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The Mystery Plays by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, currently being staged by the Philadelphia Theatre Workshop, is an interesting work to wrap your head around: it is, at first at least, quite literally an evening of related-but-not-too-closely-linked mystery plays—two, to be exact. Only, they're not quite mystery plays: the first one is a tale of the supernatural that combines Hitchcock with George Romero—there is mystery there, but it seems almost secondary to the creepiness; the second, a family drama, is less a mystery than the story behind a cold case. The play is simultaneously exactly what its title indicates, and not what the title indicates at all.

I haven't studied a lot of Brecht. But from what I have studied, I feel very safe in making the assertion that Brecht is either someone that people either adore and worship and elevate, or he's someone whose work people really can't stand. I lean heavily toward the former, which is why I was so excited to see The Wilma Theater's production of .

The first trick to a successful production is having a really solid script. That should go without saying, but it's amazing how many bad scripts there are out there, being produced with less-than-successful results. Brian Golden's is, mercifully, exactly the opposite of that: a tight, clean, well-plotted script that moves along at a good pace and feels significantly shorter than its nearly 150-minute running time.

. I’ll wait.