Goodnight Princess play script for 14 to 24 actors Sleepless in Fairytale Land

“Goodnight, Princess”
(Sleepless in Fairytale Land)
By D. M. Larson

Princess Nara can’t sleep and she won’t let anyone in the kingdom sleep until she does. A reward is offered to anyone who can help the princess sleep. Who knows the secret to a good night’s sleep?

Good Night Princess, also known as Sleepless in Fairytale Land, has a cast of 14 to 24 characters with song ideas to help you turn the play into a musical. The characters include Sleeping Beauty, Red Riding Hood, the Wolf, the Boy Who Cried Wolf, Alice, the Mad Hatter, the Queen of Hearts, Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Snow White, the evil Queen and Rip Van Winkle.

CAST OF CHARACTERS (14 to 24+)

Main Cast (5)

NARA: A princess who can’t sleep.

CHAMBERLAIN: Lead royal assistant to NARA.

MIRROR: Magical person inside mirror who likes to tell jokes to NARA.

COOK: Prepares food for NARA.

MOON: Sits outside the window trying to sing NARA to sleep.


Supporting Cast (19+ or 9 with doubling)

*ROSE: Sleeping Beauty

*BAD: Bad fairy who made the spell that cursed ROSE.

*GOOD: Good fairy who turned the curse of ROSE into a sleeping spell.

*RED: Red Riding Hood

*WOLF: A wolf dressed as RED’s grandma

*BOY: A boy who cries “wolf!”

*SHEEP: Several dancing sheep that NARA tries to count to fall asleep

*ALICE: Of Wonderland

*MAD HATTER: Crazy person who serves pretend tea.

*QUEEN OF HEARTS: Wants to cut off NARA’s head.

*PEA: Princess who looks for a pea or something else that might be keep NARA awake.

*GOLDILOCKS: A light haired girl who wants to find something that is just right.

*PAPA BEAR: The father bear.

*MAMA BEAR: The mother bear.

*BABY BEAR: The baby bear.

*ANIMALS: Several cute critters who come to help SNOW clean.

*SNOW: Snow White

*RAVENNA: The Evil Queen who shares poison fruit.

*RIP: A wise old person named Rip Van Winkle.


CAST NOTES:

5 main characters + 19 or more parts that can be doubled (24+ overall)

Most parts can be played by females.

*Parts that can be doubled and performed by a cast of 14.


BOY, MAD HATTER, PAPA BEAR and RIP could be played by 1 to 2 males.

ROSE, BAD, GOOD, ALICE, QUEEN OF HEARTS, PEA, SNOW and RAVENNA can be played by as few as 3 females)

SHEEP and ANIMALS could be played by 2 or more actors (the more the better)

RED, WOLF, GOLDILOCKS, MAMA BEAR and BABY BEAR can be played by 3 females.

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