Review by James Wilkinson

A Grimm Thing – Directed by Joe Juknievich. Lighting Design: Abigail Wang. The ensemble includes: Isabelle Beagen, Dylan Goodman, Ryan Lemay, adian Madhurt Jo Michael Rezes and Kayleigh Kane. Produced by Entropy Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts March 8-10, 2019.

To begin at the beginning. The poster for Entropy Theatre’s premiere production, A Grimm Thing, depicts a young girl crouched on a path, presumably lost somewhere in the woods. The trees around her scale impossibly high, offering no real shade or comfort. If you look a little further down the lane is a squat wooden cabin, beyond that the mist and fog obscure any real indication of where the path we’re following will lead. Fear and dread hang in the air. We’ve entered the world of the Brothers Grimm. If your encounters with the brothers’ tales are limited to the versions produced by the Disney, you’re going to have to reorient yourself. Many of the original stories take a much darker view of the world than the one pushed by Uncle Walt. Here, blood is spilt, danger lurks around every corner and a ‘happily ever after’ is far from guaranteed.

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