If Edward Gorey had worked in the puppet medium instead of the cartoon medium, he might have come up with something like this delightful Gothic mystery set in a haunted theatre.

Credited to playwright Jean Daspry (the name of a character in the serialized adventures of master thief Arsène Lupin -- coincidence?), this is the story of a series of bizarre murders at the Thurber Theatre, possibly at the spectral hands of a long-murdered thespian. Fortunately for management, a couple of master sleuths, Daspry and Detective Mersenne, are there to untangle the backstage intrigues that led to a bloody on-stage massacre.

On that latter score, this production comes with an unprecedented content warning "Ridiculous Puppet Gore," and that's the least of the perverse pleasures of this well-crafted -- in all senses of the term -- hour-long puppet showcase.