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Otherworld Theatre's The Winter Wolf an Enjoyable Evening

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Inclement weather and holiday mayhem resulted in a series of scheduling audibles in the week before Christmas.   Completing what tasks I could, I found myself with the choice of battling holiday traffic home or find something else to do until the traffic dissipated.   I decided to treat myself to an off-Loop show.   After a quick internet search, I decided to check out the Otherworld Theatre’s world premiere of Joseph Zettelmaier’s The Winter Wolf .   I’m glad I did. Shariba Rivers and Molly Southgate in Otherworld Theatre's The Winter Wolf Photo by Steven Townshend It’s Christmas Eve in Cora’s house.   She’s visited by her beloved grandfather, a man of high spirits and failing health.   They sit around the fireplace as he tells her the legend of the Winter Wolf, a strange creature who serves as Time’s hunter, stalking those who are in the winter of their lives.   That night, the Winter Wolf comes for Cora’s grandfather, but the young girl manages to trap it. What follows