Review: "Brecht: Call and Respond" Showcases a Terrific Trio of One-Act Plays
Brecht: Call and Respond The Jewish Wife Written by Bertolt Brecht Translated by Eric Bentley Sunset Point Written by Arlene Hutton Self Help in the Anthropocene Written by Kristin Idaszak Directed by Jerry Heymann Presented by New Light Theater Project at Paradise Factory 64 E 4th St., Manhattan, NYC January 30-February 15, 2020 Susan Lynskey and Michael Aguirre in The Jewish Wife . Photo by Hunter Canning History repeats itself, with consequential variations, in Brecht: Call and Respond . Part of the Spotlight Series presented by New Light Theater Project (which also recently presented Everything is Super Great , reviewed by us here ), Brecht: Call and Respond comprises a trio of one-act plays, each featuring a pair of characters, transports audiences to the past, present, and future of a world riven by often-minimized prejudice and oppression. The cliché that everything old is new again may not always be good for our planet, but it does make fo...