The Princess Plays

Three one act fairy tales

Colleen Neuman

Three utterly charming plays from the author of our immensely popular Lion and Mouse Stories.

The Princess and the Princess:flexible cast of 21, simple set, 30 minutes. A poor polite princess and a rich rude princess meet on a narrow mountain path and neither will move to let the other pass. Everyone who tries to help gets stuck on the mountain with them. After a riddle proves both princesses are "real", it is the poor princess who graciously steps aside - not because she has to, but because she so chooses.

Twice Upon a Time:flexible cast of 20, simple set, 25 minutes. The spells of three whimsical witches go awry and Snow White, the Princess from Princess and the Pea, Beauty, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty all appear out of nowhere, much to their aggravation. Dwarfs, soldiers and a frog materialize when even more spells get confused. The frog is turned into a prince and the princesses are turning into frogs when the witches stumble on a solution in this fine kettle of fish.

The Lost Half-Hour:flexible cast of 25, bare stage, 30 minutes. Bobo is a simple lad who is the subject of much ridicule. None of his cruel "friends" expects that he will actually find a lost half hour. But the boy returns from his search victorious, having found it, a lost temper, a lost reputation and a lost princess.