Performances The Shows TEEN PLAYERS INTO THE WOODS, JR The Brothers Grimm "go Broadway" as Sondheim and Lapine offer up a cockeyed fairy tale where all of your favorite characters- Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack (and his beanstalk) and The Witch- meet and interact on their journeys. Into The Woods Junior is a funny and engaging way to get young people to think abouth the stories with which they've grown up and the eithical issues raised therein. THE BROTHERS GRIMM: OUT-OF-ORDER by Flip Kobler and Cindy Marcus When brothers Jake and Will Grimm can’t agree on a script, they end up in a fight—pages are swapped, plots intermingled… it’s a complete mess! After all, Jake likes blood and guts, and Will likes fluffy bunnies and happy endings. What’s worse is that the principal is coming to see a production of the show in less than half an hour! The intermingled storyline now has Hansel and Jorinda on their way to meet the stage mother and her two evil step daughters, Gretel and Joringel—who’s so happy to be part of the “A” story, he’ll do it in drag! Meanwhile, Rapunzel, who’s been demoted from ingénue to character actress, wants her son, Prince Charming (played by a wise-guy with big-time family connections), to go to the Gingerbread Castle for a ball to meet his true love, the evil witch Cinderella. With name-calling, finger pointing and lots of “I quits,” the entire show collapses just as the principal arrives. But all is not lost! The producer rallies the troops with an incredible cheesy speech, and the cast dishes out the works of the Brothers Grimm in six minutes and 12 seconds. And although they don’t truly succeed, they actually find their own path to happily ever after.
YOUNGER PLAYERS BIG BAD by Alec Strum
The most notorious criminal in the fairy-tale world, Big Bad Wolf, is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by the countless quirky characters he has wronged. Now, the two greatest legal minds in the Enchanted Forest—the Evil Stepmother and the Fairy Godmother—will clash (on live TV, no less, with Sydney Grimm as commentator!) in a trial that will be remembered forever-after. As Little Red Riding Hood, her Grandmother, the Three Little Pigs and the Shepherd in charge of the Boy Who Cried Wolf testify, the wolf seems deserving of all that’s coming. But, even though the disreputable Evil Stepmother couldn’t be less interested in pro-bono work on such an obviously futile defense, Mr. Wolf makes a good case for himself. Was he born a criminal, or made one? Perhaps he does deserve compassion instead of condemnation? What will the verdict be? Only the jury—the audience—can decide, when the doddering old Judge invites them to determine the outcome of the trial… and the play!
THE THREE LITTLE MEN IN THE WOODS by Jill Orr A whimsical and hilarious story of princes and princesses, magic and mistaken identities specially written for the Footlight Company. There will very likely be a dragon or evil step-mother involved.
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