Directed by Lisa Channer, By Cory Hinkle with Theatre Novi Most at the Southern Theatre, 2015

Rehearsing Failure

New play about Brecht and his collaborators in the year 1947 when they were living together in Malibu, CA.

This project was developed in partnership with The Playwrights Center.

Living in exile in Los Angeles after fleeing the Nazis, Brecht rehearses The Life of Galileo with his wife Helene Weigel and two of his former lovers, Elisabeth Hauptmann, a writer, and Ruth Berlau, a director. As they work on this epic history play over the summer of 1947, the themes of Galileo resonate with Brecht’s own life and the unique relationships he had with his collaborators. Rehearsing Failure focuses on Brecht’s ensemble, particularly the women who sacrificed their own recognition to create some of the most important theatre of the twentieth century. With original songs and an unconventional structure, Rehearsing Failure borrows from Brecht’s own playbook – it’s a play that reaches back into history to examine contemporary themes of politics, sex and complicity. By doing so, Rehearsing Failure asks the question: What do you need to survive, as an artist and a person, and what are you willing to sacrifice?

  • Barbra Berlovitz, Pearce Bunting, Dan Dukich, Annie Enneking, Billy Mullaney, and Sara Richardson

  • Set by Samantha Johns

    Costumes by Cole Bylander

    Lights by Heidi Eckwell

    Composers Dan Dukich and Annie Enneking

    Sound design by Dan Dukich

    Stage Management by Jared Zeigler

    Photos by Bill Prouty

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