Joe Thornhill is the man in the creepy greasepaint in Constellation’s Crazyface.

Written by DCist contributor Andrej Krasnansky.

Imagine a carnival troupe performing a Brothers Grimm tale as written by Dan Brown, with Jim Carrey as the lead and the Joker as the villain. That will only give you a hint of what to expect from Crazyface, as performed by Constellation Theatre Company and directed by Allison Arkell Stockman.

Crazyface is the nickname of Tyl Eulenspiegel, a fool wandering a medieval land; a child haunted by an angel that no one else sees. He has three sisters-in-law, some of whom are evil. He tumbles through a mad world and receives a secret box, which makes him a target. He meets a man who tries to fly, a clown who seems familiar, and his murderous long-lost brother. It’s a tale of madness and vision, which often seem to be the same thing, and it’s a tale of growing up.