Tonight I headed up to Orinda to se the second play in this year’s CalShakes season, Everybody. This was a modern play based upon an ancient morality play. Despite making the mistake of looking at a couple of reviews that were fairly luke-warm on it, I actually liked it quite a bit. It was somewhat challenging, but one character played “everybody” and many of the other characters became anthropomorphized versions of things like friendship, family, possessions, love, …. As everybody is summoned at the behest of God through death she must confront the value of these various elements as the inevitable end of life approaches. It was fairly short, but I thought it was thought provoking and funny and made for a nice evening out.
This was another solo venture. Bill and Andy again had a schedule conflict, which I guess is becoming permanent, and I had no other takers. It looks like I may have to reduce my subscription next year.