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Brainpeople

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You want to know what the soul is like
This one’s in shreds. José Rivera

Written by Oscar nominated José Rivera, produced by Seattle’s Latino Theatre Projects, Brainpeople, an extremely interesting play, opened this weekend at Theatre off Jackson, complete with exceptional production values and a cast to match.

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The Moonshine Revival Tent: Revives Story Telling

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Modern Storytelling

Two delightful Storytelling shows are running this weekend at 18th and Union, Why the Moon Hides his Face and All Her Earthly Days (and other American Fairy Tales) both by Bret Fetzer’s The Moonshine Revival Tent crew, which is a unique fusion of storytelling and a cappella choral singing. Written by the eloquent Bret Fetzer, his fairy tales take place in a world half-Appalachian, half-Dust-Bowl, where magic springs from coal mines and cigarettes, where there is always a morality, wit, superb writing, delightful singing and an excellent performance from Bret and singer Sari Breznau, Mike Gilson, Christine Longé and Jillian Vashro

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The Diabolical Elixir-A Live Radio Show of the Gothic Variety

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The Diabolical Elixir

Thanks to Garrison Keiller and the downloadable internet, radio shows and radio plays i.e plays written specifically for radio, have had a revival. N.B. Competition with television made radios shows and plays dinosaurs in the U.S. in the ‘50s and ‘60s. In Seattle, there is not only Sandbox Productions, which has quarterly productions, but also Madcap Melodrama. On Tuesday, September 23, Madcap performed a live original radio play The Diabolical Elixir, a spoof of 19th Century melodrama, with an outstanding cast and exquisite sound effects

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The Good Woman of Setzuan

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Erst kommt das Fressen,
Dann kommt die Moral

(First ya gotta have a full belly,
Then morality follows.) Bertholdt Brecht

Bertolt Brecht’s Der gute Mensch von Sezuan, (imperfectly translated as The Good Woman of Szechuan, instead of the Good Person or more literally the Good Human Being ) opened at ACT Lab this weekend. It poses the great moral question of all time: “Is it possible for a morally good person to survive in a society ruled by egotism, corruption, exploitation and greed.” The answer Brecht, who died in 1956, would have given would be “not under Capitalism.” In 2018, knowing about the corruption of various Capitalist, Communist and Religious regimes, it seems there is no answer.

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