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Welcome to the Theater �� ii About Once Upon A One More Time JR. �� vii The Show ��1 ...One More Time ��2 Lucky ��16 Work, Kid ��31 Circus ��40 Sometimes ��51 Oops!… I Did It Again ��57 Oops… Again ��66

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Womanizer (Part 1) ��67 Womanizer (Part 2) ��73 I Wanna Go ��81 Crazy ��88 Cinderella ��96 Toxic ��102 Everytime ��109 Stronger (Part 1) ��115 Stronger (Part 2) ��122 Megamix ��126 Words To Know From Once Upon A One More Time JR. ��135 Glossary ��137 Once Upon A One More Time JR. Actor’s Script © 2026 MTI Enterprises Inc. Once Upon A One More Time Book © 2021, 2023 Jon Hartmere. Once Upon A One More Time Music and Lyrics © Various Authors. Complete musical composition credits listed in the back of this book. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Once Upon A One More Time JR. © 2026 MTI Enterprises Inc., created by iTheatrics under the supervision of Timothy Allen McDonald. Actor’s Script Front Matter © 2026 MTI Enterprises Inc., created by iTheatrics under the supervision of Timothy Allen McDonald. Broadway Junior and ShowKit are trademarks or registered trademarks of Music Theatre International. All rights reserved. Unauthorized duplication is prohibited by law.

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welcome to the

theater CONGRATULATIONS! You’ll be working with your creative team and fellow cast members to put on a musical. Before you begin rehearsals, there are some important things you should know.

This book is your script. Whether putting on a school production or rehearsing a professional show, every actor, director, and stage manager works from a script. Your script contains some additional information like this introduction and a glossary. You can look up any bold words in the glossary at the back of this book. Be sure to take good care of your script, and use a pencil when taking notes in it, since what you’ll be doing onstage can change during rehearsals. One of the first things you’ll need to learn is what to call the various areas of the stage. Since most stages used to be raked, or tilted down toward the house, where the audience sits, we still use the term downstage to refer to the area closest to the audience and upstage to refer to the area farthest from the audience. Stage left and stage right are from the actor’s perspective when facing the audience. The diagram above shows how to use these terms to label nine different parts of the stage.

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rehearsals

ou will be performing a musical, a type of play that tells a story through songs, dances, and dialogue. Because there are so many parts of a musical, most shows have more than one author. The composer writes the music and usually works with a lyricist, who writes the lyrics, or words, to the songs. The book writer writes the dialogue (spoken words, or lines ) and the stage directions , which tell the actors what to do onstage and what music cues to listen for. Your director will plan rehearsals so that the cast is ready to give its best performance on opening night! Remember to warm up before each rehearsal so that your mind, body, and voice are ready to go. Every rehearsal process is a little bit different, but here is an idea of what you can expect as you begin to work on your show.

music:

choreography:

After you’ve got the music down, you’ll begin working on the choreography – or dance – in the show. Your choreographer will create the dances and teach them to the cast. The music and the choreography help tell the story.

blocking & scene work:

Your director will block the show by telling the cast where to stand and how to move around the stage. You’ll use your theater terms (downstage left, upstage right, etc.) a lot during this portion of the rehearsal process. You will also practice speaking your lines and work on memorizing them. Rehearsing your part from memory is called being off-book. Your director will help you understand the important action in each scene so you can make the best choices for your character’s objective, or what your character wants.

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what to expect during

Since you’re performing a musical, it is important to learn the music early on in the rehearsal process. Your music director will teach the cast all the songs in the show and tell you what to practice at home.

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make the script

your own write your name legibly, either in the space provided on the 1 Always cover of your script or on the title page. Scripts have a way of getting lost or changing hands during rehearsals! your lines and lyrics with a bright-colored highlighter to make 2 Mark your part stand out on the page. This will allow you to look up from your script during rehearsals, since it will be easier to find your place when you look back down. important stage directions, lines, lyrics, and individual 3 Underline words. For example, if your line reads, “I’m here to rescue you.” and your director wants you to stress the words “rescue you,” underline them in your script.

4 Save time and space by using the following standard abbreviations: ON: onstage US: upstage SL: stage left CS: center stage

OFF: offstage DS: downstage SR: stage right X: cross

You may use these abbreviations to modify other instructions (e.g., you could write “R hand up” to remind yourself to raise your right hand). You may also combine them in various ways (e.g., you could write “XDSR” to remind yourself to cross downstage right). diagrams to help clarify your blocking. For example, if you are 5 Draw instructed to walk in a circle around a table, you might draw a box to represent the table, then draw a circle around it with an arrow indicating the direction in which you are supposed to walk. stick figures to help you remember your choreography. Remember, 6 Draw the simpler the better.

7 Mark your music with large commas to remind yourself where to take breaths while singing.

8 Although you should feel free to mark up your script, be careful it

doesn’t become so cluttered with notes that you have a hard time finding your lines on the page!

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synopsis The show opens as the NARRATOR calls everyone to places. A GIRL holds an ornate storybook and requests that her godmother read her a fairy tale. The Narrator gathers PRINCES and

The Princesses write their stories. SET Studios, JTF West 2026

she’s so lonely, but the Narrator dismisses her concerns. Later, at Snow White’s cottage, the Princess and the Pea, Snow White, Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, and the LITTLE MERMAID commiserate over how their “happy ever afters” are not so happy (Lucky). Snow White, summoned by the Narrator, must dash away to perform the Huntsman scene. On her walk back home, Cinderella wishes for more, and the original FAIRY GODMOTHER (O.F.G.) appears! She’s brought

PRINCESSES, like SNOW WHITE, SLEEPING BEAUTY, the PRINCESS AND THE PEA, RAPUNZEL, BELLE, and CINDERELLA, so they’ll be ready if the Girl chooses their story (…One More Time). The Girl falls asleep, and the audience follows the Narrator into the storytellers’ backstage area. STEPMOTHER and STEPSISTERS (BELINDA and BETANY) practice flirting, but PRINCE CHARMING only has eyes for Cinderella. She wants him to come to Scroll Club, but he happily informs her that he doesn’t read, and his only job is to be charming. Cinderella wonders aloud to the Narrator whether they’re in “happy ever after,” especially since

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Cinderella dreams of something more. SET Studios, JTF West 2026

Cinderella a copy of The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan and tells Cinderella how she escaped Story’s End with Princess Betty. Cinderella hides the book in her apron when she’s called by the Narrator. Betany and Belinda berate Cinderella for wanting to go to the ball (Work,

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Kid). Stepmother snatches the book from Cinderella. Cinderella goes to Snow White’s cottage, even though her story is being read, to tell her about Fairy Godmother and ask for her help getting the book back. Through the intercom, the Narrator asks Snow White if she’s seen Cinderella and threatens to replace Cinderella with someone else. Snow White lies to the Narrator – which she has never done before – and the two go to Cinderella’s castle to get the book back from her Stepmother. Prince Charming makes his grand entrance to the ball, where the COURT awaits (Circus). Cinderella and Snow White enter in disguise. Cinderella’s Stepmother refuses to return the book unless Cinderella rejects Prince Charming. Stepmother wants the Prince to choose one of her daughters and for Cinderella to convince the Narrator to use the Great Quill to change the story.

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The story picks up again with Cinderella and Prince Charming’s first dance. Cinderella tries to

Prince Charming welcomes the reader to to the story. SET Studios, JTF West 2026

reject the Prince, as Stepmother wants, but she can’t resist him (Sometimes). Suddenly, Snow White recognizes him – Prince Charming is also her prince, Faithful (Oops!… I Did It Again). HANSEL, GRETEL, and the Princesses gather in Snow White’s cottage, where Cinderella confesses that her new book has caused her to question their world. Narrator finds them and threatens to send Cinderella to Story’s End if she doesn’t perform her story exactly as written. Cinderella heads back to her story but is interrupted by Fairy Godmother. O.F.G. explains that Cinderella needs to change her happily ever after herself. Inspired Once Upon A One More Time JR.

At the tower, Prince Charming appears. The Princesses realize he’s not only Cinderella’s and Snow White’s prince… he’s everyone’s prince (Oops… Again). The Princesses confront Prince Charming and drop him down a wishing well (Womanizer – Parts 1 and 2). Cinderella wishes that she had enough books for all the Princesses, and O.F.G. appears to grant her wish! She passes out books and explains a thing or two to the Princesses about what girls can do (I Wanna Go). As the Princesses go on strike, the Girl reading the story holds up a blank book… and steps through a magical door into the fairy-tale world. The Narrator, Prince Charming, and Stepfamily are tired of Cinderella’s antics (Crazy). Though Stepmother wants the Narrator to promote one of her daughters to the princess position, Narrator insists that Prince Charming must win back Cinderella. The Princesses, GOLDILOCKS, and LITTLE RED pause on their march to the Narrator’s castle to make their list of demands. They decide to camp for the night, and Cinderella assures everyone that she has a plan – which, she

confesses to Snow White, she doesn’t. Cinderella leaves to search for O.F.G. when Prince Charming finds her. Narrator and Stepmother watch as he tries to win her back (Cinderella). In a moment of clarity, Prince Charming realizes that she’s right and lets her go. Meanwhile, after Stepmother’s hints, the Narrator finally considers the Stepsisters to take over Cinderella’s role. Stepmother reminds Narrator of his own power, and he banishes the Princesses (Toxic). When Betany and Belinda try to stand up to him, he banishes them too. Cinderella returns, and Narrator demands she meet Prince Charming at the palace at midnight, or he’ll banish her, too (Everytime). Cinderella encounters Girl, the reader, who came into the book to look for her godmother, who turns out to be O.F.G.! Girl and O.F.G. go with Cinderella to the castle, where the Narrator tries to force Cinderella to marry Prince Charming. Instead, Cinderella breaks a glass slipper, awakening the Princesses at Story’s End and banishing the Narrator (Stronger – Part 1). The Girl, using O.F.G.’s wand, wishes for everyone to write their own happily ever after.

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again, Cinderella asks a BIRD to tell the Princesses to meet her in Rapunzel’s tower.

The Girl loves the new story! Together, everyone vows to write their own stories (Stronger – Part 2). The celebration continues (Megamix).

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characters (in order of appearance)

Narrator Girl Fairy Godmother (O.F.G.) Snow White Sleeping Beauty Princess and the Pea Rapunzel Cinderella Prince Charming Stepmother Betany Belinda Little Mermaid Groomsmen Court Hansel Gretel Bird (or a puppet) Belle Goldilocks Little Red Ensemble: Princes, Princesses

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Places!

