“Wisely eschewing period costumes, Peter Kazaras’ direction places the work in the setting of a military court. The two narrators/interpreters/commentators — the Male Chorus and Female Chorus — and the men appear in uniform. To Kazaras’ credit, he doesn’t force the material into the framework, leaving even the appearance of Tarquinius, as the defendant, ambiguous.

The director also allows the text to tell the story, refraining from enacting the movements it describes. Kazaras acted like a good choreographer, who doesn’t fall for the one-note-one-step mechanical monotony.”