Mary Humphrey Baldridge

The Sanitation Chronicles Reviewed in RetroVision Media – by Lee

The Sanitation Chronicles starring Richard Bey, written by Paul Brno and Mary Baldridge is a great recommendation for some Black Box Theater this weekend. This salty, dirty finger nailed, rumpled shirted comedy takes place in a New York city Sanitation Department garage, highlights the low lives of the invisible people that few pay attention to until they are on strike. Richard Bey plays Johnny, the lovable softhearted loser lending a hand in the lives of his co-workers to advise, cajole, and support the many problems all are having trouble dealing with because of a limited capacity to cope.

From the ex-boxer drag queen looking to establish a lasting relationship to the on the job junkie fearing the random drug test, to the Vietnam vet reliving his recon trips in the jungle to the neighborhood hooker dropping by occasionally to offer fantasy relief, to the ever present rebel rousing muckraking troublemaker, Johnny manages to maintain a balanced and open minded outlook on life while managing to keep his own demons of failure in proper perspective.

Brno and Baldridge give us this story of a down to earth look at life among the people who make the rest of society's existence clean and bearable through compassion, wit, and a depth of human understanding. If you want a real story about real people living anything but ordinary lives, then The Sanitation Chronicles will be right up your trash filled alley.



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		*The Sanitation Chronicles* The Sanitation Chronicles Reviewed in RetroVision Media – by Lee The Sanitation Chronicles starring Richard Bey, written by Paul Brno and Mary Baldridge is a great recommendation for some Black Box Theater this weekend. This salty, dirty finger nailed, rumpled shirted comedy takes place in a New York city Sanitation Department garage, highlights the low lives of the invisible people that few pay attention to until they are on strike. Richard Bey plays Johnny, the lovable softhearted loser lending a hand in the lives of his co-workers to advise, cajole, and support the many problems all are having trouble dealing with because of a limited capacity to cope. From the ex-boxer drag queen looking to establish a lasting relationship to the on the job junkie fearing the random drug test, to the Vietnam vet reliving his recon trips in the jungle to the neighborhood hooker dropping by occasionally to offer fantasy relief, to the ever present rebel rousing muckraking troublemaker, Johnny manages to maintain a balanced and open minded outlook on life while managing to keep his own demons of failure in proper perspective. Brno and Baldridge give us this story of a down to earth look at life among the people who make the rest of society's existence clean and bearable through compassion, wit, and a depth of human understanding. If you want a real story about real people living anything but ordinary lives, then The Sanitation Chronicles will be right up your trash filled alley.