Heroes of the Fourth Turning captures right-wing angst

Seeing Will Arbery’s Heroes of the Fourth Turning at A Red Orchid Theatre the same weekend as Erik Gernand’s Year One provided an interesting study in contrasts and parallels. Where Gernand’s play depicts one provincial family in 1933 Germany wrestling with the rise of Hitler, Arbery’s 2019 play puts us closer to our own time, after the first election of Donald Trump. But instead of a family of nice middle-class people finding out how ill-equipped they are to face fascism, the characters in Arbery’s play, at least on the surface, are the victors in the culture wars. Heroes of the Fourth TurningThrough 12/6: Thu–Fri 7 PM, Sat 3 and 7 PM, Sun 3 PM; also Mon 11/23 7 PM (industry night); no shows Thu 11/26; A Red Orchid Theatre, 1531 N.

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