Script

• Acts 1 & 2 (80 minutes), then Intermission (10-15 minutes),
  then Acts 3 & 4 (55 minutes)
• minor block cuts made with (written) permission by Buffini

Cast

• 10 puppeteers: 6 men & 4 women
• each puppeteer serves as the "primary" and voice of a named character
• most puppeteers "second" at least one other characters
• 2 ASMs play Stepan and Oleg, the undertakers

Action

• staging is frontal with occasional interaction with and movement through the audience
• audience should not be more than 30 feet away so that gestures and miniature props can be seen