February 1 – February 24, 2013

Please note that there will be NO LATE SEATING for this show

The waitlist starts at one hour before the curtain time. You have to be present at the Box Office to sign up.

“Here is a show that must be seen, must, must, must!”
- New York Times

“Utterly outstanding revival…[Taylor Mac ] gives one of the contemporary theatre’s more unforgettable performances”
- The New Yorker

“Genuinely curious about Brecht’s cutting questions rather than smug about any imagined answers…an entertainingly serious foray into Brechtland.” (4 Stars)
- Time Out NY

“[deBessonet] and her cast and crew manage to wipe the didactic dust off this “classic” playwright…Mac and his resounding voice are mesmerizing”
- Backstage

Can we practice goodness and create a world to sustain it? In Brecht’s comic and complex play, this question is raised by one of his most entertaining characters — Shen Tei the good-hearted, penniless, cross-dressing prostitute, who is forced to disguise herself as a savvy businessman named Sui Ta so she can master the ruthlessness needed to be a “good person” in a brutal world.

With Taylor Mac, “one of the most exciting theater artists of our times” (Time Out NY), as Shen Tei/Sui Ta and live music by “indie rock vaudevillians” (Spin magazine) César Alvarez & The Lisps, director Lear deBessonet brings this classic theatrical parable to life for the 21^st century.

By Bertolt Brecht
A The Foundry Theatre production
Directed by Lear deBessonet
with Taylor Mac as Shen Tei
Music by César Alvarez with The Lisps
http://www.thefoundrytheatre.org/goodperson/index.htm

Website: The Foundry Theatre

Showtimes:
Tuesday-Saturday 7:30pm
Sunday 2:30pm & 7:30pm
No show: Sunday, February 3
Additional show: Monday, February 4 at 7:30pm