AustinLiveTheatre Video: Once Upon A Mattress, Wimberley Players, September 14 - October 9

AustinLiveTheatre.com visits the Wimberley Players in Wimberley, Texas, for the dress rehearsal of the musical Once Upon A Mattressand and for interviews of director David Schneider and assistant director Ellen Massey. This sparkling musical runs Fridays - Sundays, September 14 - October 9.

Upcoming:ONCE UPON A MATTRESS, Wimberley Players, September 14 -October 7

Once Upon A Mattress, musical, Wimberley Players, 450 Old Kyle Rd., Wimberley, Fridays-Sundays, September 14 - October 7
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2012 Wimberley Players Season

Once Upon a Mattress

Music by Mary Rogers
Lyrics by Marshall Barer
Book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller & Marshall Barer

September 14 – October 7

Friday and Saturday Evenings 8:00 p.m.

Sunday Matinees 2:30 p.m.

Long-time favorite musical comedy, an adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Princess and the Pea. Queen Agravaine decrees that only a princess who can pass her sensitivity test may marry her son Prince Dauntless-and no one else in the kingdom may marry until Dauntless does. When the princess Winnifred the Woebegone appears, life improves immensely throughout the kingdom. Singing, dancing, and lot of laughs.

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Upcoming: Once Upon A Mattress, Theatre at the J, July 31 - August 6

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Theatre at the J summer youth production workshop

presents

ONCE UPON A MATTRESS

with a cast of 5- to 11-year olds

Sunday, July 31 - 2 pm
Monday, August 1 - 7 pm
Wednesday, August 3 - 7 pm
Saturday, August 6 - 8 pm

Dell Jewish Community Center Hall, 7300 Hart Lane

Tickets $10/$13/$15

information at www.shalomaustin.org/theateratthejj

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 it may not have been the pea at all that caused the princess a sleepless night? Carried on a wave of beguiling 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. In this adaptation for pre-high school students, the content has been edited to better suit younger actors and audiences, but all the magic, hilarity and fun of the original are still in place.

Upcoming: Once Upon A Mattress, Hill Country Community Theatre, Marble Falls, July 16 - August 2

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Once Upon a Mattress

Music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer
book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer

Hill Country Community Theatre
July 16 - August 2, 2009

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 Larkin’s love for Sir Harry provided a rather compelling reason that she reach the bridal alter “post haste”? Or, in fact, it wasn’t the pea at all that caused the princess a sleepless night?

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.

Tickets: Adults $20.00, Under 12 $9.00 Box Office 830.798.8944 • Director 830.693.2474