Kreutzer
Kreutzer is a genre-blending theatrical production that fuses three masterworks—Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata, Tolstoy’s incendiary novella The Kreutzer Sonata, and Janáček’s String Quartet No. 1 (Kreutzer Sonata)—into a provocative tale of jealousy and redemption. Set aboard a train with no clear beginning or end, the production immerses audiences in a powerful emotional landscape enriched by a haunting score interwoven with music by Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Ljova, and Tavener.
ABOUT KREUTZER
Kreutzer Program
Script based on The Kreutzer Sonata by Tolstoy, arranged by MinTze Wu
Beethoven | Sonata for violin and piano No. 9 “Kreutzer”
Rachmaninoff | Prelude in #C
Janáček | String Quartet no.1 “Kreutzer Sonata”
Rachmaninoff | Etudes-Tableaux op. 33 no.4
Shostakovich | Four Preludes
Tchaikovsky | String Quartet No.1 Andante Cantabile
Ljova | T’burg Main Street
Tavener | Wake up……and Die
2025 Production of Kreutzer
Production Team:
MinTze Wu | Artistic Director (BenFeng Music Productions)
Missy Moore | Artistic Director (Thunder River Theatre Company)
Mike Monroney | Stage Director
Danielle Taylor | Production Manager & Lighting Design
Adelaide Moore | Stage Manager
Nigel Brown | Sound Design
Taylor Barr | Set Design
Elizabeth Winn | Marketing & Publicity (BenFeng Music Productions)
Emily Henley | Front of House & Marketing (Thunder River Theatre Company)
Ensemble:
Micha Schoepe | Actor
MinTze Wu | Violin
Chieh-Fan Yiu | Viola
Chih-Long Hu | Piano
Delaney Meyers | Violin
Michael Graham | Cello
Jacob Danelle | Cello
Past Productions:
2019 Production of Kreutzer
Production Team:
MinTze Wu | Artistic Director
John Maloney | Stage Director
Nigel Brown | Sound Design
Jurgen Kolb | Light Design
Siao-Chien Huang | Set Design
Tzu-Chun Chen | Costume Design
Where Lin | Stage Manager
Ensemble:
Sunteck Yao | Actor
Chih-Long Hu | Piano
MinTze Wu | Violin
Kuan-Chang Tu | Violin
Chieh-Yu Lin | Viola
Michael Graham | Cello
Yi-Chung Chang | Cello
Ting-Ing Lin | Cello
Yu-Chieh Lin | Cello
HiCello Ensemble
What People Are Saying
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"OVERWHELMING! The music and story, though not written for one another, complement one another perfectly. Micha's performance was superb."
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"This production was fabulous. So wonderful to have such talent in our little town."
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"Phenomenal performance. The staging. The musicians. The actor. I was captivated. Bravo! Brava! More!!!!