• The Good Woman of Setzuan                                     
• Written by Bertolt Brecht.  Translated by Eric Bentley
• Directed by Allison Arkell Stockman
• Choreographed by Ashley Ivey
• Produced by Constellation Theatre Company
• Reviewed by Debbie Minter Jackson

In this fun-loving cautionary tale, Shen-Te, winningly played by Katie Atkinson proves to be a good woman, pleasing to the gods, sacrificing her own needs and well being for everybody else’s interest, and attempting to marry for love.  Except for the pleasing of the gods part, the rest of the premise could come straight out of any contemporary reality show filled with gaggles of friends and relatives having their say, action and reaction shots of the main character wrestling with conflicting emotions, some desperately trying to do the right thing in a “What’s in it for me?” society.  [Read more...]