An unnamed man, simply called "The Man" is trapped in a cubical white room where anyone else can enter and leave, but which he himself apparently cannot leave. A stool is brought in covered in strawberry jam, the furniture changes throughout the play. The main character, is subjected to an increasingly puzzling and frustrating series of encounters, as a variety of people come through various hidden doors. But, as many remind him, he can only leave through his own door, so he must find it to leave.
Directed by Jim Henson
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3.6 / 5
Cast
Richard Schaal
The Man in the Cube
Rex Sevenoaks
Manager
Jerry Nelson
Monk
Claude Rae
Dr. Conners
Don McGill
Professor
Crew
Jim Henson
Director
Jim Henson
Writer
Jerry Juhl
Writer
Popular Reviews
13 reviews
Maud Gone
8.0★ · 07/20/25
Monty Python version of Oldboy
Monty Python version of Oldboy
Ian
10.0★ · 07/05/25
Me when I’m in a cube
Me when I’m in a cube
Vinayak
8.0★ · 06/04/25
Samuel Beckett meets Lynch in a Henson-made mind trap—absurd, eerie, and endlessly looping.
PS If it was me I would have instantly passed out of claustrophobia.
Samuel Beckett meets Lynch in a Henson-made mind trap—absurd, eerie, and endlessly looping.
PS If it was me I would have instantly passed out of claustrophobia.
Sebastián Allegre
7.0★ · 03/21/25
Jim Henson’s little experiment
Jim Henson’s little experiment
Kat Stefaniuk
8.2★ · 01/23/25
I would have liked this more if The Man in the Cube was Kermit the Frog
I would have liked this more if The Man in the Cube was Kermit the Frog