King Lear can’t believe his ears when his daughters, having been gifted large chunks of his realm, decide to strip away his retinue of 50 knights, too: “What need you five-and-twenty, ten, or five?” the scheming Goneril (Abigail Killeen) demands. It’s that symbol of diminishing power, initially unbearable to Shakespeare’s fallen king, that dominates Karin Coonrod’s strange, strongly acted production of King Lear from Compagnia de’ Colombari at La MaMa. Instead of one actor playing Lear, we start with 10 Lears, all wearing matching paper crowns and stylish sand-colored knapsacks. But if the conceptual house of cards starts to wobble by the end, Coonrod’s cast remains a royal flush. Even in an ordinary production, it would be a treat to see almost any of them play King Lear.