Gumshoe McMonocle and the Strange Case of Rumpelsomething
For Immediate Release
Contact: Don Kruszka, Artistic Director
Phone: (661) 858-0831
Website: www.omnipuppets.org
Email: [email protected]
While contemplating the idea of mounting a production of the Grimm Brothers’ classic story of “Rumpelstiltskin,” Omnipresent Puppet Theater’s Don Kruszka posed a question: What if the baby-snatching elf’s main rival wasn’t the queen he helped turn straw into gold, but an intrepid detective she hired to figure out the little guy’s name?
The result is “Gumshoe McMonocle and the Strange Case of Rumpelsomething,” a comedic all-ages piece of “puppet film noir” playing this year as part of Fringe Family. It features all the elements of the original tale wrapped into an action-packed 1940s detective story. Gumshoe McMonocle is a brash, bombastic private eye who boldly attacks every case the only way he knows how – without a clue. He leads...
