(THEATER) Sarah Kane’s Crave is traditionally played as a staged reading: four actors in chairs facing down the audience. But fuck tradition. Washington Ensemble Theatre’s stupefyingly imaginative staging shoves the characters to the bottom of what looks like a very small swimming pool, where the text—dripping with sex, loathing, and allusive beauty—can truly shake free from the page. Short, nasty, and not at all sweet, this play will keep you up all night long. (WET at the Little Theatre, 608 19th Ave E, 800-838-3006 or www.brownpaperticket.com. Thurs–Mon at 8 pm, $10–$15, through Oct 3.) ANNIE WAGNER