(Spotlight comes on to illuminate Frightened Child and Hector. (clock sound and sound effects continue until noted) The actor playing Frightened Child is pre-seated in a reserved seat in the audience, hopefully to an unsuspecting audience.) Sound effects are added as indicated below. Mice, other than Hector, are stomping in time to the ticking clock, but make no other sound. A ticking clock sound begins, and the mice enter. The set also includes a table with a few tattered books on it. One or two large mouse holes are constructed along the back wall of the set. The dwelling of Cinderella, her Stepmother, Cordelia, and Ursula should not be overly ornate. Setting: Cinderella’s lower-middle-class castle. Members of the crew or additionally cast actors and actresses. Can later also fill a Ball Attendee role.īall Attendees. The second guard of The Prince.įrightened Child/Ball Attendee. The Prince is formal to an excess.įootman 1. Pipsqueak represents continuing childhood. Named after Marie Curie, she makes her own magic.Īllie. Wears or carries athletic gear every time we see him. Carries around a bag of cheese puffs in every scene. Can also be effectively played by a boy or a girl. Can be effectively played by a boy or a girl. A young girl who dreams about her future.Ĭordelia. He currently studies at Grinnell College, where he hopes to obtain an undergraduate degree.
Andy enjoys writing (of course), reading, backpacking, and riding his bicycle. Enthralled with creative writing since he was very young, he is thrilled to be working with Drama Notebook to inspire others to think outside the box. In between, he reads and writes.Īndy Pavey is a writer hailing from the tiny riverside town of LeClaire, Iowa. By night he is a husband and father, with four fantastic kids. He is also the author of the 2011 novel “Where the Bones Rest.” By day Roger works as the Executive Director of Community Action of Eastern Iowa. He enjoys researching and writing about forgotten stories in history, with a focus on how larger historical events affected the lives of common people not remembered in textbooks. lives in LeClaire, Iowa, near the Mississippi River. When he reunites with Cinderella, he asks her to marry him. Aided by the “magic,” craftiness, and spirit of the mice, Cinderella earns the prince’s gaze – but is forced to flee at the stroke of midnight. When a ball is announced by the Royal Prince, Cinderella adventures outside her home to meet him. At first, she dreams of escaping and becoming a princess but soon falls in love with mathematics and science, too. Cinderella lives alongside a motley band of mice in her “lower-middle-class castle,” where she is forced to clean and cook for her stepsisters and wicked stepmother. Cinderella is a comedic adaptation of the beloved fairytale.