The Caucasian Chalk Circle

by Bertolt Brecht
Directed by Michael Costello
April 8-12 at 7:30 pm, April 13 at 2pm
$10 General, $5 students    

Based on an ancient Chinese story,  The Caucasian Chalk Circle is an epic tale of sacrifice and justice.  When war begins, Grusha, a kitchen maid, risks her own life to save the life of a noble child.  Escaping the city, where the child would certainly be murdered, she takes the infant with her on a perilous journey.  Her story and the story of Azdak, a drunken, irreverent judge who rules with judicial anarchy, merge in a trial that will determine the child’s true mother by the test of the chalk circle. In this play, Brecht uses eccentric characters to reveal the depths of human emotions and to craft scenes of uproarious humor.