Two weeks ago we saw an excellent adaptation of Ibsen's 'An Enemy of the People' at Centenary (excellent performances of terrible characters left me incensed). Last week it was an adaptation of Orwell's '1984' at Kilgore (impeccably performed, but not a very good adaptation). This week we'll be seeing 'Urinetown' at Bossier Parish.

Arguably, many plays are about the struggle against types of totalitarianism and power abuse, but that all three of these colleges are opening their current season with overtly politcal pieces portraying governmental corruption has caught my attention.

None of the plays are specifically liberal in terms of current US politics (though the dark mindsets portrayed in them tend to be harbored more among conservatives, in my experience), but I can't escape the feeling they're being performed at least in part as a response to Trump's presidency.

That the leaders of these departments, adults like Micah Goodding and Logan Sledge, would tend to have a liberal bent wouldn't surprise me at all, but what I'm really wondering is how things are playing out behind the scenes with the young East Texan/West Louisianan theater students, particularly the white ones.