Free theater in Central Park! Even though it was a hot day, I decided to take in Elephant Run District’s presentation of three Bertolt Brecht one act plays – The Elephant Calf (1926), In Search of Justice (1938), and The Exception and the Rule (1929).
The outdoor staging had a playful quality to it, including limited use of masks and puppetry. From the little reading I did about Brecht after seeing the production, the director included hallmark devices such as adding snippets of songs, addressing the audience directly, and so forth. The thrust of all three one acts was slightly political as well as slightly absurd.
All six in the cast were effective in their characterizations and their realizations of the texts. As I see it, this was not great drama but a nice summer divertissement, a little on the quirky side. And the price was right. For any New York readers, there are two more performances, July 27 and 28.
ConcertMeister
So fun!!
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