Set in South Boston,
Good People deals with class issues that most of us want to ignore: why do some people get out of Southie and why are others stuck there? The play, with good humor (that is never condescending or mean) carefully examines each reason or justification that we might carelessly toss out as an answer. Turning over the excuses, turning them inside out, and bringing the hidden into focus, it forces us to rethink easy platitudes and self-righteousness.
TheaterWorks' director Rob Ruggiero began with a strong script, and he didn't let it down. His excellent cast delivered us with characters and a story that was pitch perfect and perfectly timed. Erika Rolfrud as Margaret, the single mother who cannot even hold down a cashier's job at the local dollar store, is by turns infuriating and selfless.
It's productions such as this that make us subscribers to this fine local theater.
Highly recommended.
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