The Resistible Rise Of Arturo Ui

A community partnership production with Stageworks Theatre located at 1120 E. Kennedy Blvd.,
West Building #151, Tampa, FL 33602

Brecht’s shudderingly accurate parallel between Hitler and his henchmen on the one hand and the old crime lords of Chicago on the other is a vigorous eye opener that was produced on Broadway with Christopher Plummer. The Cauliflower Trust in Chicago is in need of help and turns to a racketeer by the name of Arturo Ui to begin a “protection” campaign. His henchmen look astonishingly like Goebbels and Goring. Their activities include “accidental” fires and a St. Valentine’s Day massacre.