Tale of a West Texas Marsupial Girl

This is a simple, modern fable about an otherwise-normal country girl who happens to have been born with a marsupial pouch. When a mysterious theft happens in her west Texas community, can you guess whom the townsfolk come after? They won’t be offering six-dollar cocktails in the lobby during this show’s intermissions, but we suspect it will entertain adults, nonetheless. For starters, the production is layered with gorgeous arrangements of bluegrass and country-blues. What’s more, the tale was penned by the Americana-obsessed Lisa D’Amour, a New York playwright and local favorite who lived here for a while, thanks to support from the Playwrights’ Center. You might remember her quirky, vaudeville-inspired work Nita & Zita, which played in 2005 at Walker Art Center. 612-874-0400; www.childrenstheatre.org