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The Princess and the Pea (Lavrakas)

This is a theatrical version of the familiar and beloved tale, told with gentle humor.

  • Full Length Play
  • Fantasy, Comedy
  • 55 minutes

  • Target Audience: Pre-Teen (Age 11 - 13), Teen (Age 14 - 18), Children (Age 6 - 10), Appropriate for all audiences
  • Set Requirements: Unit Set/Multiple Settings

  • Performance Group:
  • Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student

  • Accolades:
  • Winner! AATE/Unpublished Play Reading Project Award
This is a theatrical version of the familiar and beloved tale, told with gentle humor.

Princess Astrid finds she has been lured from her home by Gustav the Troll as a prospective bride for the bookish Prince Eric. Although this feisty princess has no interest in either marriage or princes, she spiritedly takes a series of tests to prove that she is a real princess.

Despite the plotting of the oily courtier, Osric, Astrid and Eric are drawn to each other out of respect for the other's stubborn individualism. However, before there may be a proper happy ending, Astrid must pass a final test. 

Premiere Production: Commissioned and premiered by Birmingham Children's Theatre, and subsequently produced by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
  • Casting: 3M, 2F, 1M or F

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This is a theatrical version of the familiar and beloved tale, told with gentle humor. Princess Astrid finds she has been lured from her home by Gustav the Troll as a prospective bride for the bookish Prince Eric. Although this feisty princess has no interest in either marriage or princes, she spiritedly takes a series of tests to prove that she is a real princess. Despite the plotting of the oily courtier, Osric, Astrid and Eric are drawn to each other out of respect for the other's stubborn individualism. However, before there may be a proper happy ending, Astrid must pass a final test. Simple unit set. Fairy tale costumes. Approximate running time: 55 minutes.

$19.95