Before Elizabeth Kensek and Jessica Humphrey emerge from the shadows to perform Goblin Market in the tiny basement space at Theatre Three , almost everything on the heavily curtained set is wrapped or covered up. It’s a hint that a very old story is about to come out of mothballs.

Even so, there’s no way to be prepared for the mesmerizing way the Theatre Too black box transforms over the course of the next hour, the music, lighting and potentially anachronistic script vividly evoking a palpably distant era. With its choice of material and unmatched production values, the second oldest theater company in North Texas continues to surprise.

Based on an 1862 poem by English writer Christina Rossetti, this unusual chamber musical by Peggy Harmon and Polly Pen premiered off-Broadway 40 yea

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