Theater Arts Guild is proud to announce the production of the Broadway musical Once Upon A Mattress. Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway. The play was written as an adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale The Princess and the Pea.
If you thought you knew the story of The Princess and The Pea, you may be in for a walloping surprise! Did you know, for instance, that Princess Winnifred actually swam the moat to reach Prince Dauntless the Drab? Or that Lady Larken's love for Sir Harry provided a rather compelling reason that she reach the bridal alter post haste? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the familiar classic of royal courtship and comeuppance provides for some side-splitting shenanigans. Chances are you'll never look at fairy tales quite the same way again!
PRODUCTION TEAM:
PRODUCERS: Scott McDade, Brandi Wagner
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER: Matt Riggins
STAGE MANAGER: Kristi Muna
ASSISTANT CHOREOGRAPHER: Suzann McLamb
MUSIC DIRECTOR: John French
COSTUMER: Phyllis Hammatt