Ghosts in the Cottonwoods

Adam Rapp directs a revised version of his first full-length play as a gritty showcase for the Amoralists’ gutsy young troupers. It’s a grotesque American Gothic, peppered with black comedy, sensationalistic violence and an oddly poetic backwoods patois, illustrating American alienation and familial decay. Although Rapp's symbolism seems fruitlessly enigmatic, the impressive ensemble makes it worth your time.—Paul Menard