Rumpelstiltskin

• Created and directed by guest artist Moses Goldberg
• Scenic Design by Elizabeth Banks
• Costume and Lighting Design by Madison Spencer

• February 9, 2008 - 9:45 a.m. - Inge Theatre
• February 10, 2008 - 2:30 p.m. - Inge Theatre

To reserve school group tickets, please fill out this form and FAX to 864-5251 by December 1, 2007. (download pdf)

Staged by the KU Theatre for Young People for younger children in grades one through three, this is a work of humor and honesty by one of the American masters of participation theatre. Moses Goldberg will visit KU for six weeks to restage this inspired, wonderfully entertaining adaptation of the beloved fairy tale. The show opens with a group of strolling players preparing to perform a play. After the prologue, which introduces young audiences to the conventions of the stage, they enact the story of the bragging baker, his patient daughter, and her attempt to spin straw into gold for the greedy queen so she may marry the shy prince. Rumplestiltskin, the evil dwarf, provides the gold, but at a terrible price the first-born child of the royal pair. When the dwarf returns to demand his payment, he prepares to take the baby unless the young queen can guess the dwarf's name. Aided by a witty mime with some help from the audience, the comic Rumpelstiltskin is thwarted and a lesson is learned by all.

Ticket Prices

• Public: $10
• Senior Citizens & KU Faculty/Staff: $9
• All Students: $5

Rumpelstiltskin Teacher's Guide (pdf)