"The Good Person of Setzuan"

by Bertolt Brecht
adapted by Tony Kushner
Directed by Edward Isser

Set Design by Anshu Bhatia
Lighting Design by Matthew Wasser
Costume Design by Kurt S. Hultgren
Sound Design by Matthew Freje
Original Music by Stephen Murray

Images by Mike McMath

November 2023
  • The crowd expresses its displeasure.
  • Shen Te comforts Wang, the water carrier.
  • Gods give Shen Te a bag of money.
  • Shen Te feeds neighbors.
  • Family dances while Shen Te looks on.
  • Neighbors dance.
  • Shen Te becomes Shui Ta.
  • Shen Te disguished as Shui Ta in the middle of a rant.
  • Shen Te meets the pilot Sun.
  • Shen Te's landlady speaks with Shui Ta.
  • Shui Tta chastises workers.
  • Mrs. Shin, who formerly owned Shen Te's tobacco shop, talks with Sun and Shen Te on their wedding day. The priest looks on. No one looks happy.
  • Shen Te invites audience to dance at her wedding.
  • Mrs. Shin addresses crowd; Sun looks unhappy.
  • The gods talk to Shen Ta.
  • Busy workers in the Shen Te factory; Shui Ta ignores the activity and reads newspaper. Sun is in charge.
  • Shui Ta talks with policeman.
  • The crowd expresses its displeasure.
  • Shen Te comforts Wang, the water carrier.
  • Gods give Shen Te a bag of money.
  • Shen Te feeds neighbors.
  • Family dances while Shen Te looks on.
  • Neighbors dance.
  • Shen Te becomes Shui Ta.
  • Shen Te disguished as Shui Ta in the middle of a rant.
  • Shen Te meets the pilot Sun.
  • Shen Te's landlady speaks with Shui Ta.
  • Shui Tta chastises workers.
  • Mrs. Shin, who formerly owned Shen Te's tobacco shop, talks with Sun and Shen Te on their wedding day. The priest looks on. No one looks happy.
  • Shen Te invites audience to dance at her wedding.
  • Mrs. Shin addresses crowd; Sun looks unhappy.
  • The gods talk to Shen Ta.
  • Busy workers in the Shen Te factory; Shui Ta ignores the activity and reads newspaper. Sun is in charge.
  • Shui Ta talks with policeman.