The Brechtfast Club

The  Brechtfast  Club​ Upcoming Production!

Xfest: A Festival of Alternative Theater & Dance

Metcalf Theater

47 Circle Drive, Edwardsville, IL 62025

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

7:30 p.m.

A theatrical adaptation of the movie The Breakfast Club  in the style of Bertolt Brecht

In the late 1980’s in the village of Shermer, East Germany, the five members of the worst-performing Stasi firm in the country and their boss work on a Saturday to try to reach their political dissident quota. Just when their ability to uncover secret intelligence seems hopeless, a special radio attachment expands their listening network all the way to the United States. What the Stasi hear, or what they think they hear, might not only pull them out of their slump, but also put an end to Gorbachev's Perestroika nonsense.

CONTENT ADVISORY: This play is a political satire containing mature and grim content. Collaborators​ Performing Artists

Ashwini Arora………….........SERGEANT COMRADE ALINA

Jimmy Bernatowicz…………. STAGE MANAGER

Maggie Conroy………………...MAJOR COMRADE KLARA

Miranda Jagels Félix………….MAJOR COMRADE ANDREAS

Alicen Moser…………............COLONEL COMRADE VEIT

Reginald Pierre…………….….CAPTAIN COMRADE BRUNO

Joe Taylor………………………..COMRADE JOSEF

Rachel Tibbetts……………….CAPTAIN COMRADE BERTHA

This is an original play, workshopped with this cast, who contributed significant content.

Production Team

Lucy Cashion: Producer, Director, Scenic and Sound Designer, Video Editor, Co-Playwright

Joe Taylor: Composer, Music Director, Video Artist, AV technician

Courtney Bailey: Co-Playwright

Jimmy Bernatowicz: Stage Manager & Assistant Director

Morgan Brennan: Lighting Designer

Liz Henning: Costume Designer

Yizhou Huang: Dramaturg

Bryce Palmer: Assistant Stage Manager

Cameron Schoeck: Additional research Zach Laster: Carpenter

Lauren Tubbe: Scenic Charge

Spencer Lawton: House Manager

Jason Hackett: Production Photographs

Brian McLelland: Videographer

Will Bonfiglio, Spencer Lawton, Miranda Jagels Félix: Co-Producers