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 193 plays and musicals based on dozens of folk and fairy tales.
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Alanna and the Wonderful Lamp
A Storytelling Escapade
Cast: 3M, 2F, plus 3-5 roles that can be any, optional extras
Set/Time: Bare stage / About 40 minutes This energetic, highly entertaining TYA play that’s ideal for touring teaches the audience the magic of storytelling and the importance of taking control of your own life. More... |
Fairy Godmothers in Training
Cast: 3M, 8F, plus extras
Set/Time: Simple interior area staging / About 45 minutes A modern day twist on an old fairy tale favorite! More... |
Pia the Piper
Cast: 3F, plus 13 roles that can be any, optional extras
Set/Time: Single interior and exterior set / About 25 minutes With funny twists on a familiar tale, this timeless show can be staged in any time period with almost all roles played by any gender. More... |
The Queen and the Enchantress
Cast: 5M, 6F, optional extras
Set/Time: Simple interior sets / About 50 minutes Kidnapping, forgery, palace intrigue, and a touch of magic spice up this reimagined fairy tale with something for everyone. More... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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... |
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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