The Outsider

At a time and in a place where a questionable real estate salesman and television contest host can become president, it seems preposterous to think that a man who knows what politics is and how to do it could succeed. It is preposterous, but that’s what happens in The Outsider, a political satire. Fri 8pm, Sat 8pm, Sun 2pm; Through 11/17; $21-$23; Chautauqua Playhouse, 5325 Engle Rd., Carmichael, (916) 489-7529, cplayhouse.org. J.C.