‘Good Medicine’ showcases top Native standups

If the classic site for standup comedy is a cramped cellar with brick walls and low ceilings, it’d be hard to find a venue farther from that archetype than the Bruns Amphitheater.

Now, as part of California Shakespeare Theater’s Season of Shared Light, the company is hosting “Good Medicine,” an evening of standup comedy featuring Native American performers Marc Yaffee, Adrianne Chalepah, Kaitlyn Jeffers, Jackie Keliiaa and Brian Bahe, above.

Keliiaa, who is based in Oakland, produced “Good Medicine” as an online event in May 2020; since then she has raised more than $11,000 for tribes affected by COVID. The show is the series’ first inperson event.

“These Native comedians are using comedy to redefine Native identity in their own words and on their own terms,” Keliiaa said in a statement. “Good Medicine: A Night of Live Stand-Up”: 8 p.m. Saturday, July 17. $25-$65. California Shakespeare Theater, 100 California Shakespeare Theater Way, Orinda. 510-548-9666. www.cal shakes.org

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Jordan Ashleigh