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ALL (the “aloha” of the kingdom) Happy ever after. (#4 – HAPPY EVER AFTER begins.)

SCENE 2: BACKSTAGE (PRINCE CHARMING sweeps through, trailed by STEPSISTERS and STEPMOTHER.) STEPMOTHER There’s Prince Charming, girls! And Cinderella’s nowhere to be found. Belinda, Betany! Showtime. Like we practiced! (instructions) Silly giggle! (They giggle.) Hair flip! (They flip their hair.) GO! (STEPMOTHER pushes them towards PRINCE CHARMING... just as CINDERELLA enters. PRINCE CHARMING blows right on by them, making a beeline for CINDERELLA.) PRINCE CHARMING Hi! How’s my favorite 8 and a half, narrow? CINDERELLA Oh hi! She is... thinking. Ugh. Why?

PRINCE CHARMING

CINDERELLA Well, I was wondering... would you ever want to come to Scroll Club? Scroll Club?

PRINCE CHARMING

CINDERELLA Yeah! The girls and I get together every waxing gibbous moon to talk about the stories in the Great Scroll, and I was thinking if you and I—

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I don’t read.

PRINCE CHARMING

CINDERELLA Really? As prince, don’t you think you should? PRINCE CHARMING Let me tell you how the world works. I’m not paid to think. Neither are you! You’re paid to be pretty, and I’m paid to be charming. CINDERELLA Paid? Wait – do you get paid for this work? PRINCE CHARMING Shh. Maybe. It doesn’t matter. What matters is us. You. Me. Happy ever after. (then) Isn’t that the dream, Cin? (NARRATOR enters.) NARRATOR While we’ve got a break between children... notes. (checking notebook) Charming... none. What can I say? I was charmed. PRINCE CHARMING Bibbidi Bobbidi Boom! NARRATOR Cinderella. Hmm. Is everything all right, dear? Because you were late picking up the slipper. Children want things the same. Every time. CINDERELLA Every time. Got it. Can I ask a question, just like real quick though? Is this definitely happy ever after? (off NARRATOR’s shock) It’s just – I get the glass slippers, which are stunning, if a bit non-breathable, and I win the prince – Charming! – we marry, and it’s happy ever after... So why do I feel so... lonely? Does this make any sense? It does not.

NARRATOR

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CINDERELLA Ok. Sorry. It’s obviously me. Thank you for— NARRATOR (exiting) Good talk. Listening.

CINDERELLA

(#5 – SCROLL CLUB begins.) (CINDERELLA, NARRATOR, and PRINCE CHARMING exit.)

SCENE 3: SNOW WHITE’S COTTAGE (PRINCESS AND THE PEA, SLEEPING BEAUTY, RAPUNZEL, and LITTLE MERMAID are seated on miniature chairs with SNOW WHITE.) PRINCESS AND THE PEA Snow, you have no full-sized furniture? At least when Goldilocks hosts, we have options... SNOW WHITE Hey, why is nobody eating my apple crumble? SLEEPING BEAUTY Snow, sweetie, where’d you get the apples? SNOW WHITE Oh, this delightful old woman was selling them door to door— (RAPUNZEL tosses the apple crumble into the trash as CINDERELLA enters.) RAPUNZEL There you are! We should start. I have to braid my hair before my story’s read, and obviously that’s my whole day. SNOW WHITE Little Mermaid, it’s your tale. You wanna kick us off? (LITTLE MERMAID points to her throat.) She can’t speak.

RAPUNZEL

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Oh, right! I forgot!

SNOW WHITE

RAPUNZEL But we’ve read her story a million times. (incredulous) You KNOW her. SNOW WHITE I’m the fairest. I never claimed to be the smartest. (then) Can we talk about the trade Little makes with the Sea Witch? So it’s her voice, and her tongue— For legs. Sounds fair.

SLEEPING BEAUTY SNOW WHITE

SLEEPING BEAUTY Exactly. I mean, who are we without our princes? (Agreement from the PRINCESSES.) CINDERELLA ... but it’s her voice. There’s nothing else you could trade? (LITTLE MERMAID mimes. SLEEPING BEAUTY translates.) SLEEPING BEAUTY (translating) She said, “My voice is all I have.” CINDERELLA Which is exactly why you shouldn’t trade it! SNOW WHITE Ok, what has gotten into you, Cin? CINDERELLA I don’t know! I mean... (#6 – LUCKY begins.)

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Lucky LUCKY (CINDERELLA:) Is this, is any of this... "happy ever after"? You've never thought that? It's just, sometimes I'd like, I dunno, to wear a dress that I picked to the ball, or stay out past midnight, or...

b & b b b b 44

Rubato

(The PRINCESSES brießy let themselves imagine what they'd want...) SNOW WHITE: Not get poisoned...

PRINCESS AND THE PEA: Sleep through the night...

bbb Ó . b & b Rit.

∑

SLEEPING BEAUTY: Have (LITTLE MERMAID pantomimes "speak.") a drama-free christening... CINDERELLA: But maybe it's just me...?

U ∑

bb b bRit. & b

bb &bbb Œ

œ œ œ œ Œ

(CINDERELLA:)

b & b bbb œ

∑

Ev - 'ry morn - ing,

RAPUNZEL:

Yank,

yank,

yank

SLEEPING BEAUTY:

she wakes up.

b & b b b b ‰ œj œ œ œ œ Œ

It's time for make - up,

œ œ

her

hair

PRINCESS AND THE PEA:

Œ œ œ œ

per - fect smile.

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b & b bbb œ

SNOW WHITE:

œ œ œ œ

Al - ways

"Is

b & b bbb

of the

fair

j œ œ

They go,

ALL SCROLL CLUB PRINCESSES:

bbb b & b œ.

fair - est

‰

œ.

fai

j œ œ

n't

she

love

j œ œ œ œ œ

tale

œ œ œ

girl?"

j bbb b & b œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ Œ

PRINCESSES (PART 1):

"She's so luck - y,

this

œ œ

And they

œ œ. œ

say,

ly,

œ œ.

she's a star." But she

b & b b b b œ œ œ œ œj œ ‰ Œ . "She's so luck - y,

œ œ. œ

œ œ

she's a star." But she

bb &bbb œ

cry, cries

œ œ œ

in her lone - ly

œ. œ

œ œ œ

œ. œ

PRINCESSES (PART 2):

say,

cry,

bb &bbb œ

cry,

cry, cries

in her lone - ly

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heart, think-in',

bbb Œ œ œ b & b

j œ. œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

bb Œ b & bb œ œ

j ‰ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

b & b bbb œ

œ œ œ

bbb œ b & b

œ œ œ

these

why

if there's noth - in'

miss - in' in my life, then

if there's noth - in'

miss - in' in my life, then

why

these

j œ œ œ. œ

‰

œ œ œ.j œ

‰

tears

bb & b b b ‰ œj œ œ œ œ Œ

CINDERELLA:

come at night?

Œ œœ œ

Lost in an im - age,

(PART 1):) bb b b (PRINCESSES Œ œ Ó & b Ó œ

Im - age

in a dream, But there's

Im - age

(PART 2):) bb b (PRINCESSES Œ œ & bb Ó

But there's

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(ALL PRINCESSES:)

b & b bbb œ œ

œ œ œ œ œj ‰ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ

no one there to wake her up.

b & b bbb œ

bbb b & b œ

"Is

bbb b & b

‰ œj œ

œ.

fai

œ œ

j ‰ œ œ œ

j‰ Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ œ œ

what hap - pens if it stops?

ALL PRINCESSES:

bbb b & b œ.

CINDERELLA:

keeps spin - nin', and she keeps on win - nin', but

tell me,

œ œ

And the world

j œ œ

n't

she

love

j œ œ œ œ œ

tale

girl?"

œ.

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They go,

œ œ œ

ly,

‰ Œ

this

œ œ

And they

j bbb b & b œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ Œ

PRINCESSES (PART 1):

say,

"She's so luck - y,

œ œ. œ

œ œ

she's a star." But she

b & b b b b œ œ œ œ œj œ ‰ Œ . "She's so luck - y,

œ œ. œ

œ œ

she's a star." But she

b & b bbb œ

cry, cries

œ œ œ

œ œ nœ

in her lone - ly

œ. œ

œ œ œ

œ. œ

PRINCESSES (PART 2):

say,

cry,

bbb b & b œ

cry,

cry, cries

in her lone - ly

heart, think-in',

b & b bbb Œ œ œ

j ‰ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

bbb Œ b & b œ œ

j ‰ œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

if there's noth - in'

miss - in' in my life,

then

if there's noth - in'

miss - in' in my life,

then

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b & b bbb œ

œ œ œ

b & b bbb œ

œ œ œ

why

these

b & b bbb

œ œ

∑

bbb œ b & b œ

j œ œ œ. œ

‰

come at night?

œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ

∑

uh - oh yeah

NARRATOR: And so it was that Cinderella and her Prince Charming were married, their union sealed with true love's kiss.

œ œ

œ œ œ œ. œ œ œ œ

uh - oh

yeah

(Instead of kissing CINDERELLA, PRINCE CHARMING turns at the last second to sing—) PRINCE CHARMING:

bb & b b b œ.

œ œ

GROOMSMEN:

‰

tears

(We enter a memory – CINDERELLA's wedding. PRINCE CHARMING enters leading a procession of GROOMSMEN.) 50

œ œ œ.j œ

tears

"Is

j œ œ n't

she

luck

œ œ œ ‰ œ J

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this

bbb œ . b & b

œ J

fair

œ J

tale

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

b w &bb

b & b b œ.

She

bb b & œ.

ALL (PART 2):

She

b & b b œ.

ALL (PART 3):

She

j œ œ

bbb

girl?"

ALL (PART 1):

œ J

j œ œ œ ‰ y,

luck

j œ œ œ ‰ œ

luck

j ‰ œ œ œ œ

luck

but

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b w &bb

b œ. b & b

j œ œ

bb b œ. &

j œ œ

why

bb b & œ.

why

does

j œ œ does

œ œ

j œ œ.

œ.

j œ œ.

she

cry?

