Tonight I saw the first play of this year’s CalShakes season, American Night, The Ballad of Juan José. It was great to get out and see some live theater again. This was a very modern play built around a Mexican immigrant’s dreams through American history while studying for his citizenship test. It was over the top comedy with some very pointed political messages dealing with some less wonderful aspects of our history as well as pointing to some often overlooked characters and groups. All in all a very interesting and entertaining play.
Due to some missing folks, it was just me and Bill who made it. It was a nice balmy night, and a wonderful way to kick off the new season.