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Good Person of Szechwan Cast & Creative

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? In this comic and complex play, one of Brecht's most entertaining characters, Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless, cross-dressing prostitute, is forced to disguise herself as a savvy businessman named Shui Ta to master the ruthlessness necessary to be a "good person" in a cruel world of limited resources.

This show is closed.

Performances ended on Dec. 8, 2013.

Show Overview

About Good Person of Szechwan

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? In this comic and complex play, one of Brecht's most entertaining characters, Shen Tei, the good-hearted, penniless, cross-dressing prostitute, is forced to disguise herself as a savvy businessman named Shui Ta to master the ruthlessness necessary to be a "good person" in a cruel world of limited resources.

Cast

Kate Benson
Performer
Ephraim Birney
Performer
Vinie Burrow
Performer
Clifton Duncan
Performer
Jack Alan Greenfield
Performer
Paul Juhn
Performer
Lisa Kron
Performer
Taylor Mac
Performer
Mary Shultz
Performer
Darryl Winslow
Performer

Creative

Written by
Bertolt Brecht
Translated by
John Willett
Director
Lear deBessonet
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