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¿ (overdramatic breath)

j œ œ

(Rearticulate the vowel.)

b w &bb

(girl)

bb œ . b &

j œ œ

bb b & œ.

j œ œ

b b & b œ.

j œ œ

there

noth

œ œ œ œ œ œj ‰

in'

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œj

œ œ œ

in'

j ‰V œ

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b w &bb

b &bb bb b & bb b V

j œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ

And they

œ œ

miss - ing in her life, why do tears come at night? And they

j œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ

miss - ing in her life, why do tears come at night? And they

j œ œ . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ

miss - ing in her life, why do tears come at night? And they

bb w b &

CINDERELLA:

(CINDERELLA:)

say!

bb . b & œ œ œ œ œJ œ ‰ Œ ALL (PART 1):

say,

"She's so luck - y,

b j & b b œ œ œ œ œ. œ ‰ Œ ALL (PART 2):

say,

"She's so luck - y,

œ œ. œ

œ œ

œ œ. œ

œ œ

she's a star." But she

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j œ œ

b œ. b & b

Why

b &bb œ

cry,

b &bb œ

cry,

does

cry,

cries

cry,

cries

œ œ

œ œ ú.

œ œ

she

in her lone

b &bb Œ œ

bb Œ b & œ

b &bb œ

œ œ œ

b œ &bb

œ œ œ

these

(ALL (PART 1):)

cry?

œ œ nœ

œ. œ

œ œ œ

œ. œ

heart, think-in',

œ. œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ J

if there's noth - in' (ALL (PART 2):)

miss - in' in my life,

then

if there's noth - in'

miss - in' in my life,

then

why

j œ. œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

these

‰ œj œ œ

tears

come at

night?

come at

night?

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b &bb w

∑ ∑

(As the memory fades, PRINCE CHARMING and GROOMSMEN exit.) NARRATOR (offstage) Snow White, to the Huntsman scene! SNOW WHITE Ugh. I hate doing that scene. Sorry, ladies. (The PRINCESSES exit, leaving SNOW WHITE and CINDERELLA.) You seem... off. Here, I made this for you. Maybe keep it, to remind you? (SNOW WHITE hands her a needlepoint.) CINDERELLA (reading) “Happy ever after.” That’s not how you spell “after.” Or “ever.” Or “happy.” SNOW WHITE Huh. I guess neither of us knows what happy ever after’s supposed to look like. (then, chipper) All right, I gotta go get chased through the woods by a terrifying man in pitch blackness! (SNOW WHITE exits, leaving CINDERELLA alone on a forest path.) CINDERELLA Once upon a time... once upon a time there was a girl who wanted... more?

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(#7 – BOOK THUMP 1 begins.) (THUMP! A book appears out of nowhere.) What’s this?

(CINDERELLA)

(#8 – O.F.G. ENTRANCE 1 begins.) (FAIRY GODMOTHER (O.F.G.) appears, magically.) FAIRY GODMOTHER “More”! You asked for— WHO ARE YOU?!? Fairy Godmother. Not mine!

CINDERELLA FAIRY GODMOTHER CINDERELLA

FAIRY GODMOTHER I’m the O.F.G. – the Original Fairy Godmother— CINDERELLA The Notorious O.F.G.?! Butbutbut... you got banished! FAIRY GODMOTHER (winking) ... did I? NARRATOR (offstage) Ok, from Snow’s chase, and Huntsman, this time, let’s really sell the terror! (O.F.G. turns the intercom off.) CINDERELLA We can’t turn the intercom off! How will I know if the Narrator’s looking for me? (CINDERELLA turns the intercom back on.) FAIRY GODMOTHER Sweetie, I want YOU to look for you. I’ve been waiting forever for a princess in this kingdom to ask for something that didn’t involve fabric. Open it!

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(CINDERELLA reads the title.) CINDERELLA The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan. A woman wrote this? Is Betty a good witch, or a— FAIRY GODMOTHER Bupbupbup. Cinderella, the stories you’ve been reading and living... they can be deeply problematic towards certain people. They can just give you a warped view of the world. The real world. Out there, beyond Story’s End. CINDERELLA Beyond Story’s End? You’ve escaped Story’s End? FAIRY GODMOTHER I did. With Princess Betty. She and I made our way to a fabulous little kingdom called “Flatbush.” CINDERELLA Wait, you know Princess Betty? FAIRY GODMOTHER I do! I know her quite well. As can you... (O.F.G. opens the book for CINDERELLA.) CINDERELLA (reading the book) “The Problem That Has No Name”... oh, this feels like it was written specifically for me! FAIRY GODMOTHER A lot of women felt that way. CINDERELLA (reiterating) And a woman wrote this. You’re not pulling my slipper. FAIRY GODMOTHER Sweetie... women do write. In Flatbush, they can write, they can lead, they can vote— CINDERELLA Women can lead? Women can VOTE? But how? FAIRY GODMOTHER Well, for that, they went on strike. Music Theatre International • Broadway Junior® • Actor’s Script

CINDERELLA Women can STRIKE? Oh my goodness, where is this place?! This “Flat Bush”? FAIRY GODMOTHER It’s in a land called... “America.” CINDERELLA America... oh it sounds like paradise for women! Erm...

FAIRY GODMOTHER NARRATOR

(offstage) Cinderella, report to the work scene. CINDERELLA Ugh. I know, as a woman, I’m supposed to love housework, but... FAIRY GODMOTHER No. You aren’t! Chapter 2 deconstructs that! Take the book with you. But you can’t show it to anybody! Princess Betty’s ideas... they’re often considered dangerous when first presented. Dangerous?

CINDERELLA NARRATOR

(offstage) Cinderella! CINDERELLA (into intercom) Coming! (CINDERELLA hurries off to—)

SCENE 4: STEPMOTHER’S HOUSE NARRATOR (offstage) Ok! Scene 8, Cinderella is Left Behind. From “You? Go to the ball?” Here we go!

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(#9 – WORK, KID begins.)

Work Kid WORK, KID (CINDERELLA hides the book in her apron and enters her story, where she is confronted by BETANY and BELINDA.) BETANY:

# 4 & 4 3

∑

You?!

& ¿

≈ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ

You wan - na...

∑

# j & ¿ us.

# Ó

to the

∑

BETANY: Did you hear her, Belinda? Cinderella wants to go to the ball. BELINDA: 5

¿ ¿

BELINDA:

ball!

j ¿

≈ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰

BETANY:

You wan - na...

With

(The beat drops, and the STEPSISTERS go on the offensive.)

‰

≈ ¿

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

You want the pret - ty dress - es

≈ ¿

You wan - na make the mess - es

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& &

# Ó≈

Ó ≈¿

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

You wan - na hear the 'yess - es'?

BELINDA:

Ó ≈¿

¿ ¿ ¿

¿ ¿

You want a posh carr - iage

# Ó

≈¿

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

¿ ¿ ¿

You bet - ter work, kid

Ó ≈¿

¿ ¿ ¿

You want a hot marr - iage

You wan - na rock rich

≈¿

You bet - ter work, kid

BETANY, BELINDA:

# Ó

≈¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ Œ ≈ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ You wan - na live fan - cy

# -

¿¿Œ ≈ ¿ ¿¿ ¿ ¿

# Ó

sion

Part - y in

≈¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

France?

¿ Ó

You bet - ter work, kid

Live in a big man -

≈¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

You bet - ter work, kid

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≈¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

¿ Ó

You bet - ter work, kid

≈¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

Now get to work, kid!

BETANY:

œ. œ œ œ œ Œ

Bring it

œ. œ œ œ œ Œ

Ring the a - larm

& œ . œ œ œ œ ~~ œ œ œ œ . œ œ œ œ

Don't stop now

BELINDA:

Work it

Just be the cham - pi - on!

& œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

hard

œ. œ œ œ œ Œ

like it's your pro - fes - sion

STEPMOTHER: (offstage) Cinderella! BETANY, BELINDA:

BETANY:

& œ. œ œ œ œ

Watch out

now

‰

j œ. œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ

'cause here comes Mom...

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# BELINDA: & Œ‰ . ¿r ¿ ¿

Here

comes the smash - er

& Œ ‰ . ¿r ¿ ¿

Œ‰ . r ¿ ¿ ¿

¿ ¿

Here

Here comes the big beat

# Œ ‰. r & ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ No

# Œ

time to quit now

‰

# #

‰

Just time to get it now

what

BELINDA, BETANY:

œ.

beat to blast ya

Œ ‰. r ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

Pick

∑

Big

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

Pick

& Œ

comes the moth - er

Œ ‰. r ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

¿ ¿ ¿

I'm put - ting down

œ J

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(STEPMOTHER blows in. Look out.)

& Œ

‰.

r ¿ ¿ ¿

STEPMOTHER:

call

# Œ

‰.

r ¿ ¿ ¿

# Œ

‰.

r ¿ ¿ ¿

# Œ

‰.

r ¿ ¿ ¿

‰.

r ¿ ¿ ¿

‰.

call

Call

your stu - pid mice!

means

make

your god - moth - er!

bring

r ¿ ¿ ¿ That

& Œ

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

the troub - le!

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

the trou - ble, y'all

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿

you step it

¿ ¿

the Step - moth - er!

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# Œ

r ¿ ¿ ¿

‰. ‰ ¿

¿ ¿ ¿

# CINDERELLA: & Ó œ œ

& œ

the bad

witch

∑

¿ ¿ ¿

Hold your head

The witch that you'll nev - er love

¿ ¿

œ œ œ œ

high,

High up to the

œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ

sky

Oh they'll try to

try ya but they can't de -

& œ

œ œ œ œ

Keep it build - in'

high - er

‰ j œ œ

œ œ œ œ

‰ j œ œ

& œ

Keep it build - in'

high - er

and high -

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& œ

‰ œj œ

So hold your head

‰

(

j œœ

high - er

and

high

and high -

œœ

( )

)

‰ œj œ

er!

(STEPMOTHER sees the book and snatches it from CINDERELLA.) STEPMOTHER: What is this?? BELINDA: It's a big piece of toast. BETANY: No, Belinda, it's a book. STEPMOTHER: How do you know what books are?!? CINDERELLA: Oh, please, I think that book might be the key to my happy ever after—

STEPMOTHER: All the more reason for me to keep it. CINDERELLA: Oh but can't I just—

∑

STEPMOTHER No! You can get back to work! (#10 – WORK, KID BUTTON begins.) (#11 – TO SNOW’S COTTAGE begins.) (CINDERELLA and the STEPFAMILY exit.)

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SCENE 5: SNOW WHITE’S COTTAGE (SNOW WHITE waves to an unseen woman, holding a basket of apples.) SNOW WHITE Thanks for the apples, delightful old woman! (CINDERELLA hurries in.) Cin! What are you doing here? Isn’t your story being read?!? CINDERELLA I’ve gone ROGUE! You’ve heard of O.F.G., right? Notorious O.F.G.?!

