"Junkarella" requires patience.

At a festival that highlights original ideas and gives chances to the unusual, "Junkarella" fits in perfectly.

As it names suggests, "Junkarella" is a take-off on the classic story of "Cinderella" -- using junk.

This is the latest show by the All Too Real Players, a high-school group who has been a hit in years past with its unique approach to story-telling: Scouring dumpsters, finding junk, then using it to tell a story.

This year, they use a mop head, baby shoes and clothes, old towels, a paintbrush, a laundry basket and plastic tubing to offer their take on "Cinderella."

If you're expecting the traditional tale of "Cinderella," this is not it. But it was close enough to the story that the under-10 segment of the audience still laughed.

The performers -- who are covered from head to toe in black and don't utter a peep during the show -- say their first words after the curtain closes on the about-40-minute show. They ask the audience if they have any questions and tell the kids in the audience to come up and play with the junk puppets if they like.

If it all sounds a little weird -- don't worry, it is. "Junkarella" might not be for everybody, and it might require five minutes after the show to try to make sense of what you just saw.

But that's what the Rogue is all about.

"Junkarella" plays again at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, 5:30 p.m. Friday and 8:30 p.m. March 11 at Dianna's Studio (South).