Opening Night: 30 June 2005
Authors: Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill
Title: Happy End
Original Title: Happy End
Music: Kurt Weill
Songs' Lyrics: Bertolt Brecht 
Libretto: Dorothy Lane
Translators of Songs: Agnieszka Osiecka, Andrzej Jarecki
Translators of Libretto: Marjorie Hayes, Krzysztof Kopka
Director: Tadeusz Bradecki

Auditorium: Boguslawski Hall
Running time: 2 hours 45 min, two intervals

Happy End

director: Tadeusz Bradecki
set design: Jagna Janicka
musical director: Mirosław Jastrzębski
choreography: Jacek Badurek
lighting design: Mirosław Poznański
vocal preparation: Aldona Krasucka
sound director: Andrzej Rewak

Cast:

The Gang

Bill Cracker Grzegorz Małecki
Sam "Mammy" Wurlitzer Arkadiusz Janiczek
Dr. Nakamura ("The Governor") Emilian Kamiński
Jimmy Dexter ("The Reverend") Paweł Tołwiński / Jan Monczka (understudy)
Bob Marker ("The Professor") Andrzej Blumenfeld
Johnny Flint ("Baby Face") Leszek Zduń
Lady in Grey ("The Fly") Monika Dryl / Kinga Ilgner (understudy)
Miriam Bożena Stachura

The Salvation Army

Major Stone Wiesława Niemyska
Captain Hannibal Jackson Modest Ruciński / Marcin Przybylski (understudy)
Lieutenant Lilian Holiday ("Hallelujah Lil") Katarzyna Kurylońska (guest actress) / Aneta Todorczuk-Perchuć (understudy)
Sister Mary Joanna Kwiatkowska-Zduń
Sister Jane Ewa Konstancja Bułhak
Brother Ben Owens Jerzy Łapiński

and

Cop Marek Barbasiewicz / Jacek Różański (understudy)
Faithfuls 
Jacek Jarosz (guest actor)
Katarzyna Taracińska-Badura / Dorota Rubin (understudy; guest actress)
Robert T. Majewski
Jan Monczka / Paweł Tołwiński (understudy)

a music band under direction of Mirosław Jastrzębski

alto saxophone Bronisław Zawaliński / Mariusz Mielcarek (understudy)
tenor saxophone Michał Kulenty / Michał Sobiera (understudy)
trumpet I Robert Majewski / Robert Murakowski
trumpet II Łukasz Korybalski, Maciej Piwkowski
trombone Piotr Wróbel / Dariusz Plichta (understudy)
drums Wojciech Kowalewski / Rafał Klimczuk (understudy)
banjo / guitar / Hawaiian guitar Jacek Wąsowski / Marek Walawender (understudy)
bandoneon Dariusz Świnoga / Grzegorz Toporowski (understudy)
piano Aldona Krasucka / Miłosława Brzezińska (understudy)

Production team:

  • director's assistant: Leszek Zduń
  • set designer's assistants: Jadwiga Michalska, Anita Trzaskowska
  • lighting technicians: Zbigniew Szulim, Korneliusz Wieczorek
  • sound technicians: Rafał Barański, Mariusz Maszewski
  • stage manager: Krzysztof Kuszczyk
  • prompter: Alina Wieczorkówna

Gallery:

Leszek Zduń (Johnny Flint), Arkadiusz Janiczek (Sam Wurlitzer), Emilian Kamiński (Dr. Nakamura), Paweł Tołwiński (Jimmy Dexter), Andrzej Blumenfeld (Bob Marker). Phot. Michał Mrowiec

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