SNOW WHITE

YES. Snow – I met her!

CINDERELLA

SNOW WHITE WHAT?! How? But she was banished! CINDERELLA I know! I asked for “more,” and poof, SHE SHOWED UP! And she gave me a new book! It is MIND-BLOWING and is 100% going to change the way you look at quite literally EVERYTHING! But my stepmother took it, so we gotta get it back. I need your help, come on! SNOW WHITE Wow, ok! Oh, but not today. I’m meeting my prince. CINDERELLA What? Snow, this is way more important! Than true love?

SNOW WHITE

CINDERELLA True love between you and... The Prince!

SNOW WHITE

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CINDERELLA Right. But Prince...??? (off SNOW WHITE’s silence) You don’t even know his name! SNOW WHITE Of course I do. It’s... Faithful! CINDERELLA Snow. We’ve read your story in Scroll Club a million times. Your prince is never named. SNOW WHITE Well that’s what I call him, so— NARRATOR (offstage) Snow White? (SNOW WHITE answers the intercom.) ... yes?

SNOW WHITE

NARRATOR (offstage) Do you know where Cinderella is? (SNOW WHITE waves to CINDERELLA: “What do I do?” CINDERELLA shakes her head: “I’m not here!”) SNOW WHITE (into intercom) ... no? No. NARRATOR (offstage) Well if you see her, please tell her she’s due at the palace and that if she misses her entrance, I may have no choice but to replace her. Happy ever after isn’t a birthright; it’s a privilege, and it can be taken away. SNOW WHITE Got it! (hangs up) I can’t believe I just did that! I lied to the Narrator!

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CINDERELLA I think he’s been lying to us all these years! Come with me to the palace. My stepmother will be there; we can get the book back! SNOW WHITE I can’t enter your story WHILE it’s being read! We could both get banished! CINDERELLA Narrator says that to keep us in line. He banished O.F.G.!

SNOW WHITE

CINDERELLA Then we’re probably doing something right. Let’s go!

SCENE 6: PRINCE CHARMING’S PALACE NARRATOR (offstage) Ok! From Charming’s entrance, ladies, give me shock and awe! The Prince has ENTERED THE BUILDING! (#12 – CIRCUS begins.)

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CIRCUS Circus

(Trumpets sound, signaling the entrances of PRINCE CHARMING, PRINCES, PRINCESSES, STEPFAMILY, and the COURT.) PRINCE Pop CHARMING:

# 4 & 4

∑

‰ œ J

œ œ

There's on - ly

# œ

40# 8

two

œ types

Œ ‰ œ œ

œ peo

ple

‰

the

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two

types

peo

& œ œ Œ ‰ œJ œ œ

world:

ple

the

œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ

the ones that

en - ter - tain

and the ones that

œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ J

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& œ œ Œ

& œ œ Œ Þrst.

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

# & œ

shots.

A girl who charms me,

‰ œ œ œ J

I'm like the

I need a

# œ œ œ œ œ œ & &

hot. So c' mon put on

∑

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ring - lead - er,

call the

œ œ ‰ Jœ œ œ

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to make it

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‰ œ œ œ J

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‰ œ œ œ œ J

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œ œ

Oh ba - by I need a put - on - a - show kind of

‰ œ œ œ J

girl.

Fire!

œ œœŒ Ó

a show.

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œœ œœ œœ œœ

He calls the shots!

Fire!

# œ & œ œ œ œ œ &

hot. So c' mon put on

œ œœŒ Ó

a show.

∑

& œœ œœ œœ

œœ œœ

œœ

œœ œœ

dren - a - line mov - in' through my

& œœ œœ œœ œœ

& œœ œœ œœ

veins,

& œ

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j Œ ‰ œ œ œ œœ

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read - y,

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break.

form - er the dance ßoor is my stage.

Œ œœj ‰ œœj ‰ œœ

œœ œœ œœ œœ

on me and I'm read - y

œœ œœ œœ œœ

I feel the a -

(ALL:)

hope that

you

feel

the

I'm like a per -

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same.

œ Œ Ó

PRINCE CHARMING:

# ‰œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ‰ & J J

42#

All eyes on me in the cen - ter of the ring just like a cir - cus.

∑

PRINCESSES:

œ œ œ

Œ ‰ j œ

Ah -

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read - y,

hope that

you

feel

the

same.

PRINCE CHARMING:

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ œ‰ & ‰J J

& &

All eyes on me in the cen - ter of the ring just like a cir - cus.

∑

PRINCESSES:

Œ ‰ j œ

Ah -

‰ Jœ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ J

PRINCES:

∑

just like a cir - cus.

# ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ ‰ & J

When I crack my whip, ev-'ry-bod-y gon' trip just like a cir - cus!

& &

# #

ha!

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Ah-

‰ Jœ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ J

∑

just like a cir - cus.

# ‰ ALL: #

Don't

(PRINCESSES:)

stand

there

œ >

watch - in'

me,

œ >

want

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ha!

(ALL:)

& œ

in'

me,

show

PRINCE CHARMING, PRINCES:

# ‰

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

All my lad - ies let

œ >

what

you

œ œ

œ œ œ œ

go.

(PRINCE CHARMING, PRINCES:)

# œ œ

œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œœœ œ

can

C' mon make a dance

∑

PRINCE CHARMING:

‰ j Œ Ó œ œ

Ah - ha!

# œ

œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ œ

≈ œ œ

# œ

œ œ

œ œ œ ‰ œJ œ œ

# œ I

out

there:

‰ œ œ œ œ

hang with me

œ œ

∑

PRINCESSES:

two types of guys 40

‰œ J

There's on - ly

(PRINCE CHARMING:) 38

do.

œ œ œ œ œ œ

ßoor just like a cir - cus.

# Ó

are scared

œ œ Œ

hope that you

the ones that can

and the ones that

œ œ

So ba - by,

‰ œ œ œ J

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came pre - pared

I run a

œ œ œ œ

hang with me

# œ

# œ ‰ œ & J &

# Ó

# œ

are scared

œ œ Œ

œ œ

came pre - pared

‰ œ ‰ j Œ œ œ œ J

tight

and the ones that

hope that you

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

œ œ œ

ship

I run a

∑

Tight!

œ œ ‰ œJ œ œ

ring - lead - er,

‰ œ œ œ J

I call the shots.

∑

# œ

I need a

‰ ¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ ‰ Œ J shots!

œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œJ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

Þre - crack - er

‰ œ œ œ J

I'm like the

He calls the

So ba - by,

‰ œ œ œ J

be - ware

ALL:

# Ó

# œ œœŒ Ó

To make it hot. So c' mon put on

a show.

∑

Fire!

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∑

# œ œœŒ Ó

# Ó

∑

Fire!

∑

œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ

œœ

œœ œœ

I feel the a - dren - a - line mov - in' through my veins,

j‰ j‰ Œ œ œœ œœ œœ œ œœ

(ALL:)

œœ

œœ œœ œœ œœ

& œœ Œ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ œœ

œœ

œœ œœ œœ œœ

Spot - light

me and I'm read - y

break.

I'm like a per - form - er the dance ßoor is my stage.

Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ œœ

œ œ œ œ œ

You bet I'm read - y, hope that you feel the same.

# j & œ

œœœ J

All

# & # œœœ

ring

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œœœ

œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ

eyes

the cen - ter

‰

œœœ

œœœ n n œœ œ

j œœ œ

just

cus.

cir

the

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œ J

All

& # œœœ

ring

# ‰

# œ & œœ

in'

œ œ œ œ œ œ

eyes

# & ‰

‰

œœœ

œœœ n n œœ œ

j œœ œ

just

cus.

cir

When I crack

whip,

ev - 'ry - bod - y

œœœ

œœœ n n œœ œ

just

cir

cus.

œœ œ >

œœœ

œœ œ >

œœœ

Don't

stand

there

œœœ

me,

show

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

All my lad - ies let

watch - in'

what

you

œ œ

œ œ œ œ

go,

the

œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ j œœ œ

PRINCE CHARMING, PRINCES:

the cen - ter

œœœ

# ‰

œœœ

trip

œœœ œœœ œœœ

& # œœœ

gon'

‰

œœ œ >

me,

want

œœœ

can

do.

œ œ œ œ œ œ

c - 'mon make a dance

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œ œ œ œ œ

All my lad - ies let

œ œ

go,

c - 'mon make a dance

(PRINCE CHARMING, PRINCES:)

# œ & œ

# Ó

j œ ‰ œ œœ œœ œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

ßoor just like a

cir - cus.

Just like a cir - cus

‰ œj œ œ œ

PRINCESSES:

œ œ œ

‰ œj œ

Ah - ha!

j # ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œ œ œ œ œ œ

j œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ

# œ & œ

Just like a

cir - cus

ha!

# ‰ #

ha!

‰ œj œ œ œ

Just like a

cir - cus

‰ œj œ

Ah - ha!

j œ œ œ œ

Come join

œ œ

Ah -

œ œ

œ œ cir

œœœ

cir

œ œ

cus!

œœ œ

œœœ

cus!

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ú ú

úúú

NARRATOR (entering) Pausing for a child potty break. That’s a potty pause, everybody!

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

(CINDERELLA and SNOW WHITE arrive at the other end of the hall in hooded capes. SNOW WHITE is in awe.) SNOW WHITE Are you kidding me right now with this party?!? Check out this palace! Look at that cute pig with an apple in his mouth! Is he friendly?!? CINDERELLA He’s dinner. (scanning the room) Okay, so we gotta find my stepmother. You look that way, I’ll go this way! (SNOW WHITE leaves. CINDERELLA turns and runs into her surprised STEPMOTHER, BELINDA, and BETANY.) STEPMOTHER What are you doing here? You don’t ruin all my hopes and dreams for another ten minutes. CINDERELLA I want that book back. It’s mine. Noted. And no.

STEPMOTHER

(STEPMOTHER hands the volume to BELINDA.) BELINDA (exiting, thrilled) The toast! Mom! STEPMOTHER (watching her go) Should I have educated her? Motherhood is such a series of difficult decisions... (back to CINDERELLA) I’m sure a trade could be arranged. You can have the book back... if you reject the Prince. CINDERELLA I can’t “reject the Prince”! Charming?!? You know we can’t change our stories!

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STEPMOTHER Cinderella. Why do you think I do this? If I didn’t think at SOME point the Narrator might be “persuaded” to have the Prince choose either of my perfect daughters? Sweetheart – if the Narrator deigns to make an adjustment, that’s what the Great Quill is for! But he never uses it...

