Mother Courage

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The performance dates are

Preview: October 25 8pm

Opening Night: October 26 8pm

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<p style="text-align: center; mso-line-height-alt: 15.75pt;"> Who's Who '

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Cast '

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Kirk Ellis- Man with Eye Patch <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Miguel Garcia- Swiss Cheese <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Sarah Heddins- Farmer's Wife <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Shannon Hill- Mother Courage <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Joshua Kyle Hoppe- Chaplain <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Amber Johnson- Ensemble <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Shunte Lofton- Clerk/Ensemble <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Kevin Lusignolo- Cook <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Robert Meek- Second Sargent/Ensemble <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Mac Mitchell- Old Soldier/Lieutenant <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott- Eilif <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> David Oliverez- Peasant/Ensemble <span lang="FR" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Susie Parr- Yvette Pottier <span lang="FR" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: FR;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Patrick Poole- First General <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Robert Price- Sargent/Ensemble <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Craig Putman- Munitions Officer/Old Colonel/Young Soldier <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Kristen Rice- Kattrin <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Jason Ronje- Recruiting Officer <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Anna Schultz- Old Woman/Ensemble <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Thomas Sumrall- Young Man <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Artistic 

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Keith Byron Kirk- Director <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Miriam Daly- Music Director <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Sawyer Estes- Assistant Director <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Jack Young- Fight Director <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Chelsea Touchet- Lighting Designer <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Aaron Alexander- Sound Designer <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Frankie Teuber- Scenic Designer <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Lindsay Burns- Assistant Scenic Designer <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> James McDaniel- Costume Designer <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Matt Plamp- Projections <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Elizabeth Jordan- Dramaturg <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Kendall Kaminsky- Assistant Dramaturg <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Stage Management <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Rachel R. Bush- Production Stage Manager <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Ciara Ayala- Stage Manager <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Meg Edyvean- First ASM <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; line-height: 15.75pt;"> Crew 

<p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> Set/Props- Sarah Powell, Kat Trevino, Valentina Olarte <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> ELX- John Forsch, Evan Seligman <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> Wardrobe- Erin Brady, Lori Alcazar <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

<p style="text-align: center; margin-bottom: 0pt;"> Other- Austin Abernathy, Zach Leonard <span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">

Actor's Packet
Find information on the playwright Bertolt Brecht and translator Tony Kuschner.

Also find related works and supplementary material for UH's "American Folklore" interpretation of Mother Courage <p style="text-align: center;">Rehearsal Packet

<p style="text-align: center;">Rehearsal Packet by Elizabeth Jordan & Kendall Kaminsky