Good Person

Tonight I saw the 2nd play in this summer’s CalShakes season, Bertolt Brecht’s The Good Person of Szechwan. It was a relatively warm evening, and I made it up to Orinda in record time. I wasn’t sure what to expect as this is the first Brecht play I’ve seen. This was extremely well done, and well acted. The play is basically a meditation on what it is to be good, and questions how one can truly be good with all the natural pressures one has to be selfish just to survive. The cast floated seamlessly through multiple roles, and even though it was 3 hours, it didn’t seem to drag at all. It was punctuated throughout with some interesting music, and had a very strong moving ending. I’ve now had two very good plays in a row. Lets hope the next one holds up.