CINDERELLA

STEPMOTHER Sure he does. Sparingly. Remember how dark our tale used to be? My daughters’ eyes used to get pecked out in the finale! CINDERELLA So what, I just tell the Narrator I want— STEPMOTHER “Tell him”? Ha! No. You get him to think the idea is his. Play to his vanity. (She spies the NARRATOR.) Oh, Narrator! I wanted to ask about that idea you had for spotlighting my daughters’ entrance – I’m sorry, how do you not age??! NARRATOR (blushing) None of us age. STEPMOTHER I know, but still. To be so once upon a timeless! “Who’s the fairest?” I think it’s an open question... NARRATOR What was my, um, idea, for their— (The quill begins pulsing.) And we’re back! Ok, let’s go to Cinderella’s first dance with Prince Charming. Action! PRINCE CHARMING Hello! Do you believe in love at first sight? Because I think I may have just been blinded by your beauty... (#13 – SOMETIMES begins.)

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

9 to 5

Sometimes SOMETIMES (CINDERELLA joins PRINCE CHARMING in her story. However, her tone is confrontational.)

STEPMOTHER: (hissing to CINDERELLA) Reject the prince!

b 4 b & 4

Pop Ballad

œ œ œ

You tell me you're in

NARRATOR: What is she DOING?

œ œ œ

‰ œj œ œ œ œœ

(CINDERELLA:)

j œ

That you can't take your

NARRATOR: What is HAPPENING!?

œ œ œ œ œ

Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ (CINDERELLA:)

pret - ty eyes a - way from me

œ œ œ œ œ œ

wan - na

b &b œ

‰ œj œ œ

CINDERELLA:

love with me

b &b

It's not that I don't

PRINCE CHARMING:

‰ Jœ œ œ œ œ

stay...

But ev - 'ry time I

come too close you move

CINDERELLA: (falling for him) Ugh your eyes... (Charmed, CINDERELLA drops the confrontational tone.) NARRATOR: Okay, we're back!

œ œ œ

a - way

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(STEPMOTHER sighs, foiled again. She follows the NARRATOR off.)

b & b Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ œ CINDERELLA:

œœ œ œ œ

I want to be - lieve

b b & œ œ Œ

‰ œ

in ev - 'ry - thing that you say

b &b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

b &b œ

things

a - bout

(CINDERELLA:)

b b & œ

want me,

œ œ œ œ Œ

œ œ

Some - times I run

∑

good...

move

you just

œ œ œ

But

‰ j œ œ œ œ

‰ j œ œ œœœ œ

œ œ

'Cause it sounds

if you real - ly

œ œ œ

‰

There's

slow

have

j œ

know

Some - times

PRINCE CHARMING:

‰ Jœ œ œ œ Œ Some - times

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

b &b œ œ Œ

I hide

œ œ

Some - times I'm scared

∑

of you

Œ ‰ œJ

But

b œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ b &

œœ œœ œ Œ

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

(

)

all I real - ly want is to hold

b œ œ Œ b &

you right,

œ œ œ œœ

( )

be with you

œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ J you tight

œœ œœ œ œ œ Œ

( )

day

PRINCESSES:

Treat

( )

and night

b œ b & œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œ ‰ j œ

b œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ b &

œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ J

All I real - ly want is to hold

PRINCES:

All I real - ly want is to hold

you tight

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Treat

b b &

œ œ.

you right,

b b &

œ œ œ

œ œ œ œœ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ Œ œ œ

be with you

day

be with you

day

b . &b œ œ Œ

Ba - by,

b &b œ

all

you

Ba - by,

b &bb ‰

œ J

and night

bbb

need

time!

all

you

need

time!

PRINCE CHARMING:

b & b b œj .

Hah

Just

hang

‰

a - round

œ œ

and night

ALL:

œ œ œ œ

bbb

and

you'll

see

œ.

Ha - ah

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bbb ‰

CINDERELLA:

bb Ó b &

There's

(CINDERELLA:)

bb Œ b &

no - where

b &bb œœœ œ

I'd

œ.

ra - ther (ALL:)

Ha - ah

∑

œ œ œ œ ‰ œJ

œ œ œ œ œ œœœ J‰

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

bbb Ó

If you love me,

trust

(ALL:)

œ œ

Ha - ah

(SNOW WHITE returns.) SNOW WHITE: Faithful?!

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

jœ œ œ œ œ . ‰ j bb ‰ j œ j b & œ œ œ J œ œ œ œ œ œ. Ó

The way that I

π bb b & w (ALL:)

sub.

p ú.

trust

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you...

∑

Uh... who?

(PRINCE CHARMING)

You know each other? This is my prince! Charming? Is Faithful?! Or... isn’t!

CINDERELLA

SNOW WHITE CINDERELLA SNOW WHITE BELINDA/BETANY

SNOW WHITE/CINDERELLA You’re cheating on me? PRINCE CHARMING I don’t think I’d use that word. SNOW WHITE But... it’s true love! Your kiss wakes me! PRINCE CHARMING Look. Princes... we’re just... different. We don’t sit around pining after “true love.” We’re not written that way. CINDERELLA That’s all you have to say for yourself? Oops?

PRINCE CHARMING

(#14 – OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN begins.)

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

9 to 5

Oops

OOPS!... I DID IT AGAIN You Know This Song (PRINCE CHARMING:)

j 4 ‰ & 4 œ œ œ #œ œ œ œ

Œ ‰ œj # œ

œ œ œ

‰ œj œ

‰ œj œ œ

I think I did it a - gain

& œ

we're more than just friends.

j ‰ œ œ &

cry

œ œœ œ

wat - ching the days.

j œ œ œ œ œ œ ‰ œ œ & (SNOW WHITE:)

so ma - ny

∑

Oh, ba - by,

r Œ ‰. œ œ

SNOW WHITE: (devastated)

I made you be - lieve

œ œœ

I guess I'm a fool

œ œœœ Ó

ways

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PRINCE CHARMING:

œ œ

And to

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

œ œ œ œ œ J

& œ.

lose

all

&œ

just

your

œ œ œ œ

ty - pi - c'lly you

∑

œ #œ œ œ œ

Oops! I

did it a - gain

that is

œ œ œ

Œ ‰ œj œ

œ œ

j œ ‰ œ œ

œ œ

You played with my

played with your heart

‰ œ œ œ #œ œ J

& œ

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ

got a - lost in the game

heart

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ

ses

ba - by, oh.

& œ

œ œ œ ‰ œ œ J

SNOW WHITE, CINDERELLA:

(PRINCE CHARMING:)

sen

Oh, ba - by may - be

‰ œJ œ œ œ # œ

Oh, ba - by ba - by.

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

&œ

œ #œ

œ œ œ

œ ‰nœ œ

œ œ œœ

œ #œ

œ œ œ œ œ ‰nœ œ

œ œ œ

Ooh

thought it was love,

you were sent from a - bove.

Oops! You thought it was love,

œ œ œ ‰ œ J J

I'm

∑

œ #œ œ œ œ

Oops! I

too

in - no - cent?

not

that

in - no - cent.

œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ œj ‰ J J

SNOW WHITE, CINDERELLA, ENSEMBLE (PART 2):

PRINCE CHARMING, ENSEMBLE (PART 1):

that I'm sent from a - bove.

‰ œj # œj ‰ œj ‰ œ œ œj ‰

& œ œ ú

œ œ & J

did it a - gain

‰ œj œ

œ œ

j ‰ œ œ

œ œ

You played with my

heart

played with your heart

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& œ

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ

‰ Jœ œ œ # œ œ

& œ

‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ

‰ Jœ œ œ œ # œ

&œ

œ #œ

œ œ œ

œ ‰nœ œ

œ œ œœ

œ #œ

œ œ œ œ œ ‰nœ œ

œ œ œ œ

Ooh

got a - lost in the game

thought it was love,

& œœ ú

Oh, ba - by ba - by.

you were sent from a - bove.

Oops! You thought it was love,

Oh, ba - by may - be

that I'm sent from a - bove.

j ‰ œj # œj ‰ œj ‰ œ œ œ ‰ Am

œœ œ œœ‰œ & J J J

I'm

too

in - no - cent?

œ ‰ œ ‰ œ œ j‰ œ J J

not

that

∑ ∑

in - no - cent.

(#15 – OOPS (PLAYOFF) begins.)

SCENE 7: INSIDE SNOW WHITE’S COTTAGE (The PRINCESSES have all assembled, having heard the news. CINDERELLA and SNOW WHITE enter.)

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

SLEEPING BEAUTY What were you thinking, Cin? Bringing Snow into your story?!? Narrator’s going to lose his quill when he finds you. CINDERELLA I was trying to – can you all keep a secret? NARRATOR (offstage) Hansel and Gretel, to the gingerbread house. (HANSEL and GRETEL enter and cross, overjoyed.) HANSEL (German accent) Oh ho, yah! Those poor children.

RAPUNZEL

(CINDERELLA pulls them into a huddle.) CINDERELLA This is beyond hush-hush. I got given a new book... and it’s got me questioning almost everything in our stories. Wait, our stories too?

SNOW WHITE

CINDERELLA Your story especially. Not to pick on you, but I mean, “true love”? True love that starts when a random guy discovers you, unconscious in a clearing, and instead of calling for help, decides to kiss you? SNOW WHITE Huh. I never thought about it that way... (The door opens, and NARRATOR enters, furious.) NARRATOR There you are! Cinderella, Snow White, what has gotten into you?! CINDERELLA You want to know what’s gotten into us? Why didn’t you tell us that Snow and I are sharing a prince?

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NARRATOR Stop, stop, stop – what is that tone you’re using? It’s so strident! No. SHRILL. Dulcet tones. Practice, all of you. PRINCESSES (singsong) Sorry... NARRATOR Everybody who doesn’t live here, out! (All exit except for SNOW WHITE. CINDERELLA tries to sneak out with the others.) Not you, Cinderella. (to SNOW WHITE and CINDERELLA) Girls, we have been entrusted with these tales. WE are the guardians. Do you understand how much of a responsibility that is? Yes.

CINDERELLA/SNOW WHITE

NARRATOR I’m very glad to hear that. Because these fairy tales, they teach children how to see the world. What to fear. Whom to love. What happy ever after means. I understand but—

CINDERELLA

NARRATOR No, I don’t think you do. Cinderella, you told me you felt “lonely.” Do you know where you’ll really feel lonely? Story’s End. (then) The next time your story is read, you will perform it exactly as written. Am I clear?!? (CINDERELLA and SNOW WHITE nod.) Good day. And happy ever after. CINDERELLA/SNOW WHITE (not happy) Happy ever after. (He exits. CINDERELLA gathers her things.) I gotta go.

