With frustrations over high rents and a pervasive suspicion that Portland is turning into a mere amusement park for the young and wealthy, the work of Jean Genet—famous critic of the bourgeoisie—has resurfaced just in time. Public Citizen Theatre’s inaugural production is a faithful performance of The Maids, featuring Martin Crimp’s translation and Aaron Filyaw’s directorial debut. The play—about murderous servant—feels contemporary some 69 years after Genet penned it. Sure, live-in maids aren’t much found in middle-class homes these days, but the existential desperation at the core of Genet’s drama is woefully timely. KATIE PELLETIER