BrechtFest VII ft. David C. Symons, Harry Mayronne & More!

Tuesday, February 3, 2026 - 8:00pm

Twilight Room at The Allways Lounge

2240 St Claude Ave
New Orleans, LA
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Doors 7:30pm | Show 8pm 

“BrechtFest VII", the seventh annual New Orleans celebration of the writings of German poet and playwright Bertolt Brecht, will take place on February 3rd & 4th. 

The performance includes music, spoken word, and puppetry. Presenters David C. Symons (accordion) and Harry Mayronne (Piano and Puppetry) are joined  by musicians Chris Beroes-Haigis (cello), David Buchbinder (trumpet), Hannah Davis (percussion), Matt Andrews (violin), Stoo Odom (bass), Susanne Ortner (clarinet), Featured performers include Kitty Baudoin, Sarah Brecht, Bremner Duthie, Karen Kunkel, Anna Laura Quinn, Stephanie Reed,  Yusa, and Chris Wecklein. The performers’ collective credits include Broadway, BerlinerEnsemble, the original production of Anais Mitchell's Hadestown”. Edinburgh Fringe, and Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival,  as well as the Allways Lounge presentations of Brecht/Weill’s “Happy End” and “The Threepenny Opera” (co-produced with Cripple Creek Theatre);  and the bands The Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band and The Salt Wives.

The performance features the music of Weill, Eisler, Symons, Mayronne. and Buchbinder. 

A portion of the proceeds will benefit Innocence and Justice Louisiana. 

Tickets $30 

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