Bard Student Production of Brecht’s Puntila and Matti Reviewed in the Millbrook Independent
A mainstage production of Puntila and Matti, His Hired Man (1948) by Bertolt Brecht, conducted by the Theater and Performance Program at Bard, was reviewed in the Millbrook Independent. Directed by Rebecca Wright and performed at the Fisher Center’s LUMA Theater, Brecht’s play was based on stories by playwright Hella Wuolijoki and translated by Ralph Mannheim. “This excellent and robust student production, set in Finland, evokes striking, trenchant parallels to our contemporary situation in the United States, where power has been translated from a dysfunctional democracy to totalitarian improvisation,” writes Kevin T. McEneaney.
Bard’s Theater and Performance Program offers an interdisciplinary, liberal arts-based approach to the making and study of theater and performance, and embraces a wide range of performance practices, from live art and interactive installation to classical theater from around the globe.
Post Date: 10-28-2025
Bard’s Theater and Performance Program offers an interdisciplinary, liberal arts-based approach to the making and study of theater and performance, and embraces a wide range of performance practices, from live art and interactive installation to classical theater from around the globe.
Post Date: 10-28-2025