TDM's Fall Production is Mahagonny; A Song Cycle and Seven Deadly Sins
Two Chamber Musicals written by Bertolt Brecht
Composed by Kurt Weill
Directed by Ashley Tata

Mahagonny; A Song Cycle and The Seven Deadly Sins are songspiel[en] made between 1927 and 1933 by German theater-makers Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht. They were created at home in Berlin and in exile in Europe. At the time they introduced new methods that these theorist/creators would continue to develop throughout their careers. Among these are experiments in the function of theater as a space for ideas and civic discourse and confrontation and the function of music as popular form and tool for dissonance within the theatrical medium. This production of The Sins of Mahagonny will bring both pieces to the stage in a contemporary context with songs, protest, dance, video and electronics for a 21st century expressionist Amerikana club-kabaret nightmare. A hearth-and-home dream-in-flames.

Learn more about Ashley Tata here: www.ashleytata.com

Auditions
Monday, September 3, 12:30-6:30PM

Callbacks
Monday, September 3, 7:30-9:30PM

All auditions and callbacks take place in Farkas Hall, Studio 303, 12 Holyoke Street.

Rehearsals start October 15.
Performances run December 6-9.

TO AUDITION FOR MAHAGONNY; A SONG CYCLE AND SEVEN DEADLY SINS:
Please email Dana Knox at danaknox@fas.harvard.edu with two “one-hour” availability slots (first choice and second choice) between 12:30-6:30pm on Sept 3. You will be assigned a 10 minute slot within those hours and receive audition materials. Walk up auditions will be accommodated as the schedule allows. Actors, singers, and dancers are all welcome to audition.

Students are encouraged to sign up in advance. Students will be asked to either perform a prepared monologue or read a side provided (likely a Brecht poem), and they will be asked to bring in 16 bars of a prepared song to sing. Those who sign up early will be provided receive the sides in advance, as well as The Alabama Song from Mahagonny, but students may prepare their own pieces instead. Callbacks will be group callbacks, and auditioners will be notified of casting via email.

TO JOIN THE DESIGN/TECH/MUSIC TEAM:

Please email Dana Knox at danaknox@fas.harvard.edu with your desired field(s). This is an opportunity to work with professional guest artists in Scenery, Costumes, Lights, Sound, Video, Music, Dramaturgy, and Stage Management.

For more information about receiving course credit, please email Dana Knox at danaknox@fas.harvard.edu.