Robin (Beth Alianiello ) adopts a Korean 6 year-old on the internet without telling her wife( Allen Zahniser). Ash is upset and initially rejects the child.

Peter (Jeff Ararat) rues his decision to give up the child when he discovers his adopted son will be raised without a father.

There is conflict within the family as Robin’s brother trains Ash for her pro boxing debut while interfering with the family dynamics.

The child copes with the conflict by retreating into a wolf-like existence.

It all leads to conflict among the modern day family and between the family and the family that gave him up.

Author Hansol Jung  leads the audience toward their own conclusion.

That is the essence of this 90 minute, one-act, allegorical play under the able direction of Marcel A. Mascaro.

How it is presented is at times brilliant, and at times confusing.

Sara States serves as the narrator and puppet master for Peter, who is portrayed like Olaf in “Frozen,” as a puppet.

The lesbian couple struggle with their roles in raising the child, with Robin resenting Ash for taking more interest in the child, while she  feels like a maid.

Meanwhile the child takes on more wolf-like qualities, trying to cope with the situation. Ash’s role as a boxer gives her a more masculine image. At the beginning of the play, I thought she was husband, not wife, to Robin.

At one point in the play she asks, “Do people do this?” While some of the dialogue and actions on the surface lead me to ask the same question, if I look at the play from all allegorical angles, I must conclude that they do.

Want something different and challenging?

Go see “Wolf Play” at Wilbury, playing through April 7.

Check thewilburygroup.org for tickets. Located in the Waterfire building in Providence.