Marisa Smith and Nyla Carpentier, co-directors of Alley Theatre's adaptation of Wolfram Lotz's The Ridiculous Darkness, chatted with SAD writer Ella Adkins prior to the opening of this collaborate and incisive production. “'This is a piece meant to probe with questions, and not the easy kind. Nyla says, 'There are times when we go into the absurd with this piece, and people may be very challenged by what they see, but the next moment they may be laughing their heads off.'”