Stephanie Timm writes
grim comedies that happen somewhere between the world we live in and the one we remember from fairy tales. In
Crumbs, a snowy small town is our setting, the local crazy is our narrator, a
sexually precocious little girl is Little Red Riding Hood, a menacing stranger is the Big, Bad Wolf—and that's just one of a dozen subplots. Plus: pet murders,
little old ladies, fishing,
an ice pick, and enough sexual tension to power all of Nebraska. (
Washington Ensemble Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 800-838-3006. 8 pm, $15—$18.)