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Musical. Book and lyrics by Thomas W. Rieser. Music and lyrics byAlan W. Gill.Additional music and lyrics by Laura Derocher. Based onthe Grimms fairy tale of .’ Briar Rose Cast: 13m., 15w. with doubling,plus 3 either gender and extras if desired.

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When the new princess is born,the court is excited that this is the child who will save them all from theevil force that threatens to vanquish the kingdom. The king asks his threefavorite aunts to be godmothers to his daughter, Elise. A fourth aunt,Malicia, who has harassed the king’s family for years, shows upuninvited at the christening, causing a scene which ends with deadlycurses. To protect the child, whom they call Rose, the three kindlygodmothers take her to live in a secluded forest cottage until after her16th birthday, when the curse will expire. Meanwhile, Malicia plots tofind the girl so the curse can be fulfilled. Malicia’s two thugs, Dagmarand Horace, eavesdrop on Prince Michael, who is in love with Rose, as,unknowingly, he directs Dagmar and Horace to the cottage. Through aslip of the tongue and Dagmar’s lies, the princess and her protectorsleave the safety of the forest and proceed to the king’s castle, a day tooearly to avoid the curse. The crazed and powerful Malicia arrives at thecastle making demands and threats, knowing that the time is right forfulfillment of the curse. Michael also arrives at the castle where hisnewfound love has fallen victim to Malicia’s curse and is sleeping in anisolated tower. In his search for Elise, Michael confronts Malicia. Shecurses him, but he overcomes the odds and finds his dear Elise asleep.Michael awakens Elise, proclaims his love, and together they overcomethe curse and fulfill the legend.

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The Leg end of Sleeping Beauty was first pro duced Jan u -ary 2000 by Mag i cal Star light Thea tre and the NapervillePark Dis trict, Naperville, Ill., in co op er a tion with The Sum -mer Place, Inc., and Mindseye Pro duc tions.

Orig i nal pro duc tion staff:Pro ducer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kate RayDi rec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thomas RieserMu sic Di rec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan GillAs sis tant Di rec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nancy MajewskiTech ni cal Di rec tor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe PietrieStage Man ager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Am ber OliveraCho re og ra pher. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kim Ma rie JascewskyCho re og ra pher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jenny RabigCos tumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kris VisherSpe cialty Make-up . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pam Riley

Orig i nal pro duc tion cast (in or der of ap pear ance):Hec tor (Trou ba dour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jared Ma sonAunt Evelyn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lisa BennettAunt Geraldine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue RaslowskyAunt Isabelle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cynthia Lauren-GrantLord Percival Sharpwit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ty ler GarretsonLady Emilee Sharpwit . . . . . . . . . . . . . Aletha ThordarsonLady Yvonne Sil hou ette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cynthia KatzLord Charles Clodstone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tim o thy RayLady Edwina Clodstone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris WeissLord George Grand-Vitesse. . . . . . . . . . . . . Roger Lati merLady Sophie-Lou ise Grand-Vitesse . . . . . . . . . Stacy RehorLord Syd ney Flabberbottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom MitorajLady Xe nia Mercuré . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cindy TomeiLord Arch bishop Hugo Sol i taire. . . . . . . . . Andy KanturekLady Belinda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sara Majewski

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Lady Paloma . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Am ber WeissKing Rudolph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Stu art VanceQueen Margarette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Su zanne ComptonMalicia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JoAnn KujawinskiDagmar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corrie Gra hamLurky, the mouse (Maximillian) . . . . . . . . Brad GiovanineMurky, the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bryan FoxIcky, the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Char lotte ToddPicky, the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle HardySticky, the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Becca MitorajCheeky, the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vince GargaroFreaky, the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mi chael KrashenSneaky, the mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Michelle BeggsDinky, the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sa vanna TomeiBlinky, the mouse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kaitlin TunneyPrin cess Elise, age 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sa vanna TomeiPrin cess Elise, age 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alyssa Lati merPrin cess Elise, age 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dara GombergDierdre, the deer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ruthanne SwansonReginald, the rab bit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joe BallentBoyd, the blue bird . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Corin GrantOtto, the owl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brad Gra hamRiley, the rac coon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jared Ma sonTheda, the tur tle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Nicole CalandraFrancesca, the frog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amanda WalshBellisima, the but ter fly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Giselle AltmayerPrince Mi chael . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Randy HundleyGilles, Baron d’Chambery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jim FoxHor ace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Andy KanturekSir Villinus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gary Kujawinski

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SYN OP SIS OF SCENES

The play takes place long ago in a king dom far away overthe course of six teen years.

