COST OF LIVING

ET Russian
A health care worker in scrubs kneels on the tiled white floor of a shower stall, sponge bathing a person seated in a shower chair. The health care worker has long black hair pulled up in a bun, brown skin, a flower print on their scrubs, and is wearing a badge. The person being bathed has short brown hair, light skin, and is wearing a yellow towel across their lap. The health care worker looks up at the person being bathed while they face upward, laughing as water from the adjustable shower head falls down over their head and body. A yellow shower curtain hangs on the right side of the image, with some water splashing on it. Grab bars are in the background. Text on the poster reads: Sound Theatre Company presents COST OF LIVING by Martyna Majok Directed by Teresa Thuman

June 8 – July 1 , 2023

I illustrated the poster for Sound Theatre Company’s production of Martyna Majok’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play COST OF LIVING (tickets here). Co-Artistic Director Teresa Thuman returns to the director’s seat for this deeply touching drama about isolation, alienation, and the yearning for human connection. Majok does not shy away from the truths of our world today, yet paints a beautiful portrait of four individuals across stratas of disability, race, gender, immigration status, class, care-giving and care-receiving.

In the late-COVID times, this story is prescient. In it, we may discover small pockets of tender humanity when we extend a helping hand.

Published by ET Russian

ET Russian is a writer and artist living in Seattle, Washington.