For over 7 years, the PAI musical theater productions have attracted standing-room only audiences at the F.M. Kirby Center. This year the production will be performed at the Mellow Theater at Lackawanna College, which is easy to reach and has free parking available to patrons.

The Threepenny Opera is a deliciously dark satire about the underworld of foggy London town. Hailed as one of the greatest hits ever to shake up the world of musical theater, The Threepenny Opera is a parody of “respectable society” that thrusts the audience into the seedy underworld of Mack the Knife, a dapper criminal and his wry love affair with Polly Peachum. In their opera “By and For Beggars,” composer Kurt Weill (1900-1950) and playwright Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) transformed saccharine, old-fashioned opera and operetta forms, incorporating a sharp political perspective and the sound of 1920s Berlin dance bands and cabaret. Weill’s acid harmonies and Brecht’s biting texts created a revolutionary new musical theater that inspired such subsequent hits as Cabaret, Chicago, and Urinetown. The show’s opening number, “Mack the Knife”, became one of the top popular songs of the century.

Dates: Thursday & Friday, August 3 & 4
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: The Mellow Theater at Lackawanna College, 501 Vine Street, Scranton

For directions: http://www.lackawanna.edu/mellow/directions.htm

Tickets: Adults $15, Students/Senior Citizens $7

Purchase Options: Kirby Theater Box Office: 570-826-1100, Wyoming Seminary’s Summer Programs Office, 8:30-4:30 weekdays, 570-270-2186 - Also available at door the day of the performance

The cast consists of students from as far away as Thailand and as close as Kingston, PA. Please take a moment to look over the cast-you’re sure to recognize a name or two!

Accordion Beggar Matt Herman
Balladeer Mackenzie Jackson
Jonathan Peachum Steven Finkelstein
Charles Filch John Davenport
Mrs. Peachum Beth Seybert
Matt of the Mint Michael Shapiro
Macheath John Wascavage
Polly Peachum Celia Hottenstein
Crookfinger Jack Troy LaPersonerie
Sawtooth Bob Jeremy Hay
Walt Dreary Alex Pretko
Jimmy Junior Brian Krinsky
Ed A.J. Snapp
Flint Ryan Doncsecz
Sammy Hugh Gilmore
Reverend Kimball Dave Wright
Tiger Brown P.J. Karpew
Jenny Diver Brianna Paolino
Constable Smith Heather Bryski
Policeman Ryan Dyas-Gordon
Lucy Brown Khrista White

Beggars
Dave Wright, Danielle Brown, Matt Brown, Ryan Doncsecz, Katie Finkelstein,
Katherine Holt, Eliza Kingsbury, Brian Krinsky, Jacqueline Rose, Shelley Snapp

Whores
Betty Krystal Woolley
Dolly Sara Hampton
Vixen Nina Elias
Molly Shelley Snapp
Old Whore Rachel Ackerman
Danielle Brown, Sara Casey, Katie Finkelstein, Eliza Kingsbury,
Gillian Leask, Nan Tohchoodee

Desert Storm Soldiers
Matt Brown, Nina Elias, Gillian Leask, Krystal Woolley

Country Western Cops
Piano Tim Accurso
Violin Danielle Brown
Drumsticks Emily Thomas
Guitar Nan Tohcoodee

For more information about the Performing Arts Institute of Wyoming Seminary: http://www.wyomingseminary.org/pai/theater.htm