PRO LOGUE

ACT ONE

Scene 1: The Great Hall of the King’s Cas tleScene 2: The Great Hall of the King’s Cas tleScene 3: An Area of the King’s Cas tle (Great Hall)Scene 4: Malicia’s Cas tleScene 5: For est Cot tageScene 6: For estScene 7: On the RoadScene 8: For est Cot tageScene 9: The Great Hall of the King’s Cas tleScene 10: Aban doned Tower in the King’s Cas tle

ACT TWO

Scene 1: Malicia’s Cas tleScene 2: For est Cot tageScene 3: Aban doned Tower in the King’s Cas tleScene 4: The Thorn For estScene 5: An Area of the King’s Cas tle (Great Hall)Scene 6: Aban doned Tower in the King’s Cas tle

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SYN OP SIS OF MU SI CAL NUM BERS

PRO LOGUE

1. Are You the Hope? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trou ba dour

ACT ONE

2. It’s a Feast . . . . . . . . . . . . . .God mothers, Court, King3. It’s a Feast (Re prise) . . . . . . . . . . King, Queen, Court,

God mothers3a. Fur Elise Un der score3b. Scene Change4. Crash the Thun der. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malicia4b. Scene Change5. Will She Re mem ber . . . . . . . . . . Isabelle, Queen, King

Geraldine, Evelyn6. We Do What We Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dagmar, Hor ace7. Bright and Shining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evelyn, Elise8. Step, Step, Step . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Geraldine8b. Scene Change9. Step, Step, Step Dance9b. Act One Fi nale (Fur Elise)

ACT TWO

10. Malicia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Malicia, Mice10b. Scene Change10c. Scene Change (Dagmar’s Death)11. Only Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Evelyn11b. Scene Change11c. Scene Change11d. Scene Change12. Fi nale . . . . . . . . . . . Prince Mi chael, Elise, Company

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The Leg end Of Sleeping Beauty

A Mu si cal Play in Two Acts

CHAR AC TERS

To tal cast as listed be low, with dou bling: 13m., 15f, plus 3 roles that could be por trayed by a male or female.

TROU BA DOURKING RUDOLPH GOWDINNASQUEEN MARGARETTEPRINCESS ELISEISABELLEGERALDINEEVELYNMALICIAPRINCE MI CHAELGILLES, BARON D’CHAMBERYHOR ACEDAGMARSIR VILLINUS, KNIGHT OF THE FANGED VIPERLURKY (MAXIMILLIAN)

THE COURT:LORD CHARLES CLODSTONELADY EDWINA CLODSTONELORD SYD NEY FLABBERBOTTOMLORD GEORGE GRAND-VITESSELADY SOPHIE-LOUISE GRAND-VITESSELADY XE NIA MERCURE

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LORD PERCIVAL SHARPWITLADY EMILEE SHARPWIT

THE AN I MALS:BOYD THE BLUE BIRDDIERDRE THE DEERBELLISIMA THE BUT TER FLYOTTO THE OWLTHEDA THE TUR TLEREGINALD THE RABBIT

MALICIA’S MICE-CHILDREN:ICKYSNEAKYFREAKY

NOTE: Ad di tional court mem bers and mice-chil dren maybe cast as needed or at the di rec tor’s dis cre tion. The part of the trou ba dour can dou ble as a court mem ber. Hor ace andSir Villinus, Knight of the Fanged Vi per should be two dif -fer ent ac tors with strik ingly dif fer ent phys i cal char ac ter is -tics. Villinus must be a larger, more mus cu lar man thanHor ace in or der to per ceive the ef fects of Malicia’s spell.Both can dou ble as mem bers of the court.

See page 92 for set and tech ni cal re quire ments.

