Date: Ongoing every day from April 25, 2013 through April 27, 2013. 7:00 PM.
Location: The Nitery, 514 Lasuen Mall
As part of our two-year exploration of the ethics of wealth, the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society has teamed up with Stanford Summer Theater to present Bertolt Brecht's The Exception and the Rule, directed by Rush Rehm and music by Michael St. Claire. The cast includes Tom Freeland, April Green, Courtney Walsh, Carolyn MacDonald, and Basel Al-Naffouri. The Exception and the Rule is one of several Lehrstücke (“learning plays”) Bertolt Brecht wrote in 1929/30. Performed in factories and schools, these “learning plays” aimed to show workers and students the inherent (and inhuman) contradictions of capitalism. The play tells the story of a wealthy merchant who must cross the fictional Yahi Desert to close an oil deal. In this highly physical and often comic journey, Brecht exposes the class differences between the profit-hungry merchant and his working-class porter, and he reveals how the legal system takes care of those “who matter.” There are performances on Wed April 24 (preview), Thursday April 25, Friday April 26 (2 shows) and Saturday April 27 (2 shows). The play lasts 65 minutes, and all but the Wednesday Preview and the Friday late show will be followed by a post-show discussion:Thurs 7:00pm performance: talk back with Harry Elam, Drama Fri 7:00pm performance: talk back with Barbara Fried, Law Sat 2:00pm performance: talk back with Carl Weber, Drama Sat 7:00pm performance: talk back with Debra Satz, Philosophy and Josh Ober, Political Science/Classics Tickets are free but you must reserve a seat via the Stanford Ticket Office. There is a maximum of 6 seats per order. Tickets can be picked up in advance at the Ticket Office (second floor of Tresidder Union or call 650-725-2787) or at Will Call 40 minutes before curtain. As the performances are free and the house holds only 70 patrons, we expect a large turnout so please pick up your tickets no later than 10 minutes before curtain. Tickets NOT picked up by 10 minutes before curtain will be released.
Location: The Nitery, 514 Lasuen Mall
As part of our two-year exploration of the ethics of wealth, the McCoy Family Center for Ethics in Society has teamed up with Stanford Summer Theater to present Bertolt Brecht's The Exception and the Rule, directed by Rush Rehm and music by Michael St. Claire. The cast includes Tom Freeland, April Green, Courtney Walsh, Carolyn MacDonald, and Basel Al-Naffouri. The Exception and the Rule is one of several Lehrstücke (“learning plays”) Bertolt Brecht wrote in 1929/30. Performed in factories and schools, these “learning plays” aimed to show workers and students the inherent (and inhuman) contradictions of capitalism. The play tells the story of a wealthy merchant who must cross the fictional Yahi Desert to close an oil deal. In this highly physical and often comic journey, Brecht exposes the class differences between the profit-hungry merchant and his working-class porter, and he reveals how the legal system takes care of those “who matter.” There are performances on Wed April 24 (preview), Thursday April 25, Friday April 26 (2 shows) and Saturday April 27 (2 shows). The play lasts 65 minutes, and all but the Wednesday Preview and the Friday late show will be followed by a post-show discussion:Thurs 7:00pm performance: talk back with Harry Elam, Drama Fri 7:00pm performance: talk back with Barbara Fried, Law Sat 2:00pm performance: talk back with Carl Weber, Drama Sat 7:00pm performance: talk back with Debra Satz, Philosophy and Josh Ober, Political Science/Classics Tickets are free but you must reserve a seat via the Stanford Ticket Office. There is a maximum of 6 seats per order. Tickets can be picked up in advance at the Ticket Office (second floor of Tresidder Union or call 650-725-2787) or at Will Call 40 minutes before curtain. As the performances are free and the house holds only 70 patrons, we expect a large turnout so please pick up your tickets no later than 10 minutes before curtain. Tickets NOT picked up by 10 minutes before curtain will be released.