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Mother Courage

By Bertolt Brecht
Music by Douglas Levine

Brecht’s timeless wartime tragedy set to a driving rock score.

Presented by the Playhouse Repertory Company, 2007.

For inquiries about Mother Courage, please email Doug.

 

Sample songs from the Playhouse REP production of Mother Courage:

The Song of Mother Courage
Laurie Klatscher
The Wise Old Woman and the Soldier
Jason McCune, Laurie Klatscher
The Fraternization Song
Erica Highberg
Solomon Song (Music by Kurt Weill; Arranged by Douglas Levine)
Laurie Klatscher, Randy Kovitz
The Shelter Song
Christiane Leach
Kattrin's Lullaby
Laurie Klatscher

Musicians: Douglas Levine (Keyboard and Conductor), John Marcinizyn (Guitar), Paul Thompson (Bass), David Throckmorton (Drums)


“Levine's music has the required in-your-face urgency, and its modernity contrasts with the timeless Thirty-Year's War-scape in correct Brechtian style.”

—Pittsburgh Post Gazette