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Fairy Tale Plays and Comedy Sketches
Fairy Tales Go to Court
by STEVE and LORA DINGLEDINE
Seven short parodies of
TV’s People’s Court
Cast: 4 to 6 each skit and 1 nonspeaking part
Age level: Middle School to High School
Playing time: About 5 minutes each
Complete playkit with 8 scripts: $20.95
Order #R-P1124
Updated fairy tale characters face Judge Lipner with
hilarious, unexpected results. Includes: 1. The Blind
Spot — Farmer’s wife sues three skateboarding blind
mice. 2. The Case of the Pilfered Pepper —
President of pepper plant sues Peter Piper for
pilferage. 3. The Case of Sleepy Boy Blue —
Farmer sues Little Boy Blue, a.k.a. Mr. Blue, jazz
trumpeter, for neglecting sheep. 4. A Sticky Case
of Trauma — Miss Muffet sues spider. 5. The Case
of the Old Shoe Lady — Mom sues kids; kids
countersue mom. 6. Mary’s Lost Little Lamb —
Mary’s lamb damages school property. 7. The Case
of the Broken Egg — Humpty Dumpty sues the
King’s Men for negligence. Minimum costumes
and/or props are needed for each characterization.
Little Red Riding Hood
by KIRK BUIS
A fairy tale spoof for young audiences
Cast: Up to 20 players, mixed
Age level: Middle School to High School
Playing time: About 20 minutes
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95
Order #R-P1215
This takeoff, based loosely on the original story, starts
off on the wrong foot, and never seems to get it all
together, with hilarious results. First, the wolf is a
scaredy-cat and has to be replaced with an Irish Setter.
To help cover for the wolf, some elves try a sing-a-long
with the audience. The stagehand forgets to build
Grandma’s house and has to improvise. When Red
knocks on the door, dwarves answer. Snow White
appears to tell her the theater’s closing and Grandma’s
having lunch with the wolf off-stage. Now he’s too full
to eat Red or her grandma. A fun parody for everyone.
The Princess and the Pea
by KAREN RIEHL
A comic fairy-tale satire
Cast: 6F, 4M, adjustable
Age level: Junior High to High School
Playing time: 30 to 50 minutes, variable
Complete playkit with 10 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $22.95
Order #R-P1527
Everyone has fun during this audience-participation
version of a famous fairy tale. It may be performed by
teens for children, or performed for audiences of any age.
It’s a charming comic spoof with exaggerated characters.
King Do-Good and Queen Always Nice search the world
over for a real princess for their son, Prince Very
Handsome. When they can’t find one they decide to hold
a contest. After Princess High Hat (a snob) and Princess
Clever Hands (a thief) fail the first tests, Witch Double Ugly
in disguise appears to be the winner. But at the last
moment Princess Wet-To-The-Bone enters, asks for shelter,
then sleeps on a pile of mattresses to discover a pea at the
bottom. She wins the prince. The audience is given props
to bring on stage to interact with the performers. Delightful
fun for everyone.
Fairy Tale TV
by SCOTT M. SPARLING
Three TV parodies with fairy tale characters
Cast: 6 to 8 per sketch, mixed plus extras
Age level: Middle School to High School
Playing time: 7 to 11 minutes each
Complete playkit with 9 scripts and
rights to reproduce copies: $20.95
Order #R-P1489
Updated fairy tale characters are the stars of three
popular TV shows: The Dating Game, Friends and
Jeopardy in these hilarious spoofs. Includes: 1. The Love
Game — Bachelorettes Snow White, Sleeping Beauty
and Cinderella vie for a date with the vain Prince
Charming. 2. No Honor Amongst Friends — Chaos
ensues when the wolf answers the little pig’s ad for a
roommate. He loves the place, but the pigs scheme to
dump him as Goldilocks pops in to “borrow” things.
3. Gee-Party — Rumplestiltskin, Wicked Witch and
B.B. Wolf (disguised as Grandma) can’t answer
ridiculously easy questions asked by Alex Troublick.
More fun than the real fairy tales.
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