Mummers crack Humpty Dumpty's case in 'Hard Boiled,' Littleton's final show as director

The Mitkof Mummers open a three-night run Thursday of "Hard Boiled: A Nursery Crime," a melodrama in which a squad of detectives sets out to learn who pushed Humpty Dumpty off the wall.

Performances are at 7 p.m. Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 12-14, at Wright Auditorium. The show runs slightly more than an hour.

The production is also the last that longtime director Irene Littleton plans to lead.

The script is published by Pioneer Drama. "I just fell in love with it when I read the script," Littleton said. "I was like, this has to happen."

The play unfolds in 10 scenes, all set in one in...

 
 

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