'Dark House' moves epic Faulkner story to modern-day D.C. with mixed results

Because the Capital Fringe Festival can be so jammed with frivolity, the prospects of something serious can be especially appealing. This would explain why so many people would pack a cramped second-floor theater space William Faulkner might describe as "dim hot airless" to see "Dark House," Tarpley Long's adaptation of Faulkner's "Absalom, Absalom!" set in modern, gentrifying Washington.