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The black-and-white “Burt” is an earnest, stripped-down dramedy, filled with sly humor and surprising twists that harks to classic indie films of the early ’90s in its raw, low-key elegance.

On a track like “Wisdom: Terrace on St. Paul St.” that elegance and resolve is underscored by a steely grit.

Against this tragic setting, the elegance of Todd’s prose plants wonder in the reader’s mind.

Director David Cromer, whose sensibility gravitates between stark and dark, endows the staging with macabre elegance.

At the same time, Mediterranean plants and ornamental grasses in a palette of soft greens, silvers and blues add warmth and elegance.