Welcome to Gleason Street—where the teachers are underpaid, the head of school is overwhelmed, and we do NOT talk about that thing that happened at the last parents council meeting (so don’t bother asking about it).
As the audience tours the struggling elementary school, each classroom explored and each encounter witnessed could upend our assumptions about the ways we educate, govern, and collectively strive toward the greater good.
World Premiere with A.R.T. & Company One Theatre at the Commonwealth School, 2019
Greater Good
by Kirsten Greenidge
Associate Director (directed by Steven Bogart)
Cast
Kyle - Dev Blair
Michael - Dominic Carter
Kim - Blyss Cleveland
Christine/Ann - Rachel Cognata
Adams - Shahjehan Khan
Fern - Becca A. Lewis
Isa - Raijene Murchison
Val - Christine Power
Gordon - Brooks Reeves
Production Team
Playwright - Kirsten Greenidge
Director - Steven Bogart
Associate Director - Josh Glenn-Kayden
Dramaturg - Ilana M. Brownstein
Scenic Designer - Cristina Tedesco
Costume Designer - Chelsea Kerl
Lighting Designer - Justin Paice
Sound Designer - Lee Schuna
Props Master - Kelly Smith
Video Designer - John ADEkoje
Stage Manager - Ashmita Malkani
Assistant Stage Managers - Jolie Frazer-Made & Jake Mariño
Assistant Dramaturg - Lina Pulgarin Duque
Assistant Director - Rosalind Bevan