'Last of the Whyos': It's a bold story, but it doesn't budge

"Life is motion. Forward motion." That philosophy, expressed by an adventurous character named Ada Ann, becomes a leitmotif in "Last of the Whyos," a play receiving a world premiere from Spooky Action Theater. It's too bad, however, that dramatist Barbara Wiechmann didn't apply that principle to her script. A tale of time travel, sideshow freaks and mysterious existential patterns,"Last of the Whyos" is daring, poetic and -- in director Rebecca Holderness's production -- nicely acted. But it has...