Kecia Lewis is nearly heroic as Mother Courage in the Classic Stage Company’s production of Brecht’s anti-war epic – not the way she’s playing the character, but the actress herself, because she agreed to take over from Tonya Pinkins, who left two days before the show’s planned January 7th opening.
..As it turns out, in Kecia Lewis’s hands Mother Courage is indeed strong – both fierce and earthy as an itinerant merchant who tries to make a profit over whichever side is winning the war at the moment. She is also, as Brecht wrote her, delusional…
Full review in DC Theatre Scene
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Kecia Lewis as Mother Courage
Kecia Lewis as Mother Courage with two of her children, portray by Deandre Savon and Mirirai Sithole
Mother Courage and Her Children Classic Stage Company Keisha Lewis Joshua Boone, Curtiss Cook Jr., Kevin Mambo, Jacob Ming-Trent, Geoffrey Owens, Michael Potts, Deandre Sevon, Mirirai Sithole, Zenzi Williams –
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Michael Potts as chaplain Production Credits: Brian Kulick (director) Tony Striates (set design) Toni-Leslie James (costume design) Justin Townsend (lighting design) Matt Stine (sound design) Other Credits: Written by: Bertolt Brecht – See more at: http://www.playbill.com/events/event_detail/mother-courage-and-her-children-at-classic-stage-company-370573#sthash.iEnLEYen.dpuf
