Running A.M.U.C.

“Welcome to this opening of the Arte Museum of Unusual Crafts,” reads the press release. Located somewhere near Syracuse, the museum has been open for eight months but under a hundred people have visited it, so this Opening Night has a lot riding on it for Assistant Director Robert Derain. The non-arrival of the main show is just the first indication things will be difficult; scrambling to replace the show means finding something else, including an art demonstration so dangerous the artist has to wear an aqualung (will the guests?) Add a temperamental artist, temperamental staff, a killer cook in Café D’AMUC, a local burglar hiding in the museum (disguised as a performance artist), and problems with scrambled wall texts, and things are going awry well before the art demonstration disaster. Have fun, just don’t eat any of the crunchy cheese!