The Mysterious Elephant, and the Terrible Tragedy of the Unlikely Addington Twins* (*Who Kill Him)

Description
Tragedies don't end well, the Addington twins' narrator informs them from his narrating chair, and he will brook no arguments from his subjects, who would much rather find themselves in a comedy or an adventure story. Playwright Emily Schwartz thrives at the intersection of goofy and ghoulish but cuts her creepiness with kindness. Winning, wide-eyed weirdos Carol Enoch and Matt Holzfeind as the twins anchor a crack cast of crackpots. Schwartz's company, Strange Tree, renders her plays with an immersive enthusiasm that serves to mask minor flaws in her writing; though Elephant's second act meanders a bit, we're coasting on so much goodwill we hardly notice.—KV