Producer: University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Theatre: The Freedman Theatre
Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina
March, 2023
Written by: Bertolt Brecht (Adapted by Tony Kushner)
Director: Carl Forsman
Set Designer: Nikolas R. Serrano
Assistant Set Designers: Ben Hirschfield and Bianca Decarli
Technical Director: Christopher Hackett
Charge Artist: Lauren Eckard
Lighting Designer: Stephen Smart
Props Director: Alex Drake
Costume Designer: Zoe Gilreath
Some Photos Taken By: Gisela Estrada
Act 1 Scene 1
Act 1 Scene 1
Act 1 Scene 1
Act 1 Scene 2
Act 1 Scene 2
Act 1 Scene 2
Act 1 Scene 3
Act 1 Scene 3
Act 1 Scene 3
Act 1 Scene 3
Act 2 Scene 5
Act 2 Scene 7
Act 2 Scene 8
Act 2 Scene 9
Act 2 Scene 10
Act 2 Scene 10
Act 2 Scene 12, The Ending
Act 2 Scene 12, The Ending
Video of The Ending
During the ending of the final scene the company of actors spread shoes across the floor as they exit through the loading dock door to the outside while Mother Courage follows them to the light with the wagon, trampling the shoes and not making it.
The concept of the shoes was an idea thought up by the set designer, Nikolas R. Serrano, through research of war depictions and the symbolism empty shoes carry.
Rendering of Mother Courage's Wagon
Modeled in 3D SketchUp and Rendered in Adobe Photoshop by Nikolas Serrano
Photoshop Rendering of Mother Courage's Wagon
Wagon Paint Elevation
Canon Paint Elevation
Burnt Tree Paint Treatment Elevation
Initial Sketch of Wagon Design
Sketch of Early Design Concept