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Scene 2

(The great hall. COURT en ters with ex cite ment.)

(#3 “IT’S A FEAST”—re prise)

LADY EMILEE.EVERYONE IS BRIGHTLY DRESSED.IN GOWN AND CAPE AND VEST.FROM CHAMBERMAID AND HONORED GUEST.

LORD PERCIVAL.ON EV’RY FACE A SMILE.IT HAS BEEN QUITE A WHILE.THE KINGDOM NOW IS TRULY BLESSED.

LADY EDWINA.HOPE ABOUNDS; FEARS WILL CEASE.SOON WE’LL GREET OUR PRINCESS ELISE.

COURT.IT’S A ROYAL DAY OF GOLDEN LOVE AND

LIGHT.IT’S A FEAST; IT’S A PARTY. IT’S A GRAND

CELEBRATION. WE’RE EXCITED; WE’RE DELIGHTED; CAN’T

CONTAIN OUR ELATION.IT’S A ROYAL DAY OF GOLDEN LOVE AND

LIGHT.

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KING.MY PEOPLE, I’D LIKE YOU TO MEETOUR CHILD SO MILD AND SWEET.

KING & QUEEN.OUR DAUGHTER MAKES OUR LIVES

COMPLETE.

QUEEN.SHE’S SO PINK AND FAIR OF FACE.LIKE A ROSE, SO FULL OF GRACE.

KING.I PRESENT TO YOU THE PRINCESS ELISE.

ALL.HAPPINESS REIGNS: JOYS DISPLAYED.SHE’S THE BLESSING FOR WHICH WE PRAYED.IT’S A ROYAL DAY OF GOLDEN LOVE AND

LIGHT.

IT’S A FEAST; IT’S A PARTY. IT’S A GRANDCELEBRATION.

WE’RE EXCITED; WE’RE DELIGHTED; CAN’TCONTAIN OUR ELATION.

IT’S A ROYAL DAY OF GOLDEN LOVE ANDLIGHT.

IT’S A FEAST; IT’S A PARTY. IT’S A GRANDCELEBRATION.

WE’RE EXCITED; WE’RE DELIGHTED; CAN’TCONTAIN OUR ELATION.

IT’S A ROYAL DAY OF GOLDEN LOVE ANDLIGHT.

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(Lights change. Crowd looks around and opens to re veal MALICIA up stage.)

MALICIA (mov ing downstage). Well, well, well, well. Afeast; a party? A grand cel e bra tion! And I was not in -vited? A dear, dear aunt of the new born was not in vited? (KING starts to in ter rupt.) Please. I am sure the in vi ta -tion just got lost in the mail. Does n’t mat ter. I am herenow. I am so de lighted to be here.

EVELYN. Yes. And we are just thrilled you are here.GERALDINE. Could n’t you wear some thing a lit tle more

fes tive.MALICIA. For me, black is fes tive.QUEEN. Malicia, why must you cast your shadow on this

joy ous day?MALICIA. Joy ous! You say that as if I don’t know what

the word means.KING. You don’t. You al ways man age to cloud any thing

happy. You have been giv ing my fam ily trou ble foryears.

MALICIA. Years? You make me sound pos i tively an cient.(Crowd laughs.) Si lence. Or I shall turn your chil dreninto mice. (Crowd is si lent and shrinks from MALICIA.)

GERALDINE. Malicia, please. We are here to cel e brate the child’s birth.

EVELYN. And to be stow our gifts. So just, just…well, just be nice.

MALICIA. I will surely try. (Stands aloof and alone.)KING (at tempt ing to re cover and gain con trol of the sit u a -

tion). Ev ery one. Ev ery one, please. We are sorry for thisbrief in ter rup tion.



LORD SYDNEY. We un der stand com pletely, Your Maj -esty.

KING. Thank you. Thank you, Lord Flabberbottom.LORD SHARPWIT. My dear king and queen, my wife and

I pres ent the princess with this gift.LADY SHARPWIT. Yes. It’s a blan ket. A blan ket made

from fin est wool.LORD SHARPWIT. Finest wool from our fin est sheep,

Your Majesties.QUEEN. Thank you, Lord Percival and Lady Emilee. The

whole king dom knows what ex qui site wool the Sharp -wits make.