CINDERELLA

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

SNOW WHITE What about telling the girls about the book? CINDERELLA Never mind. It’s too dangerous. (#16 – TO THE FOREST begins.) (CINDERELLA crosses into the forest, where she encounters one of her BIRDS in a tree.)

SCENE 8: THE FOREST (CINDERELLA) (speaking to the BIRD) I’m just going to play the role I’ve been written. (after tweets) ... no, of course it’s not the best use of my abilities, but then what abilities do I have? I mean, if you want a lentilfree hearth, I’m your girl, but... I just don’t see the point of dreaming. (#17 – O.F.G. ENTRANCE 2 begins.) (O.F.G. appears, magically.) FAIRY GODMOTHER You DON’T see the point of dreaming? Bibbidi bobbidi BOO on this attitude of yours! Cinderella, your story is going to challenge you. You can’t run from those challenges – you gotta run toward them! But to do that, you might need to give those slippers... (raised eyebrow) a break. CINDERELLA You mean literally? You raised your eyebrow— FAIRY GODMOTHER Here’s the thing, Cinderella. True happy ever after – for a woman – usually involves breaking some glass. (CINDERELLA removes a slipper and tries to break it. Impossible.) CINDERELLA There’s no way. Plus, they’re my slippers! I wouldn’t be “Cinderella” without them. Music Theatre International • Broadway Junior® • Actor’s Script

FAIRY GODMOTHER So who would you be? (CINDERELLA is lost.) CINDERELLA I kinda need more help. Look, you’re just gonna have to fix this for me. FAIRY GODMOTHER (pulls out her wand) Fix this for you, of course! CINDERELLA Never gets old, having a fairy godmother! FAIRY GODMOTHER NOW ALACAZOOMLAMI AND MENCHIKAPOOLARU BUT THE THINGAMABOB THAT DOES THE JOB IS— CINDERELLA (loving it!) BIBBIDI BOBBIDI—

(FAIRY GODMOTHER) (pointing wand) Self-reliance.

(FAIRY GODMOTHER) Cinderella, if something’s wrong with your ever after, it’s up to you to right it! CINDERELLA Write it, or right it? How are you spelling— FAIRY GODMOTHER You can’t do one without the other. So right your fairy tale! That is the answer to the problem that has no name... (#18 – O.F.G. EXIT begins.) (POOF! O.F.G. vanishes.) CINDERELLA Self-reliance. Hmm. Wait! I know what to do! (CINDERELLA gestures for her BIRD to fly to her, which it does.) (CINDERELLA) (to the BIRD) Tell the girls to meet me at Rapunzel’s tower!

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

(#19 – TO RAPUNZEL’S TOWER begins.) (The BIRD flies away, and CINDERELLA exits.)

SCENE 9: RAPUNZEL’S TOWER (The BIRD leads PRINCESS AND THE PEA, LITTLE MERMAID, SLEEPING BEAUTY, and SNOW WHITE onstage.) PRINCESS AND THE PEA What could the emergency be? (SNOW WHITE spies a wishing well.) SNOW WHITE The emergency is this wishing well! Who has a coin? I wanna make a wish! (The well echoes, “Wish! Wish! Wish!”) Somebody’s down there! (CINDERELLA enters.) CINDERELLA Ok great, you all got my bird— SLEEPING BEAUTY Cin, what’s going on? CINDERELLA I’ll explain when we’re all together – where’s Pun? PRINCESS AND THE PEA I think her story’s being read— SNOW WHITE What are you doing, Cin? You heard what the Narrator said! CINDERELLA I did. But well-behaved princesses rarely make history. (then, re: the tower) We’re going up! (As CINDERELLA scans for a way to get up, a cloaked figure emerges from the end of the braid. It’s PRINCE CHARMING. The PRINCESSES gasp!)

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Pureheart?

PRINCESS AND THE PEA SLEEPING BEAUTY

Valiant?

SNOW WHITE

Faithful?!

LITTLE MERMAID (mimed) Eric? PRINCE CHARMING Oh, hi there! Ah. Wow! You’re all here. Hi, everybody. SLEEPING BEAUTY Are you the Prince in EVERY story?

PRINCE CHARMING

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Oops

... oops.

(#20 – OOPS...AGAIN begins.)

OOPS...AGAIN (PRINCE CHARMING:)

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I think I did it a - gain

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(The PRINCESSES cut him off. Nope. Hearing the commotion, RAPUNZEL leans out of her tower.) RAPUNZEL What’s going on down there— CINDERELLA Pun, Charming is cheating on you too! On ALL of us! I’m coming down.

RAPUNZEL

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

(RAPUNZEL exits.) PRINCE CHARMING

I can explain—

CINDERELLA

So can I.

(#21 – WOMANIZER (PART 1) begins.)

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With Power

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can

cast

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les

Where you

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j nœ #œ

you're do

j œ

your charms

j œ œ

the farms

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got a

Œ.

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in'

j œ œ

girls

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but

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from

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know

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from

j œ œ.

the farms

but

nœ

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cast

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can

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got all us

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see

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but

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nœ

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er,

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you

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front

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(PRINCESSES:)

are

j ¿ ¿

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er,

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know

ah, are

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j œ œ

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know

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(PRINCESSES:)

j ¿ ¿

‰

but

j ¿

j ¿ a

Ó.

You!

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(SNOW WHITE gets in PRINCE CHARMING's face.)

####

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‰

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‰

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ion

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guess

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Þnd

makes

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Wash

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you

PRINCE CHARMING That is why I don’t take them up— (#22 – WOMANIZER (PART 2) begins.)

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right out my

hair,

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don't get

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j œ œ.

j œ œ

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with

you,

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twist - ed

you

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had

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you

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you,

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er!

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j œ œ

don't try

er!

front

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PRINCESSES (PART 1):

are

j œ œ

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er!

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front

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are

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don't try

j œ œ

front

j œ

know

ah, are

j œ

know

j œ

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just,

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know

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are

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are.

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you

are

ah,

are.

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know

are.

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(They grab PRINCE CHARMING and drop him into the wishing well.) PRINCE CHARMING: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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j œ œ

j œ

man - iz

er,

wom - an wom

an -

man - iz

er,

wom - an wom

an -

j œ œ

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j œ

just,

just what

you

are

ah,

are.

(They grab PRINCE CHARMING and drop him into the wishing well.) PRINCE CHARMING: ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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er,

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ú.

Ó.

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j œ ú.

Ó.

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j œ ú.

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you're a wom - an - iz - er, ba - by!

(#23 – WOMANIZER (PLAYOFF) begins.)

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SCENE 10: THE FOREST (CINDERELLA leads the PRINCESSES deeper into the forest so they can be alone.) CINDERELLA OK! There’s so much to get you all caught up on. So you remember how I was telling you about the book I was given? (producing The Feminine Mystique) Let’s quickly read this together. Once we’re on the same page about what’s possible, what I’m about to propose will all make sense! (The PRINCESSES gather around and try to read over CINDERELLA’s shoulder. Chaos.) BELLE

You can turn.

PRINCESS AND THE PEA Slow your roll, Belle; not all of us get a library. SNOW WHITE Oh I didn’t realize we’d started! CINDERELLA People, focus! I wish I had copies for everybody— RAPUNZEL Don’t you get wishes in your story? I’d help a girl out, but I just get healing tears. Same.

SLEEPING BEAUTY

PRINCESS AND THE PEA I literally get a pea. That’s it. CINDERELLA

Let me try. (closing her eyes) I wish we had more books!

(#24 – BOOK THUMP 2 begins.) (A new book suddenly appears! CINDERELLA grabs it and reads the cover.)

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

(CINDERELLA) Captain Underpants by Dav Pilkey. SLEEPING BEAUTY Cin. How many tales have we read? You’ve got to be ruthlessly specific with wishes. Try again. (The PRINCESSES gather around CINDERELLA as she revises the wish.) CINDERELLA I wish we had more of Princess Betty’s books. (#25 – O.F.G. ENTRANCE 3 begins.) (Poof! O.F.G. appears with books.) FAIRY GODMOTHER Did somebody say I wish? (taking Captain Underpants) Oh no, that was a joke, sweetie. I gotcha! I got all of you! CINDERELLA Oh! Everybody, this is O.F.G.! PRINCESSES

Notorious!

FAIRY GODMOTHER Yes, yes, ok. Listen up! O.F.G.’s gonna take you to school. (#26 – I WANNA GO begins.)

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Take 'Em To School

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(FAIRY GODMOTHER starts handing out more books to the PRINCESSES. Stacks of knowledge, of wisdom... The PRINCESSES open the books, reading about famous women of history and their contributions.)

œ œ

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Whoa

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(CINDERELLA leads the PRINCESSES in a march as NARRATOR enters with the STEPFAMILY.) PRINCE CHARMING, PRINCES: Where do you think you're going? NARRATOR: Yes, where DO you think you're going? (CINDERELLA turns to the PRINCESSES. This is her plan. She raises a Þst.)

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CINDERELLA:

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‰ œ œ œ

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Whoa

&b Ó

STRIKE!

(The PRINCESSES join her in the gesture as the others react in shock. The GIRL appears, holding her book of fairy tales. She turns it around, and we see it’s now blank.) GIRL: Oh no, the stories— they're gone! What's going on?

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CINDERELLA:

(GIRL:) Godmother! Godmother? (A magical door appears. The GIRL opens it... and steps through, entering the fairy-tale world.)

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(OPTIONAL INTERMISSION.) (#27 – CRAZY begins.)

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Crazy) CRAZY

(The iconic six note intro to CRAZY starts.) ALL:

b 4 &bb 4

∑

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NARRATOR:

œœœ ...

(The action continues as the NARRATOR confronts CINDERELLA.)

j œœ Ó œ

Cra - zy!

‰ j Œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ Once Upon A One More Time JR. I'm

so ov - er

you,

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∑

b & b b œ.

j œ œ

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NARRATOR:

Cin

œœ Ó œ

œœœ ...

‰ j Œ œ œ œ œ œ œœœ

I'm

so ov - er

you,

PRINCE CHARMING:

b j ‰ Œ &bb ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ œ You start - ed some - thing,

What did you do?

STEPMOTHER, BETANY, BELINDA:

bb b & œ.

