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Twelve Dancing Princesses • A New Family Musical

Twelve Dancing Princesses • A New Family Musical

Book and Lyrics by Gayanne Ramsden King and George King

Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry

From the classic Brother’s Grimm Folk Tale

The 12 princesses need new shoes daily as they secretly dance the night away under the spell of a magician and their mother, the Queen. The 11 princes who join them in their magical underground forest, are vying for the hands of these princesses in marriage. Intrepid, a soldier, intrudes ingratiates himself, then becomes their tutor (all the while seeking the secret of their worn out shoes, and the reward associated with that.) His presence threatens to ruin everything. Or does it?

PART OF THE PREMIERE PLAY FILE — Not an active listing with LBT/PTL. You will be negotiating with the authors themselves. LBT/PTL merely provides the space for our authors who have new shows to promote. 

This is a work in progress and we are looking for developmental readings, staged readings and workshop productions. The script is not in final form at the present time, but the possibilities are evident. EMAIL US.

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PLAY DETAILS:

  • CAST LIST (in order of appearance) 13f, 14m + a bird puppet
  • QUEEN
  • KASPAR (a magician)
  • THE 12 PRINCESSES: TRUTH, DOUBT, SOLACE, IMPATIENCE, PATIENCE, CURIOUS, DREAMY, PRACTICAL, HOPE, FRAIL, CHARITY, CHEERFUL,
  • INTREPID (a Soldier)
  • KING
  • 11 PRINCES AUGUST,BERG, GREGOR, DAVID, AUSTIN, CHRISTOFF, EMIL, FERDINAND, FREDERICK, HEINRICK, CHARLES
  • KASPARS’S BIRD PUPPET — performer dressed in black to manipulate the puppet
  • 4 SERVANTS
  • NOTE: OTHER Stage hands can also be dressed as SERVANTS to move furniture and props
  • TIME: long ago and far away
  • PLACE: a fantasy kingdom
  • ABOUT: 70 minutes

PERUSAL MATERIAL:

  • LIST OF SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS (22 total minutes of music)
    • ACT ONE
      • Scene 1 — The Queen Runs Away from the Palace
        • MUSICAL #1 — A LITTLE CURIOUS (:42)
        • MUSICAL #2  —  A LITTLE MAGIC (1:54)
      • Scene 2 — The Princesses enter the Forest three weeks later
        • MUSICAL #3 — KASPAR’S THEME (Instrumental) (:44)
        • MUSICAL #4 — AROUND AND AROUND (2:06)
      • Scene 3 — The Peasant Woman’s Hut
      • Scene 4 — The throne room and gardens of the  King
        • MUSICAL #5  — BY NAME (1:14)
        • MUSICAL #6 — BEYOND THE PURPLE SEA (2:32)
      • Scene 5  — The Sleeping Potion
        • MUSICAL #7 — A DROP OF POTION (w/KASPAR’S THEME instrumental) (2:54)
    • ACT TWO
      • Scene 1 — Across the Lake
        • MUSICAL #8 — WHAT A BORE! (1:24)
        • MUSICAL #9 — KASPAR’S WALTZ (Instrumental) (1:09)
        • MUSICAL #10 — OPPOSITES (1:28)
        • MUSICAL #11 — KASPAR’S WALTZ – REPRISE (Instrumental) (1:12)
      • Scene 2 — The throne room of the King
        • MUSICAL #12 — WHEN IT IS REAL (1:58)
        • MUSICAL #13 —  CURTAIN CALL (1:10)
        • MUSICAL #14 — PLAYOUT MUSIC (1:06)