It may be warm and summery outside, but inside the Lansburgh Theatre there is a brisk storm brewing in the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s new production of “The Winter’s Tale.” And as conceived with confusing complexity by Rebecca Taichman, it’s one blurry blizzard of a play.

That’s because Taichman, a typically astute director with a fine acumen for layered drama, made the perplexing choice to use her small cast to fill in the shoes of characters on both sides of the intermission. Nine actors take on double duty in Shakespeare’s romantic “problem play,” and while all of the familiar themes of reconciliation and renewal fan out in heavily stylized fashion, they’re not exactly as effective as when left to conventional casting.