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Roadrunner Theatre Company鈥檚 鈥淭riumph of Love,鈥� is seductive, silly, and a giddy evening of theater.

Here鈥檚 why: Erin Anderson, Jodi Darling, Kit Runge, Jos茅 鈥淐hach鈥� Snook (he directed, as well), Tyler Wright, Jeremy Vega and Kelli Workman.

To a person, the cast glistened. The voices were impressive. The acting, too. And the comedic timing, especially, was just delicious.

And the material? The James Magruder book, with music and lyrics by Jeffrey Stock and Susan Birkenhead, was a delight.

Adapted from Pierre de Marivaux鈥檚 18th century play of the same name, the story revolves around L茅onide (Anderson), princess of Sparta, who has fallen madly in love with Agis, a philosophy student (Wright) she once caught a glimpse of. Agis has no idea who L茅onide is, though he does know that he is the rightful heir to the throne and so he must travel to Sparta and kill L茅onide. Making it even more difficult for her, Agis has no use for women. Or love.

So she disguises herself as a man, and she and her randy right-hand woman, Corine (Workman), wander into the compound where Agis lives with his Aunt Hesione (Darling) and Uncle Hemocrates (Runge). The aunt and uncle, Agis鈥� lifelong guardians and mentors, encourage the idea that love is worthless, women are sniveling, and that the princess must die.

As L茅onide weasels her way into the compound, she seduces most of the household in hopes of ultimately seducing Agis. Those she doesn鈥檛 seduce are taken care of by Corine.

Often stealing the show were Workman, Vega as Dimas, the gardener at the compound and Snook as Harlequin, the valet. They were the clowns in this production (well, really, everyone was a clown to some extent) and each time they stepped on stage, it got bawdy and hilarious.

Anderson鈥檚 princess was smart and clever, Darling鈥檚 aunt was stern with a soft center, Runge鈥檚 transformation from an inflexible philosopher to a goofball in love was a hoot, and Wright鈥檚 cluelessness as the naive Agis was perfect.

But in truth, it鈥檚 hard to single out one player 鈥� this ensemble embraced the material with energy, talent and intent.

This chamber musical moves like lightening, soars with gorgeous voices and hits you like a large dose of laughing gas.

We call that a triumph.