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It was love at first read for actress Tracee Chimo when she encountered Sue Trinder, the unconventional heroine of the Sarah Waters novel “Fingersmith”.

There are lots of twists and turns you definitely have to be paying attention – it’s a great reason to be engaged at the theater.

The (very) young talented actress returns to the A.R.T. after starring in “Waitress.”

Nothing is at it seems in “Fingersmith,” Alexa Junge’s nimble stage adaptation of Sarah Waters’s suspenseful crime novel set in Victorian England.

The ART production brilliantly captures the dark underside of Victorian life with Fagin-like petty criminals and then some.

That’s about all one can say except to urge you to see this fascinating and surprising play while you can, as it’s a masterful achievement on every level.

Radio Boston’s Meghna Chakrabarti sits down with Fingersmith playwright Alexa Junge to discuss this Victorian thriller.

Tracee Chimo (Sue Trinder in Fingersmith) riffs on her potty mouth, her singing voice and playing baddies.

It was love at first read for actress Tracee Chimo when she encountered Sue Trinder, the unconventional heroine of the Sarah Waters novel “Fingersmith,” whom she will portray in a stage adaptation of the historical crime drama being presented by the American Repertory Theatre beginning tomorrow night at the Loeb Drama Center in Cambridge.

Kristine Nielsen comes to the American Repertory Theater with Alexa Junge’s acclaimed adaptation of Sarah Waters’ Fingersmith, a delicious, edge-of-your-seat Victorian thriller that will no doubt be the hottest ticket in town this winter.

“Fingersmith” has a lot of moving parts — even after you account for the turntable built into the set, the carefully coordinated video projections, and the mid-scene costume changes. There’s also the dense, twisty story itself, in which one view of events is enacted only to be jostled aside by competing versions, and the reliability of narrators is repeatedly questioned.

This holiday season, it’s gratifying to encounter at least one Victorian-era entertainment that doesn’t end with wassail, Tiny Tim and his crutch.