It was an evening in Surabaya at the beginning of 1962. The sound of ludruk is stirring several villages in this East Java capital. The common peoples theater which originated in Jombang and quickly spread to Surabaya is a cultural package which combines drama, music, song, dance and comedy at the same time. Each ludruk group, in addition to entertaining, also has messages for its audience. The messages are usually social criticism with satire c