| Show | Once Upon A Mattress |
| Company | Maggie's Little Theater |
| Instructions | Please prepare a song (bring sheet music in the key you want). You will also read from the script and learn a short dance combination. Please bring your calendar to the audition in order to list your current conflicts. |
| Rehearsal Dates | Maggie’s Little Theater generally rehearses on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:30-10pm and on Sundays from 5-9pm. Due to the facility and holiday schedules, there are occasional Fridays or Mondays. Cast is required to keep the schedules clear for every night of production week, including the Saturday and Sunday before. Production week schedule TBD at a later date. Performances are July 8 - July 23 |
| Performance Dates | Saturday, July 8 @ 8:00pm Sunday, July 9 @ 2:30pm Friday, July 14 @ 8:00pm Saturday, July 15 @ 8:00pm Sunday, July 16 @ 2:30 pm Saturday, July 22 @ 8:00pm Sunday, July 23 @ 2:30 pm |
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| Show Info | In this musical version of The Princess and the Pea, Princess Winnifred is an ungainly, brash girl competing for the hand of Prince Dauntless, whose domineering mother Queen Aggravain has declared he must marry a "true" princess before anyone else in the kingdom can marry. |
| Type | Location | Date | Time |
| Open | Maggie's Little Theater 66-11 79th Place Middle Village | Mar 26 | 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM |
| Open | Maggie's Little Theater 66-11 79th Place Middle Village | Mar 29 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
| Open | Maggie's Little Theater 66-11 79th Place Middle Village | Mar 30 | 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM |
Roles
| Role | M/F | Age | Description | Princess Winnifred the Woebegone (aka Fred) | F | 0+ | Good comic timing; physical comedy; and exemplifies the word "energetic." Winnifred is friendly, down-to-earth, and extremely likeable. Courageous and outrageous, she and Dauntless fall for each other almost immediately. Vocal Range G3-E5, Mezzo-Soprano/Belt. | Prince Dauntless the Drab | M | 0+ | Extensive singing. Good comic timing. The son of Aggravain and Sextimus, Dauntless is a mama's boy who meekly gives in to his dominating mother. He's likeable, good-natured and almost childlike. He falls hard for Princess Winnifred, and matures a bit more in every scene after he meets her. Vocal Range A2-G4, Baritone/Tenor | Lady Larken | F | 0+ | Extensive singing. Damsel-in-distress. She's gentle, trusting, and loyal to the love-of-her-life, Sir Harry. Vocal Range A3-G5, Soprano | Sir Harry | M | 0+ | Extensive singing. He is cocky, career-oriented, and somewhat pompous, but overall, Harry is a good man. The audience will chuckle at his stuffiness but like him anyway. Sir Harry loves Lady Larken, who is secretly pregnant with his child. Vocal Range C3-E4, Baritone | Queen Aggravain | F | 0+ | Has a presence that commands attention; practically vibrates with negative energy. Aggravain is Dauntless? mother. Conniving, imperious, bossy, and over-bearing, the narcissistic Queen will stop at nothing to get her way. Vocal Range Ab3-B4, Mezzo Soprano/Alto | King Sextimus the Silent | M | 0+ | Must excel at pantomime, especially over-the-top facial expressions and gestures. He participates in duets and trios through pantomime, which must be performed precisely on musical cues. (non-singing role) | Minstrel | M/F | 0+ | Extensive singing. Comfortable with physical comedy. Must be able to smoothly segue back and forth from the narrator to a character in the story. A quick thinker who fits easily into new situations. A doer, not just a reporter, has a sense of humor and admires Lady Larken. Vocal Range C3-G#4, Tenor/Soprano | Jester | M/F | 0+ | Extensive singing/dancing. Ability to do soft shoe is a plus. The court comedian, Jester is bold, intelligent, energetic, a quick-thinker and a conniver. Loyal to the mute King and has mastered how to communicate with and interpret the King to others. Vocal Range C3-F4, Tenor/Baritone/Alto | Wizard | M/F | 0+ | The Wizard is the Queen's "advisor". Often imperious, our Wizard is actually a frustrated magician/showman currently doing a "Wizard gig." (non-singing role) | Princess #12 | F | 0+ | Innocent, eager and regal. Doubles in ensemble. | Nightingale of Samarkand | M/F | 0+ | Singer of the court. Doubles in ensemble. Vocal Range Gb4-G5 High Soprano | The Ladies-in-Waiting | F | 0+ | The Ladies sing and dance and have extensive stage time. | The Knights | M | 0+ | The Knights sing and dance and have extensive stage time. |