The University of Indianapolis Department of Theatre will present two weekends of the Bertolt Brecht classic The Good Person of Szechwan, an intercultural play that blends the author’s fascination with Chinese theatricality, German politics and American detective novels.
 
Directed by Jennifer Alexander and opening Feb. 19, the UIndy production is a fast-moving comedy/drama with music that explores right and wrong in the real world through the tale of Shen Teh, a goodhearted but penniless prostitute. When three gods come to earth in search of a thoroughly good person, they encounter Shen Teh, who offers them shelter.

Rewarded with enough money to open a tobacco shop, “Angel of the Slums” Shen Teh soon becomes so overwhelmed by the demands of people seeking assistance that she invents a male alter ego, “Tobacco King” Shui Ta, to deal ruthlessly with the business of living in an evil world. The play contains adult themes and language.
 
Performances are scheduled for 8 p.m. Feb. 19-20 and 25-27 and 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, in Esch Hall’s Ransburg Auditorium, 1400 E. Hanna Ave. Admission is $10 general, $8 for students, seniors and groups of eight or more. For more information call (317) 788-3251 or visit http://arts.uindy.edu.
 
AT A GLANCE
Theater: The Good Person of Szechwan
When: 8 p.m. Feb. 19-20 and 25-27, 3 p.m. Feb. 21
Where: Esch Hall, Ransburg Auditorium
              University of Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Ave.
Admission: $10; $8 students, seniors, groups of eight or more
Box office: (317) 788-3251
Information: http://arts.uindy.edu