Are you tired of not having a way to explain religion to your kids? Are you tired of not having enough food in the house? Are you tired of not having a way to explain the current status of Puerto Rican debt to your child?

Well your fears are allayed with the creation of the troupe, Bread and Puppet. This group manages to find a kid friendly way of discussing major issues such as climate change, Puerto Rico's debt, Refugees in America, and much more. When I first heard of them I thought it would have been much different, though I was proven wrong.

The way that the entire performance is framed is through a non-conventional religious ceremony. It resembles mass in the Catholic faith. The ceremony begins with an unholy Eucharist; which consists of bread and aioli. This part of the performance made me think of a book called The Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

This book is about a strange religion called Pastafarrianism and how this religion works. The "god" of this religion is the aforementioned Flying Spaghetti Monster, and people believe noodles are a higher part of life. The comparison is apt because of the way that ceremony is an unconventional religion.

After the presentation of the “eucharist” comes the revealing of the gods of the day. Several gods are presented and then comes the reading of the first scripture; which was a quote from Donald Trump about the environment. The scriptures consisted of quotes, or statements regarding a particular topic.

The topics that were brought up were Mother Earth and the Oregon 21, Puerto Rico’s Debt Crisis, Trump’s Wall, Refugees & Migrants and a few others. These issues were presented using testimonials which provided a comical way of explaining the possible ways to fix certain situations.

Once the testimonials were finished the scripture would be thrown into the mouth of Hell, a large face surrounded by fire. The entire performance goes like this for a while before the troupe leads the audience outside to shout at the sky and see if anything shouts back. This is to question whether or not God is really listening to them.

The entire performance is something similar to a funeral themed wedding. The players provide facts to the audience that really inform them on what's going on in the world. Although it starts out sounding somewhat "preachy" it ends on a note that society is really going to Hell; and even he doesn't like us.

Overall though, the troupe deserves credit for informing children about such major issues that most adults may not be able to understand. If there were more concerned troupes like Bread and Puppet we'd be a well-informed electorate instead of a well opinionated one.