This is an extraordinary company made up of ordinary looking people who thinks it's important to let the magic use them as conduits. They are connected to one another so deeply that they often don't need to look at one another as they execute their neverending motion onstage. I'm told that after each rehearsal, they all gathered for a few hands of poker. That seems a perfect fit, for this company's considerable strength is sourced in ritual, chance, focus, and risk.

The combination is glorious. Go see. Go see.

The Sound And The Fury (April Seventh, 1928)

Created by Elevator Repair Service, based on the novel by William Faulkner; directed by John Collins

WITH: Mike Iveson, Vin Knight, Aaron Landsman, April Matthis, Annie McNamara, Randolph Curtis Rand, Greig Sargeant, Kate Scelsa, Kaneza Schaal, Susie Sokol, Tory Vazquez and Ben Williams.

Sets by David Zinn; costumes by Colleen Werthmann; lighting by Mark Barton; sound by Matt Tierney; production stage manager, Sarah C. Hughes; dance director, Katherine Profeta.

Presented by New York Theater Workshop, artistic director, James C. Nicola. At New York Theater Workshop, 79 East Fourth Street, East Village; (212) 239-6200. Through June 1. Running time: 2 hours 40 minutes.