LADY SHARPWIT. Oh, thank you, Your Maj esty.

(Other gifts con tinue to be given as the fo cus shifts toMALICIA’s con ver sa tion.)

MALICIA. I have better things to do than stand in lines.EVELYN. We are all tak ing our turn.MALICIA. I am not used to these quaint cus toms. I don’t

take turns.GERALDINE. Well, now you are. Get in line. You’re right

be hind me.MALICIA (rail ing at ISABELLE). And you’re be hind me.

You go last.

(ISABELLE says noth ing, but ges tures to pay at ten tionto the pro ceed ings.)

QUEEN. The fra grance is di vine, Lady Xe nia.LADY XE NIA. Oh thank you. It is a rare blend of es sence

of hy a cinth and oil of gar de nia. To that is added only



the fin est zest of lemon, but not any lemon, only the tan -ta liz ing Mercure min ia ture lemon grown only…

MALICIA. Come on. Is she go ing to talk all day? (XE NIAwith draws in fear. Crowd shows dis gust.)

GERALDINE (ap proach ing). Your Majesties. I love mylit tle grand niece more than I can say. I wish her all thehap pi ness in the world. As a sym bol of my gift I of ferthis golden heart. May this child love truly and rec og -nize true love.

QUEEN & KING. Thank you. Thank you, dear AuntGeraldine.

EVELYN. Queen Margarette, Rudy, I mean King. KingRudolph. Many bless ings on my grand niece. I pres ent to her this golden star, a sym bol of my gift of health andbeauty.

KING (QUEEN nods thanks). Thank you, dear AuntEvelyn.

EVELYN. Oh look, she’s asleep. Sleeping Beauty. (ToMALICIA.) You are next. Be have.

MALICIA. Yes, I know. I even brought a baby gift.(Moving to ward the child she pro duces a crys taldagger.) It is a gift. A beau ti ful crys tal dagger. (Crowdgasps.)

QUEEN. What kind of gift is that? A knife is no gift for achild.

EVELYN. What is wrong with you? You should knowbetter than that.

MALICIA. Fine! I will take back the pre cious crys taldagger. I will make a spe cial gift of it when she is older. How much older? How about when she reaches her six -teenth birth day. Yes. I will just hold onto it un til shereaches her six teenth birth day.



KING. Fine. Now go.MALICIA. Not so fast. (#3A: Fur Elise Underscore.) I

still have some thing to give this lit tle prin cess, and you,her par ents. I give the child a haunt ing mel ody and Iprom ise you, Queen Margarette and King Rudolph, your in sults will be re warded by a curse. On the day ofElise’s six teenth birth day, she will prick her fin ger onthe spin dle of a spin ning wheel and she will die.

ISABELLE. She will not die. She will not die. This is thelow est thing you have ever done. Your Majesties. Elisewill live. Here is my gift: a coun ter curse! The child will not die but sleep un til she is awak ened by a kiss fromher true love.

KING. Oh, thank you. Thank you.QUEEN. You vile crea ture. Even as you have cursed my

child, I curse you. May you be vic tim of one of yourown curses; may your own words de stroy you. And thatis a mother’s curse and as strong as any of your magicspells.

EVELYN. The queen is right. There is no curse stron gerthan a mother’s curse.

MALICIA. Well… We shall see. (Re gaining her com po -sure.) We shall see in about six teen years!

QUEEN (to KING). What are you go ing to do?KING. Elise will never prick her fin ger on a spin ning

wheel be cause there will be no spin ning wheels. Guards! Sub jects! Gather all the spin ning wheels in the cas tle, inthe town, in the king dom, and burn them. Burn them!

MALICIA. Be on your guard. This cas tle will not be safefor her. No place will be safe for her. Six teen years! Six -teen years! (Exits.)



QUEEN. Elise must be safe. I want our baby to be safe.(Crying.)

KING. I know what must be done. This is the most dif fi -cult thing we will ever do. (Com forting QUEEN.) Dearaunts, Geraldine, Isabelle and Evelyn, please take ourchild and let her live with you; raise her as you raisedme. Teach her the good ness of life and the magic oflove. Keep her safe.