‰ j ‰ j j œ œ œœœ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ

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b &bb ‰

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you spin me a - round,

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nœ

œ œ œ œ

crown

you could

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now we ag - ree

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‰ j ‰ œ œ œ œ œ œj

mice could see

œ ‰

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b b & b

how

NARRATOR, PRINCES, STEPFAMILY:

turn down a

‰

oh,

Your life was per - fect,

but

j œœ Œ ‰ œj œ

ALL: (except PRINCESSES)

œ œ

You drive me

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cra - zy,

& b œ. œ œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œ

mice could see

b &bb

œ ‰

nœ œ œ

now we ag - ree

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b &bb

too

b & b b œ.

not

j œœ Œ ‰ œj œ

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œ œ

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cra - zy,

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deep.

cra

œ œ

œ œ œ

all

right!

œ œ ‰ œj

œ œ

‰ jœ œ œ œ œ œ nœ. in

but

ALL: (except PRINCESSES)

‰ œ

Your life was per - fect,

j œ

j œœ Œ œ

zy,

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œ œ

this is

b Ó &bb œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ nœ nœ.

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bbb œ .

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Cra

œ Œ J

zy!

of you keeps me

‰

j œ œ.

just

up all

night!

œ œ œ Ó can't

sleep!

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Cra

zy!

just

can't

sleep!

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We're so ex - ci - ted! We're

deep!

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and ev - 'ry

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feels

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all

right

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ALL:

‰

night

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cra

j œœ Œ œ

zy!

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just

PRINCES, NARRATOR, STEPFAMILY:

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I'm so ex - cit - ed

You're

can't

sleep.

ALL:

‰ œj œ œ œ œ œ nœ. in too

deep!

Oh,

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b b b œ. b & b b œœ ..

cra

j œœ Œ œ

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nœ. œ œ œ in too

‰

deep!

œ œœ

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PRINCESSES:

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œ œ œ œœ œ œ œœœ Œ

zy,

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feels

pa - ges

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where

ny -

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œ œ œ

œ œ œ œ œœœ œ

where to - night!

right!

turn - ing

ALL:

all

œœ œ

night!

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PRINCE CHARMING

NARRATOR You’re our plan! We need you to save the day and get back Cinderella. STEPMOTHER Oh, do we really need to—

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PRINCE CHARMING (cutting her off) On it... how? STEPMOTHER (pushing daughters forward) He’s right. It’s useless. We’ll have to find a replacement girl. Hmm, WHO could we— NARRATOR No, we stick with Plan A. A as in “AS IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN.” We’re not changing things. PRINCE CHARMING Here for that. In Plan A, I save the day by giving Cin her slipper back. But she has them both already. What else could I give her? BETANY

An ultimatum?!? The old heave-ho!

STEPMOTHER

BELINDA Your full attention. Just listen to her. Show her that you care what SHE has to say. (Everyone stares. Huh.) NARRATOR Do... what she said. Go. PRINCE CHARMING At your wish! And with that, I am off to bring back Cinderella’s heart... (#29 – THE ROAD TO FLATBUSH begins.)

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SCENE 11: THE ROAD TO FLATBUSH (The PRINCESSES are marching triumphantly through the forest.) CINDERELLA Ok! We’re clearly not going to make it to the Narrator’s castle tonight. Let’s stop here! And— Let’s make a list of demands for the Narrator so he can use the Great Quill to rewrite our stories! (off their cheers) So what do we want?!? (off BELLE’s hand raise) Yes! Belle! BELLE I wouldn’t say no to a set of non-verbal china. (GOLDILOCKS raises her hand.) Ok... Goldilocks?

CINDERELLA

GOLDILOCKS More... porridge? Too big an ask? Too small? Wanna get it just right, you know me. CINDERELLA No, we have to think BIGGER. Imagine ANYTHING is possible. What would you change, in your stories? RAPUNZEL If anything is possible... I’d like to become a knight! (The PRINCESSES cheer!) I think I’d be a librarian!

BELLE

(The PRINCESSES cheer!) An allergist!

PRINCESS AND THE PEA

(The PRINCESSES cheer!) Taxidermist!

LITTLE RED

(The PRINCESSES cheer!)

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

SNOW WHITE I’m going to become a BRAIN SURGEON! (Everyone gives SNOW WHITE a sharp look. The following dialogue overlaps:) Not sure about that.

LITTLE RED

PRINCESS AND THE PEA Sounds like a terrible idea. RAPUNZEL I mean, what could go wrong? PRINCESS AND THE PEA But wait – what if the Narrator won’t meet with us? CINDERELLA Then we will... storm the castle! How will we get in?

RAPUNZEL

(CINDERELLA isn’t sure.) CINDERELLA People. I have a plan. Let’s make camp, and we’ll go over it first thing in the morning! (The PRINCESSES start making camp. SNOW WHITE moves to CINDERELLA, relieved.) SNOW WHITE Thank goodness. I’ve been telling everybody, “Do not worry, Cin has a—” CINDERELLA I do not have a plan. We need O.F.G. I thought she’d show up by now? So I’m gonna go find her. SNOW WHITE By yourself? In the forest? Have you read a fairy tale?!? CINDERELLA If I can’t find her, I’ll be back by midnight. That’s kinda my thing. You’re in charge. (#30 – THE ROAD TO STORY’S END begins.) (With that, CINDERELLA sets off.) Music Theatre International • Broadway Junior® • Actor’s Script

SCENE 12: ROAD TO STORY’S END (NARRATOR and STEPFAMILY are secretly watching.) (CINDERELLA) (calling out) O.F.G.? O.F.G.?! O.F.— PRINCE CHARMING Hello! You’re welcome, I’m here to rescue you. CINDERELLA

From what?

PRINCE CHARMING From this weird thing you’re doing. CINDERELLA

I have to go now.

(CINDERELLA turns to leave, losing a slipper.) PRINCE CHARMING Why is everything suddenly so complicated? (picking up the slipper) Cin, stop, please?!?

(#31 – CINDERELLA begins.)

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all

life

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right

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Once Upon A One More Time JR.

But Cin - de - rel - la's got to...

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(PRINCE CHARMING:) You can't just leave, Cin! That's not how our story goes! You leave, then you come back! Remember? And then I Þnd you... I just want things to go back to the way they were. When we were all happy... weren't we? All happy? Aren't I charming?

###

CINDERELLA: You are... in your way. But I don't think we're meant to be together. Do you? (He thinks a moment.) Do you honestly think this is true love?

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(CINDERELLA:)

I'm

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this

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sor - ry I've

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(She hands him her other slipper.)

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wish,

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to...

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(PRINCE CHARMING watches her leave, then exits in the opposite direction, holding both slippers.) Music Theatre International • Broadway Junior® • Actor’s Script

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###

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Cin - de - rel - la's got

∑

to...

(PRINCE CHARMING watches her leave, then exits in the opposite direction, holding both slippers.)

∑

Slow

∑

(#32 – CINDERELLA (PLAYOFF) begins.)

SCENE 13: THE NARRATOR AND STEPFAMILY ARE IN THE THRONE ROOM STEPMOTHER Welp, we tried! Guess it’s time to consider other girls— (She motions to her daughters.) NARRATOR You’re right. It doesn’t have to be Cinderella. Any of those other girls would do, in a pinch. STEPMOTHER No, I meant girls who haven’t turned their backs on everything you’ve done for them. But who?

NARRATOR

STEPMOTHER But who! I wonder if there are ANY other girls we aren’t thinking of. The answer could be right under our noses. Sisters? Are there sisters— NARRATOR Wait! I’ve solved it! Your daughters! ... who?

STEPMOTHER

NARRATOR You have a pair of daughters.

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STEPMOTHER Do I? Oh, I do! How did you ever— It just came to me.

NARRATOR

STEPMOTHER Genius. Lemme see if I can find them— (pretends to “find” them) Oh look, they’re right here. NARRATOR Of course, the other girls on the march will turn around eventually, and when they do— STEPMOTHER Don’t let them. Those girls are nothing but trouble. Banish them. Banish them? ALL of them.

NARRATOR STEPMOTHER BETANY

Easy, Mom...

STEPMOTHER You’ve never actually done it, have you? I banished O.F.G.!

NARRATOR STEPMOTHER

(quietly) Oh, I think we both know she left. Just up and... “walked away”... (then) You’re the Narrator. YOU have the power. You were born for this... (#33 – TOXIC begins.)

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9 to 5

Toxic TOXIC & 44 4

(STEPMOTHER:)

∑

œ œ œ œ œ

Ba - by, can't you hear

& œ.

A guy like you

j œ œ ‰ & œ œ œ ∑

‰ j œ

j œ œ œ œ

You're dan - ge - rous,

‰ j œ œ œ œ

‰ œj œ œ œ

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I need a

œ œ œ

Œ ‰ œj œ œ go all

Œ ‰ j œ œ œ œ

& œ

your call - ing

should wear a warn - ing

There's no es - cape,

Œ ‰ j œ œ œ

Œ ‰ j œ œ œ I can't

wait.

œ œ œ œ œ

hit,

You're dan - ger - ous

in...

œ Œ Ó

ba - by, gim - me

it.

‰ œj œ œ œ

I'm lov - ing it.

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

& œ

BETANY, BELINDA:

bœ

STEPMOTHER: Change the story. USE YOUR POWER. Banish them! (NARRATOR gestures, and many of the PRINCESSES (minus SNOW WHITE and CINDERELLA) are summoned to the stage and put under his command like puppets.)

PRINCESSES (PART 1):

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PRINCESSES (PART 2):

∑

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(NARRATOR gestures again, summoning the remaining PRINCESSES (minus SNOW WHITE and CINDERELLA) and placing them under his command.)

bú

∑

#œ œ œ œ

∑

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STEPMOTHER:

& Œ œ #œ Œ

Can't come down

(STEPMOTHER:)

∑

all

#œ œ

(STEPMOTHER:)

∑

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(STEPMOTHER:)

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on a ride.

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104

Œ œ

ßick

œ œ

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∑

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œ œ œ œ œ

œ œ

of your wrist they're

œ œ

with a

PRINCESSES:

(STEPMOTHER:)

&œ

œ œ #œ œ œ

‰œ

Can you feel me now?

PRINCESSES:

∑

a - round

#œ œ

Too high

&œ

poi - son

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I'm slip - pin' un - der!

