The Good Woman of Setzuan program

THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN
by Bertolt Brecht
Revised English version by Eric Bentley

DIRECTED BY KATHERINE MENDELOFF

Set Designer Composer Gavin Holmes Alice Eve Cohen Lighting Designer Music Director Terry Cobb Paul Timmel Costume Designer Cara Rowe The play is set in the square of a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of a town in Setzuan, China, in the late 1930's, before the Revolution. CAST Wong the Water Carrier..........................Peter Hertsgaard Three Gods .......................................Rodney Harding ..................................Steven G. Ingrassia ......................................Dorothy Dempsey Shen Te, a prostitute..............................Wendy Salkind Mrs. Shin...........................................Holly Prieto Family of Seven - Wife...........................Carolyn Spedden Husband............................Don Warthen Niece.........................Margaret Gunther Brother............................Paul Timmel Sister-in-law...................Sheila Dennehy Grandfather.......................Diana Bisser Boy..............................Elizabeth Yao Unemployed Man....................................Mark McPherson Carpenter....................................Steven G. Ingrassia Mrs. Mitzu...........................................Beth Swartz Yang Sun.......................................J. Dennis Marsico Policeman........................................Jarvis E. Leigh Old Woman.........................................Linda Chambers Old Man...............................................Ira Finkle Mr. Shu Fu........................................Mark McPherson Mrs. Yang..........................................Patty Fleagle Feng...............................................Elizabeth Yao

UMBC SUPPORT CREW Assistant Director, Stage Manager.........Jacqueline Y. Jackson Assistant Designer, Costumer........................Andre Stern Assistant Set Designer...........................Verna Williams Assistant Lighting Designer.......................Earl Thompson Assistant Prop Manager...............................Brenda Lee Homemade Instrument Assistant....................Mark McPherson Musicians............................Paul Timmel, Janice Jordan Music Rehearsal Assistant.............................Don Perry Vocal Consultant..................................Wendy Salkind Scenery Prop Crew..............John Fredrickson, Michelle Grant ................Gene O'Toole, Scott McCullough .....................Nancy Paterson, Don Perry .................Steve Plunkett, Victor Rivkin Light Running Crew..................Greg Phillips, Greg Raphael Costume Crew......................Dorothy Dempsey, Janel Hasset .........................Pamela Hubbard, Adria Land ............................Cora Ungar, Nilima Baht .........................................Chris Hall Make-Up and Hair.................................Sheily Dennehy Set-Up Crew.......................Kirk Benson, Margaret Fleming House, Box Office, Publicity............Betty Smith, Marla Gale ....................Sydel Kratchman

THANKS TO Hazel Chung, Professor Mantle Hood, Professor David Liang, Roxane Sismanidis, Professor William T. Brown, Betty Smith and Peggy von Briesen Thanks to John D. Dorsey for all his assistance. SPECIAL THANKS TO Dr. Dric Bentley UMBC THEATRE DEPARTMENT FACULTY William T. Brown - Associate Professor, Acting Chariman Professor E. T. Kirby Associate Professor X. Mehta Assistant Professors: G. Holmes, A. Robinson, C. Rowe, W. Salkind Instructors: T. Cobb, K. Mendeloff Performances were made possible by arrangements with Samuel French, Incorporated.

THE GOOD WOMAN OF SETZUAN by Bertolt Brecht Revised English version by Eric Bentley DIRECTED BY KATHERINE MENDELOFF