In Performance: Taylor Mac of \'Good Person of Szechwan\'

Bertolt Brecht’s “Good Person of Szechwan” asks what it means to live a virtuous life in a corrupt society. In the Foundry Theater’s new production, the actor Taylor Mac takes on dual roles: Shen Te, a hospitable prostitute turned shopkeeper and, in disguise, Shui Ta, her more pragmatically minded male cousin. In this scene Shen Te reveals that she has taken on both identities and asks: “Why is suffering reserved for the good and why is so much wickedness rewarded” The show runs through Feb. 24 at the Ellen Stewart Theater at La MaMa.

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