The Threepenny Opera

Summer Program Book 1/2 - Programs and Notes

August 6, 1989 - Theater of Ippeus Kolonos, Athens, Greece
August 17, 1989 - Open Theatre of Edesa, Greece
August 20, 1989 - Hotel Meliton, Apollo Theatre, Porto Carras, Greece
August 21, 1989 - Mechmet Ali Theatre, Kavala, Greece

ALEA III (Theodore Antoniou, music director) and the

Musical Theatre Project (Susan Lambert, artistic director)

Works:

Bertold Brecht - Kurt Weill -The Threepenny Opera

Production:

Karen Oster, direction
Jonathan Goldberg, musical preparation
Mimi Jo Katano, choreographer
Theodore Antoniou, conductor

Cast:

Matthew Pollock as Macheath
Beth Carr* and Megan Fogarty as Polly Peachum
Elias Tiliakos* and Matthew Ferrel as Mr. J.J. Peachum
Alicia Litwin* and Phyllis Piano as Mrs. Peachum
Evi Apostolopoulou* and Mimi Jo Katano as Jenny Diver
Nicole Mestres and Stassa Partheniadou* as Lucy Brown
Kate Johnson* and Marco Jo Clate as The Street Singer
Alan Ball as Tiger Brown
Jenny Filiou* and Laurie Myers as Filch
Manos Pandelides as Readymoney Matt
Wener Derpapas as Crookfinger Jake
Giorgio Muti as Bob the Saw
Elias Tiliakos and Matthew Ferrel* as Smith
Andrea Scannell as Dolly
Anastasia Zimatika as Betty
Sophia Nikolaidou as Molly
Laurie Myers* and Jenny Filiou as Coaxer
Giorgio Muti as Constable

*August 20 & 21

ALEA III Ensemble:

Theodore Antoniou, conductor

Susan Downey, flute, alto flute, piccolo
Barbara Lafitte, oboe
Steve Jackson, clarinet, bass clarinet, saxophone
Jonathan Saylor, bassoon

Kate Gascoigne, horn
Gerald Serfass, trumpet
Dennis Lambert, trombone

Richard Kelly, percussion
Nancy Smith, percussion
Jeffrey Burleson, piano
Suzan Robinson, harp

Mark Beaulieu, violin
Dana Ianculovici, violin
Augusto Salazar, viola
Marc Simcox, violoncello
Gregory Koeller, double bass

Tony Di Bardolo, sound engineer

Panayotis Adam, Alex Kalogeras, tour managers