The Juniper Tree - A Tragic Household Tale

"Wendy Kesselman has taken The Juniper Tree , the Brothers Grimm story, and turned it into a haunting little musical in the shape of a ballad. . . . The events including murder and cannibalism are gruesome, but the telling has a childlike Story Theatre quality . . . as exemplified by her ballad of "The Juniper Tree' and her earlier play My Sister in This House , the versatile Miss Kesselman has a fabulist's view of guilt and retribution" ~ NY Times