œ œ ú

pa - ra - dise

œ œ

I'm

ad -

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(STEPMOTHER:)

& bœ

œ œ œ

dic - ted to you Don't you

∑

bœ

j œ bœ œ œ œ œ I think I'm rea - dy

bbb œ œ œ b & b

now!

bbb b & b œ

I'm

¿ œ

¿ ¿ ¿ ¿ œ œ œ œ

bbb b b œ b œ œ ALL:

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œ œ œœ ú

Œ Œ œ

œ œ œ

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with your po - wer now!

NARRATOR:

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œ œ

ALL:

œ œ nœ

know that they're tox - ic.

In - tox - i - cate me now

PRINCESSES:

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bœ

œ œ œ

on a ride.

slip - pin' un - der!

Taste

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You're tox - ic,

a poi - son

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bb b b Ó STEPMOTHER: Œ & b bœ œ œ

I'm ad - dic - ted to you

b & b bbb œ œ ú (ALL:)

pa - ra - dise

b & b bbb œ

b & b bbb

know

that you're tox

œ œ ic.

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b & b bbb b œ

(ALL:)

know

that

Don't you

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nœ

ú.

b & b bbb ú .

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∑

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you're, know

Don't you

that

you're,

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bbbb

(With a wave of NARRATOR's hand, the PRINCESSES are sent off to Story's End.)

b bœ

know

that you're tox

œ nœ

- ic.

(#34 – BANISHMENT begins.) (SNOW WHITE appears.) Where is Cinderella?

NARRATOR

SNOW WHITE What have you done with— NARRATOR Where is she?!? Tell me and I’ll spare you. SNOW WHITE (defiant) No. Foolish girl.

NARRATOR

(Whoosh! He sends her to Story’s End. BETANY and BELINDA are stunned.) BETANY This is crazy! You can’t get rid of everybody! Tell him, Mom!

BELINDA

STEPMOTHER Wake up, princesses – fairy tales are dark. This is the world we live in. (BETANY and BELINDA rush the NARRATOR!) Bring them back!

BETANY/BELINDA

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STEPMOTHER

What are you doing? (NARRATOR flicks them away, banishing them to Story’s End too.) What have you DONE?!? NARRATOR You a favor. How were you going to choose which daughter marries Prince Charming? Do we have a problem? (STEPMOTHER stares, frozen.) Good. Happy ever after. STEPMOTHER (scared) Happy ever after. (NARRATOR exits as CINDERELLA returns.) CINDERELLA (seeing her STEPMOTHER) Where are the girls? (NARRATOR’s voice booms through the intercom.) NARRATOR (offstage) Yes, where are the girls? Where could they be? Cinderella, you will marry Prince Charming at the palace at midnight tonight or join your friends in Story’s End. (CLICK.) STEPMOTHER Oh, Cinderella. I never meant— Go.

CINDERELLA

(#35 – EVERYTIME begins.)

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9 to 5

EVERYTIME Everytime (STEPMOTHER exits.)

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####

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(CINDERELLA:)

œ œ

œ œ œ

œ. œ œ ú

Œ ‰ œj œ œ œ

Lost my way,

Lost my mind

up - on

I had it all

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was

#### Œ

a time

j œ œ œ œ œœ Œ

hap

jœ œ œ œ

to ßy

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œ œ

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œ œ œœ ú

œ. œ œ ú œ œ œ œ

and may - be I

œ œ œ Ev - 'ry - time

j œ œ œ œ

with - out

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I try

j œ

wings

109

#### ####

j œ œ œ œ I

feel

need you,

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‰

ba - by?

you're haunt - ing

need

you,

thought the

world

j œ œ œ œ

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And ev - 'ry - time

see

œ œ œ œ œj œ œj

dreams

j œ œ œ

‰ j œ œœ œ œ

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small.

jœ œ œ œ œ

you in

j œ

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your

face,

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me.

by?

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could change

œ œ œ œ œ. œ Œ

Once Upon A One More Time JR.

#### ‰

Please

####

pain and

j œ œ œ œ œœ œ Œ Œ œ œ

for

give

All

(The GIRL appears, holding the book of fairy tales.) CINDERELLA, GIRL:

œ œ

noth - ing gained

œ œ œ

song's

œ œ œ œ œ. œ

œ œ œ sor

œ œ

And this

CINDERELLA: What are you doing here, this close to Story's End? You could get eaten by the Wolf, or stepped on by the Giant! GIRL: You're Cinderella! Your story's my favorite!

####

Gently

CINDERELLA Wait, hold up. Are you a READER?!? How did you get here? GIRL I was looking for my godmother. This is her favorite book, and... I think I ruined it. It still says “Once Upon a Time” and “Happy Ever After,” but inside it’s... empty. CINDERELLA Oh no, you didn’t ruin it. I did. I ruined everything... All my friends, the other princesses, they... (She can’t bring herself to tell the GIRL what’s happened. CINDERELLA takes the book from her and reads the back cover.) “... Happy Ever After.” That was the idea... Oh what was I thinking?!? I questioned my, well... Music Theatre International • Broadway Junior® • Actor’s Script

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(CINDERELLA) (re: the cover) this, and O.F.G. made me think I could “right” my fairy tale, which was so not true... but I got all the princesses to go on strike for things like equal pay, and, what else, oh! We found out our prince was cheating on... (realizing the girl’s age) tests... and I thought we could improve our lives, but look where it’s gotten us. But I love your story.

GIRL

CINDERELLA I did too. The dress, the ball, the shoes, but— GIRL No, not that story, your NEW story. CINDERELLA ... really? You love it? But it’s not... How did you even recognize me? GIRL

You’re Cinderella.

CINDERELLA Am I? Look at me. I don’t even have my slippers. GIRL Why can’t you get new slippers? I have to get new shoes all the time. (then) My godmother says if you don’t change... you can’t grow. (CINDERELLA considers this wisdom.) CINDERELLA Sounds like you have a very wise godmother. FAIRY GODMOTHER (entering) She has her moments. CINDERELLA O.F.G.! Where’ve you been?

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Looking for her.

FAIRY GODMOTHER

I was looking for you!

GIRL

CINDERELLA Waitwaitwait, she’s your godmother? You live in the paradise of Flatbush?! Brooklyn, baby!

FAIRY GODMOTHER

CINDERELLA Oh O.F.G., the Narrator, he’s banished everybody! Can you get them back?!? FAIRY GODMOTHER It’s not my story, Cinderella... CINDERELLA Then I have to go to the palace and marry the prince. FAIRY GODMOTHER We’re coming with you. CINDERELLA No way. She’s just a child! (to the GIRL) Don’t you want to go home? GIRL And miss this?!? I want to know how the story ends! Do you still live happy ever after? I have to know! ... so do I!

CINDERELLA

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SCENE 14: NARRATOR’S PALACE (The stage is set for a grand wedding. PRINCE CHARMING holds the iconic slipper. As the clock strikes midnight, CINDERELLA arrives.) (NARRATOR and STEPMOTHER enter.) NARRATOR Ah, Cinderella. You’ve returned. As I knew you would. So now you get to decide! Marry Prince Charming, or join your friends in Story’s End. (He gestures, revealing the PRINCESSES trapped in Story’s End, frozen in slumber.) PRINCE CHARMING You didn’t tell us you banished them! How could you? NARRATOR

But how could I not?!? (to everybody) Any objections? (to CINDERELLA) Speak now or forever hold your peace. (CINDERELLA is silent. The GIRL watches with O.F.G., engrossed in the story happening before her...) Say something, Cinderella!

GIRL

PRINCE CHARMING You don’t have to do this. (CINDERELLA stares at the glass slipper he’s holding.) ... I do.

CINDERELLA

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CINDERELLA: ...I do.

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(A burst of light, and the rescued PRINCESSES link arms and step forward together.)

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(#38 – MAGIC MUSIC begins.) SNOW WHITE Cin, you rescued us! How? CINDERELLA I made a wish and was ruthlessly specific. Broke the shoe, and broke the spell! (then) And here you are, my happy ever after. I couldn’t imagine it without all of you. Hear, hear! (stunned) I CAN SPEAK!

LITTLE MERMAID

(Cheers from everybody!) SNOW WHITE We all live happy ever after! Except him.

RAPUNZEL

(NARRATOR is revealed, frozen in slumber in Story’s End.) PRINCESSES (fake dulcet tones) Sorry...

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CINDERELLA No. I don’t think that’s the story we want to tell. O.F.G., can you give him a chance to right his fairy tale? You can.

FAIRY GODMOTHER

(O.F.G. hands CINDERELLA her wand. CINDERELLA considers… and then turns to the GIRL.) CINDERELLA Do you want to make the wish? GIRL (does she ever!) Yes! CINDERELLA (reminder) Ruthlessly specific. GIRL Ruthlessly specific! (The GIRL accepts the magic wand. Closes her eyes, thinks, and then says:) I wish that EVERYBODY gets a chance to write their own ever after! (#39 – UNFREEZING THE NARRATOR begins.) (She waves the wand over the cast and then over the audience as well – giving everyone a chance to make a wish.) (The NARRATOR is freed.) NARRATOR

How did you... (seeing O.F.G.) You! Of course you’re behind this. I knew I smelled insubordination. FAIRY GODMOTHER Oh, my perfume? It’s called “Curious.” Which you must be regarding why all of this is all happening. (The GIRL bounds forward before NARRATOR can respond.)

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GIRL

I am! Finish the story! Who is this?!?

LITTLE MERMAID

A reader!

NARRATOR

CINDERELLA Yes. This is one of our most clever readers. She’s the person who taught me that we can change our stories. NARRATOR (to the GIRL) But you don’t like change! GIRL Says who?!? I love this new story! You do?!?

NARRATOR

Yes! And I love your voice! You do? (resonant) ... you do? What happens now?!?

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NARRATOR

GIRL

CINDERELLA We... start over. We have to build something new. Magical. Our own Flat Bush. (#40 – STRONGER (PART 2) begins.)

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Stronger (Part 2)

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THE END (#43 – EXIT MUSIC begins.)

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words to know from

Once Upon A One More Time JR. banished – when someone is sent away as an official punishment. beeline – a straight line between two places, usually used to describe a person walking. birthright – a privilege someone has from birth. confrontational – argumentative; aggressive. deconstructs – takes apart; analyzes or disrupts. dulcet – sweet; melodic. entrusted – trusted to be responsible with a task, item, or person. Flatbush – a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York. foiled – blocked; thwarted. gone rogue – to act independently or unpredictably. hearth – the floor of a fireplace. insubordination – defiance; disobedience. lentil – a plant with small, edible seeds that are popular around the world. notorious – well-known, usually for a morally questionable deed. ornate tome – a decorated book. persuaded – convinced someone to think or do something.

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