The Man Who Ate Michael Rockefeller

Jeff Cohen’s taut, engaging work of historical fiction, inspired by the 1961 disappearance of a rich American in New Guinea, explores complex themes while remaining outrageously funny. In a clever twist, Cohen's tribesmen (David King and the exceptional Daniel Morgan Shelley) converse in English while Rockefeller (Aaron Strand) speaks goofy gibberish. Alfred Preisser directs.—Raven Snook