Written & Directed by:

Richard Maxwell

Performed:

September 2006:

Theater Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Cast:

Wolfgang Reuter - WOLFGANG MENTIS, grandfather, patriarch

Susanne Bredehoft - BERURIA MENTIS, Frau Mentis

Nicole Kersten - WILHELMINE "MINNA" MENTIS, their daughter

Raphael Rubino - WILLIE MENTIS, their son

Olivia Putnam - HERMELINDA MENTIS, the granddaughter

Otto Denda - CARL GERLACH, big shot in town, BERURIA's brother

Marita Ragonese - ALETA ROMA, MENTIS' mistress, a gypsy

Andreas Maier - GIBBER GREYER, a dentist/barber

Jens Kerbel - HONOUR MERTZGER, rich dude

Tim Wittkop - DARREL RHINE, boyfriend to HERMELINDA

Wolfgang Reer - ALFY GREEN, a jeweler

Peter Nitzsche - RAINER PUTZRAUM, pettifogger, hustler

Brian Mendes - MUNOZ TEDDY, town leader

Paul Dooling - ELOY TOWNSEND, English/American cat

Sibyl Kempson - ISIDORE BORCHERS, tour guide

Faith Gibson - STACIA MONS, friend of MUNOZ TEDDY

Vivienne Dooling - CAROLINE TIJUANA, vigilante woman

Linda Starodub - BELLONA BAUSCH, vigilante woman

Devon Putnam - PERKE GRAVELLE, recent widow/vigilante woman

Jim Fletcher - DAN GREYSON, farmer cat

Tim Mrosek - SLIM PRINGLES, hired hand

(?) - ISHI, the tree

Band:

Stephan Langenberg (acc), Lothar van Staa (bcl, cl, fl), Ralph Beerkircher (g), Thomas Wille (b, tu), Michael Barfuss (p)

Songs:

Richard Maxwell

Composition & Arrangements:

Michael Barfuss

Set & Lights:

Sascha van Riel

Costumes:

Kaye Voyce

Dramaturgy:

Stephanie Grave

Assistant Director:

Jens Kerbel

Dramaturgy's Assistant:

Kristina Wydra

Photos by Thilo Beu