Over the course of the past few seasons at Washington Ensemble Theatre,

Over the course of the past few seasons at Washington Ensemble Theatre, Hannah Victoria Franklin has portrayed a bow-lipped robot goddess, a homicidal housewife to her cuckold husband, and an ace rapper proffering a Faustian bargain to her would-be partner. Her most recent turn as the lead in Tall Skinny Cruel Cruel Boys keeps her record intact as WET’s guarantee of quality: If she’s in it, you want to see it.