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...show that works," says Charles H. Raphael '88, who plays the title role in this show. Raphael, who was on the mainstage earlier this season in Lie of the Mind, said this production was one of the most fun he had ever worked on. And he credited this to Hainsworth and the producers "for setting a friendly yet serious tone for the show." Many other actors agree...
With all these resources to occupy his cast and crew, Director Hainsworth finds that his job is much easier than it would be for a house production. "The staff is so creative and good," he says, "that I have to try and unify instead of create...
That is not to say that there was no creation involved in the Ui production. Hainsworth has worked hard to create the atmosphere of Chicago in the roaring twenties. To bring the cast together and to help people get into the period, the director screened gangster movies and Third Reich documentaries in his room every week. And he worked closely with Raphael to get the actor to emulate Hitler's mannerisms...
...Hainsworth commissioned Roland B. Tec '88 to compose the music for the play, which in true Brechtian fashion is not exactly atonal but has musical elements to it. Tec, who has worked with mainstage productions in the past and whose opera Stained Glass was produced at Harvard last year, says he researched Chicago jazz before write the music...
...Hainsworth also incorporated Senior Lecturer in Social Studies Richard M. Hunt, who teaches a Core course on Weimar Germany, into the play's prologue. Hunt reads an introduction which puts the play in its historical context. "It's a great way to get to know student actors," Hunt says...