The play Caucasian Chalk Circle was written in 1944 by German playwright, Bertolt Brecht. Set in the Caucasus region (hence the name) at the end of World War II, it follows Grusha, a maid to a wealthy ...

The story of a land dispute between two rival groups in Eastern Europe, a 'special military operation' and a refugee crisis. No, not the current news headlines, but the contents of Bertolt Brecht's ...

Nacogdoches High theater students are taking a particularly challenging show on the road this weekend, presenting German playwright Bertolt Brecht’s “The Caucasian Chalk Circle” for one-act play ...

Carnegie’s intermittently illuminating festival “Fall of the Weimar Republic” has suffered from interjections of too much standard repertory. By Zachary Woolfe Brecht’s 1944 play “The Caucasian Chalk ...

CSC's production of THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE by Bertolt Brecht will feature a new score by acclaimed Tony Award-winning singer/songwriter Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening). Directed by Brian Kulick, ...

Brecht’s plays are so layered with symbolism and enriched with moral lessons that it’s no surprise production companies have consistently found new ways of interpreting them. The Caucasian Chalk ...

Carrie Hope Fletcher is one of the leading stars of the British stage, having starred in West End productions of “Les Miserables,” “Heathers the Musical” and, most recently, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ...

The exposed concrete structure of the Rose turns stage into industrial warehouse – into which a depressing refugee encampment plays host to a group of displaced folks all awaiting news of their ...

The concept of producing a play by Bertolt Brecht has to be somewhat daunting. Add to that idea the realization that the production will be performed by college students. Such is the case with ...