Philadelphia
Theater

Our Country’s Good

Name: Our Country’s Good
Start: 2025-02-21T19:30:00-05:00
End: 2025-02-21T21:00:00-05:00
Location: Gloria Dei Old Swedes Episcopal Church

: Feb. 21, 7:30 – 9 pm. Feb. 22, 7:30 – 9 pm & 2 – 4 pm. Feb. 23, 2 – 4 pm.

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Our Country’s Good

By Timberlake Wertenbaker

Directed by Taylor Harlow

February 21st, 22nd, 23rd.

Australia in 1789 is a hellish hole for English prisoners brought there to suffer. Out of these dreadful circumstances, a young married lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever staged in that country. With only two copies of the text, a cast of convicts, and a leading lady about to face the gallows, conditions are less than ideal. Based on the extraordinary true story of Australia’s first penal colony and with deportation as punishment more relevant than ever, Our Country’s Good asks if it may be possible to combat dehumanization with the power of theater.

Randall Theater @ 2020 N. 13th St, Philadelphia, PA.