman with the Swedish Army who is RE-SOLVED to make her living from the war.

This exciting translation is by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner playwright of Angels in America.

Categories: 2011-2012