IN PARTNERSHIP WITH STUART HALL SCHOOL
The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui
by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Jeremy West
May 9-10 at 7:30 p.m.; May 11 at 4 p.m.
General Admission Tickets: $15
“If we could learn to look instead of gawking,
We’d see the horror in the heart of farce,
If only we could act instead of talking,
We wouldn’t always end up on our arse.”
Brecht’s satirical allegory parallels the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s. The play is set in Chicago during the Prohibition era and follows the rise of a fictional gangster, Arturo Ui, who uses violence, intimidation, and manipulation to take over the cauliflower racket.
The play serves as a powerful political allegory warning against the dangers of unchecked power and the manipulation of democratic systems.
SLTE x STU
Since 2021, SLTE has partnered with Stuart Hall to offer curricular and co-curricular theatre classes and one annual performance. Classes taught for Stuart Hall have included playwrighting, fencing, classical and contemporary acting, and dance.