Folk and Fairy Tales
New twists on old tales from American folklore and countries around the world are refreshingly portrayed in delightful plays and musicals, which include traditional adaptations as well as comedies, melodramas and fractured fairytales. The huge variety of scripts to choose from will allow your school, church or community theatre group to enchant audiences of all ages with endearing stories from long ago.Pioneer Drama Service has 187 plays and musicals based on dozens of folk and fairy tales.
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Marian and the Merry Men
Cast: 10M, 11F
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 75 minutes With a strong female lead and plenty of other female roles, Marian and the Merry Men is familiar yet fresh and the perfect balance of action and comedy. More... |
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The Big Bad Musical
A Howling Courtroom Comedy
Cast: Flexible cast of 14 (3M, 5F, plus 6 roles that can be any), chorus
Set/Time: Interior courtroom set / About 60 minutes The jury — your audience — must decide the outcome of the biggest trial ever in the fairy‑tale world! More... |
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Big Bad
Cast: Flexible cast of 14 (3M, 5F, plus 6 roles that can be any)
Set/Time: Interior courtroom set / About 45 minutes The most notorious criminal in the fairy-tale world, Big Bad Wolf, is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by the countless quirky characters he has wronged. More... |
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Folk Tails
Animal stories from around the world
Cast: Flexible cast of 6 to 39
Set/Time: Bare stage / About 30 minutes There’s something for everyone in these delightful stories, told by six storytellers who narrate each tale while other actors don simple animal costumes onstage to act out the short scenes. More... |
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The Ever After
Cast: Flexible cast of 16 (2M, 9F, plus 5 roles that can be any)
Set/Time: Interior talk show set / About 30 minutes From Snow White and the Evil Queen to Cinderella and her middle-aged Ugly Stepsisters, this TV show parody asks the question, “Can’t we all just get along?” More... |
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Happily Never After
Cast: 4M, 7F
Set/Time: Interior office set / About 30 minutes When Sleeping Beauty will do nothing but nap and the Frog Prince refuses to give up his amphibian ways, a marriage counselor has no choice but to rewrite the endings of famous fairy tales. More... |
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The Rockin’ Tale of Snow White
Cast: Flexible cast of 30, chorus
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 75 minutes The tale of Snow White has never felt so fresh and new with this funny adaptation that will make even the most jaded among us laugh out loud! More... |
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Princess Whatsername
Cast: Flexible cast of 23-36 (7M, 15F, plus 14 roles that can be any), optional chorus, doubling
Set/Time: Simple interior and exterior sets / About 90 minutes With a classic fairy tale setting, loads of exciting and hilarious roles to play, a variety of entertaining musical numbers and a plot full of mystery and adventure, this show has it all! More... |
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Doo-Wop Wed Widing Hood
A 50s Musical!
Cast: 8M, 10F, plus 3 roles that can be any, chorus
Set/Time: Single interior and exterior set / About 75 minutes It’s the 1950s, hula-hoops are in high demand, and so is Little Red Riding Hood! Complete with the Big Bad Wolf and a sock-hopping ‘50s score, this show is guaranteed to end happily ever after! More... |
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Twinderella
Cast: Flexible cast of 31 (12M, 10F, plus 9 roles that can be any), optional extras, doubling
Set/Time: Single interior and exterior set / About 50 minutes Cinderella’s cruel stepmother and evil stepsisters make her rotate tires. Bob, her long lost twin brother, is forced by his evil stepfather and cruel stepbrothers to organize their sock drawers. More... |
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