Pittsburgh's Quantum Theatre's 'The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'

90.5 WESA: The original silent film, after all, is considered both a critique of authoritarianism and a premonition of the coming rise of Nazism. And playwright Jay Ball’s adaptation, with its heady, play-within-a-play structure and references to Bertolt Brecht, doesn’t exactly play to the cheap seats. Nor does it reassure its audience everything’s gonna be alright.