Something’s fishy, something’s funny, something’s haywire, and Rumpelstiltskin and Ugly Ducking are determined to solve the mystery.
Audiences will have fun watching the mayhem when Sartell Middle School presents Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Sartell High School Theater. The hour-long production, performed by a cast of 30 sixth-graders and a crew of 40, is a wacky take-off on familiar fairytales.
Tickets, available at the door, are $3 for students and $5 for adults.
During the course of the play, it’s discovered the Three Little Bears’ home was broken into, the Three Little Pigs’ homes were destroyed and Little Red Riding Hood’s grandmother has gone missing. Could it be those shady Grimm brothers had something to do with it all?
Only hard-boiled detective Rumpelstiltskin and his sidekick, the wise-cracking Ugly Duckling, will be able to solve the mess.
Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye is directed by Rick Cicharz, special-education teacher at the middle school.
The following is the play’s cast list: Rumpelstiltskin: Carter Bright; Ugly Ducking: Becca Ringstad; Mama Bear: Kynnley Winegar; Papa Bear: Ben Greshowak; Baby Bear: Maxx Jokela; Goldilocks: Dru Hollen; Gingerbread Man: Celso Hernandez; Worried Pig: Clayton Fuller; Smart Pig: Charlie Magnuson; Not-So-Smart Pig: William Budge; Big Bad Wolf: Josh Nguyen; Virginia Wolf: Kate Manning; Little Red: Salma Maray; and Snow White: Lexi Killey; Prince Pronto: Jordan Schuman; Cinderella: Sonya Hackenmueller; Fairy Godmother: Gracie Ahlstrom; Minerva: Grace Bennett; Hortense: Andria Koester; Penelope: Libby Nelson; Fairy Godmother: Balin Pilles; Granny: Eva Hesse and Dwarfs: Drowsy Twins: Robbie Roob and Brian Klehr; Clumsy: Brooke Swanson; Bossy: Lance Anderson; Gloomy: Summer Burton; Perky: Zach Mathiason; Nerdy: Quentin Sigurdson; and Hungry: Calen O’Connell.
Stage managers are eighth-graders Pierce Knudson and Abby Starz.
Sartell Middle School presents Rumpelstiltskin, Private Eye at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 30 and 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 31 at the Sartell High School Theater.