QUEEN. Oh, please keep her safe. Just keep our baby safe. (Hands baby to ISABELLE.)

GERALDINE. She will be safe with us.EVELYN. We will send word.KING. No. You must be se cret. Malicia can not learn where

you are. Elise must be safe.QUEEN. We will send word to you.GERALDINE. How will you find us?KING. I do not know. We will send some one to find you.QUEEN. But not be fore her six teenth birth day. (AUNTS

exit with child. #3B: Scene Change.)

Scene 3

(Malicia’s castle.)

MALICIA (en ters). Hilda! Hilda! I’m back. Hilda, I’mhome! Where are you? (Screams.) Hilda!!

DAGMAR (en ters car ry ing mop). Do you mean me?MALICIA. Of course I mean you. Get me a cup of poi -

son-ivy tea and one of those crow-feather cook ies.DAGMAR (turn ing to go). Well, if you mean me, my

name is Dagmar.



MALICIA. No it is n’t. It’s Hilda.DAGMAR. Fine. (Exiting.) A cup of poi son-ivy tea.MALICIA. And one of those crow-feather cook ies. You

know, the ones that I’m al ways “ra ven” about. I de servea treat. I have had a busy, busy day.

DAGMAR. I’m sure you have. (Exits.)

(#4 “CRASH THE THUN DER”)

MALICIA.CRASH THE THUNDER; RING THE BELLS.I’VE RETURNED FROM DOING SPELLS.OH, HOW I WORK AND SLAVE EACH DAYAND STILL I HAVE MUCH MORE, MUCH MORE

TO SAY.

THE KING AND QUEEN EXCLUDED ME;CUT ME OUT AND WERE RUDE TO ME.THEY DO ME WRONG AND THEY WILL PAYWHEN THEIR BABY FALLS ASLEEP ONE DAY.

CRASH THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING FLASH!MY PERSONALITY IS BOUND TO CLASH.I MIGHT BE BAD, OH, I MIGHT BE GOOD;BUT ONE THING’S FOR CERTAIN: I’M

MISUNDERSTOOD.

MY SPELL WAS PERFECT AND MADE TO LAST,BUT MY DEAR OLD SISTER THREW A

COUNTER-CAST.I AM THROUGH WITH THEM NOW AND OUT OF

SIGHT.OH, THEY WILL FEEL THE SPITE OF MY

MIGHT.



CRASH THE THUNDER AND LIGHTNING FLASH,MY PERSONALITY IS BOUND TO CLASHI MIGHT BE BAD, OH, I MIGHT BE GOOD;BUT ONE THING’S FOR CERTAIN: I’M

MISUNDERSTOOD.

DAGMAR (en ter ing). Here’s your tea and your snack.MALICIA. Where’s your brother? Where’s Boris?DAGMAR. If you mean Hor ace, he’s fish ing for eels.MALICIA. I have a job for you two…in about fif teen

years. Yes, I will have a lit tle job for you to do. (Staresmen ac ingly at the crys tal dagger.) I will need you andyour brother to go out search ing for a lit tle prin cess. Iam sure they have her well hid den, but not too far away. That child must be found. Fif teen years! Mean while,feed the chil dren, I mean mice.

DAGMAR. Don’t trans form any more chil dren into mice.We don’t have room for any more mice. (Shrinking.)But it is your cas tle…

MALICIA. Why thank you so much for rec og niz ing thatteen sy-weensy itsy-bitsy ob vi ous fact. (Beat.) Feed themice.

DAGMAR. Mice! It’s time to eat.

(MICE come out of ev ery where and fol low DAGMARoff.)

LURKY (as this mouse is cross ing to exit). I want to be achild again. I want to be a child.

MALICIA (dis dain fully). I knew I was go ing to have trou -ble with you.



LURKY. But I don’t like be ing a mouse. I want to be a lit -tle boy!

MALICIA. Go eat. And Hilda, don’t for get…DAGMAR. My name is Dagmar.MALICIA. I will want you to find that girl for me. For just

now, we will let them lull them selves into a false senseof se cu rity. But in fif teen years, Dagmar.

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