A still from âThe Wonder Child,â a story from the Egyptian-Jewish oral tradition adapted by the Theatre Ariel in Merion Station, Pa. St. Louis folklorist Howard Schwartz retold the story in his 1996 collection The Wonder Child & Other Jewish Fairy Tales Top row, left to right: Lois Abdelmalek and Abdul Sesay. Bottom row, from left: Marissa Barnathan and Nathan Foley | Courtesy of Theatre Ariel