In an unusual twist, the troupe at the beginning lacked not funds nor students, but a teacher. Says Kuo, "We were all dressed up with no one to tell us where to go."
一開始是老師有了，學戲的孩子有了，然後是經費撥下，「但還欠『東風』」，郭端鎮說，「沒有教戲的師傅，我們仍是一籌莫展。」