There isn’t much that’s funny about poverty. But playwright David Lindsay-Abaire uses humor to make a serious point about the issue in his play, “Good People,” Winding Road Theatre Ensemble’s latest offering.
The story takes us to south Boston, where Margie has lost her job, is about to lose her apartment and is consumed with how she and her adult daughter, who has a disability, will survive.
She has hope that an old boyfriend, now a doctor, might be able to hire her. And so begin acts of desperation.
Glen Coffman directs the Tony-nominated play.
“The economic precariousness of recent times has forced a downward trend in the fortunes of many, but none so much as the poor and working poor,” Coffman said in a release. “‘Good People’ is a glimpse into the lives of those living on the economic knife-edge and how luck and a regrettable choice or two can be the difference between ‘comfortable’ and ‘uncomfortable.’”
The cast includes Maria Caprile, Josh Parra, Peg Peterson, Toni Press-Coffman, Tony Caprile and Carley Preston.
It previews at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 1, and opens at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 2 at Scoundrel & Scamp Studio Theatre in The Historic Y, 738 N. Fifth Ave. Performances continue through Nov. 18. The preview is $22; regular performances are $28.
For more information, call 401-3626 or visit Windingroadtheater.org
