By Jacob Dorn

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BY JACOB DORN

CAST OF CHARACTERS (In order of speaking)

# of lines Mirror ��23 Queen ��33 Hunter ��9

Snow White ��34

Dwarves Bossy ��13 Jumpy ��12 Silly ��16 Meany ��10 Snoozy ��14 Prince Heimlich ��10 NOTE: The roles of Hunter and Prince Heimlich can be doubled, if desired. SETTING The stage is divided into three playing areas: the Castle DOWN LEFT, the Dark Forest UP CENTER and the Dwarves’ Cottage DOWN RIGHT. The Castle may simply be represented by a royal banner or a flat painted to look like a castle interior. Free-standing, cut-out trees and bushes depict the Dark Forest. The Dwarves’ Cottage requires a small bed and a table with benches. There is a Starbucks cup on the table.

ii NOTE: PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS For preview only SNOW WHITE LITE

1 AT RISE: MAGIC MIRROR ENTERS and crosses DOWN CENTER.

MIRROR: (Narrates.) Once upon a time there was a beautiful queen. (QUEEN ENTERS the castle, DOWN

5 LEFT.) But she was as vain as she was beautiful.

QUEEN: Mirror, mirror, on the wall,

Who’s the fairest of them all?

MIRROR: (Narrates.) See what I mean? (Crosses to QUEEN and speaks to her. [NOTE: MIRROR will stay ONSTAGE

10 DOWN LEFT for the entire play.]) You are fair. It is true.

No one is as fair as you. QUEEN: Ah, what a relief!

MIRROR: (Narrates.) Can you believe that? She asked me this same question every day, until… 15 QUEEN: Mirror, mirror, on the wall,

Who’s the fairest of them all? MIRROR: (To QUEEN.) You are fair. It is true, But there is one more fair than you.

QUEEN: Say whaaaaat?! Who is she? 20 MIRROR: Her name is Snow White. QUEEN: (Calls.) Royal Hunter! HUNTER: (ENTERS DOWN LEFT.) Yes, my Queen?

QUEEN: Bring me Snow White! HUNTER: Of course, my Queen. Who is that?

25 QUEEN: Just bring her to me! HUNTER: By your command. (EXITS DOWN LEFT. QUEEN tosses her hair. HUNTER RE-ENTERS DOWN LEFT with

SNOW WHITE.)

For preview only 1 QUEEN: Is this her? SNOW WHITE: My name is Snow White, Your Majesty. QUEEN: Hmmm... You are quite pretty. SNOW WHITE: (Curtsies.) Thank you, Your Majesty. As are 5 you. QUEEN: Mmmhmmm… (Pulls HUNTER aside.) Take her out to the woods and get rid of her. (Draws finger across her throat.) HUNTER: Umm, okay. Wait, really? 10 QUEEN: Do not disobey me! HUNTER: Of course not. I’m sorry! (Escorts SNOW WHITE OFF DOWN LEFT.) QUEEN: It’s good to be bad. Mwahahahahaha! (EXITS 15 DOWN LEFT, laughing.) MIRROR: (Narrates.) As the queen enjoyed her evil laugh, the hunter took Snow White to the Dark Forest. (HUNTER ENTERS UP LEFT, followed ON by SNOW WHITE. They cross into the forest, UP CENTER.) 20 SNOW WHITE: Why did you bring me to the Dark Forest? HUNTER: Well… it’s a little embarrassing SNOW WHITE: You can tell me. I promise I won’t laugh. HUNTER: The queen wanted me to bring you here to kill you. SNOW WHITE: See, I’m not laughing.

25 HUNTER: I don’t want to kill you. I’ll just tell the queen I did.

But you have to stay in the woods so she doesn’t know.

SNOW WHITE: Thank you, good hunter. I will not forget your kindness.

HUNTER: You’re welcome! And my name is Gary, by the

30 way. Thanks for asking. (EXITS UP LEFT.)

2 For preview only 1 MIRROR: (Narrates.) And so Snow White wandered through the woods looking for safety. (SOUND EFFECT: SCARY FOREST SOUNDS.) SNOW WHITE: (Wanders, crossing DOWN RIGHT.) Hello? 5 Anyone? MIRROR: (Narrates.) Then she found a small cottage. SNOW WHITE: (Arrives at the cottage.) What’s this? A small cottage? (Crosses “into” the cottage.) I’m so tired. I think I’ll just take a short nap. (Lies down on the bed 10 and falls asleep.) MIRROR: (Narrates.) Snow White fell asleep in the cottage. While she slept, the owners of the cottage returned. DWARVES: (ENTER through the AUDIENCE, singing.) Ho, hi! Ho, hi! It’s back to home we fly! (They reach the cottage 15 and see SNOW WHITE.) BOSSY: Wait a minute! (The OTHER DWARVES stop abruptly, bumping into each other.) Who’s that? JUMPY: Bossy, ah! It’s a burglar! SILLY: Jumpy, you’re always nervous. I think it’s a silly 20 looking deer!

SNOOZY: That’s because you’re Silly! I was gonna use that bed!

JUMPY: Figures you’d say that, Snoozy. MEANY: Let’s kick her out! 25 SILLY: That’s mean, Meany! SNOOZY: Just move her over so I can sleep. BOSSY: Hold on, everyone. I’m the boss here, and I have a plan! (Carefully approaches SNOW WHITE and leans over to her. He clears his throat. She doesn’t react. He

3 For preview only 1 does it again, but louder. She stays asleep. He says very distinctly.) Ahem! (No reaction from SNOW WHITE.) MEANY: (Walks over to her, pushing OTHERS aside.) I’ll take care of it. (Shouts.) Hey! Wake up! 5 SNOW WHITE: (Wakes up with a start.) Oh my! What’s going on? SNOOZY: You’re in my bed. SILLY: If your name is Goldlilocks, you’re in the wrong story! 10 SNOW WHITE: (Sits up.) That’s silly, but I’m sorry! I was lost in the woods and just needed to rest. BOSSY: Harrumph! Well, next time, rest in someone else’s house! SNOW WHITE: You all live here? Who… what are you? 15 BOSSY: We’re dwarves. We mine for diamonds in the hills. I’m in charge here. SILLY: His name is Bossy. MEANY: Nobody asked you. (Refers to SILLY.) His name is Silly. 20 JUMPY: Do you have to yell? (Refers to MEANY.) That’s why we call him Meany. SNOOZY: Don’t worry. She’s just Jumpy. That’s her name. SILLY: Now, can you get out of the bed?

SNOW WHITE: Of course! (Stands.)

25 SNOOZY: (Crawls onto the bed.) I’m always just so tired.

(Yawns.)

BOSSY: Why are you here?

SNOW WHITE: I have to hide from the queen. Can I stay

here?

4 NOTE: PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS End of script sample. PRODUCTION NOTES

PROPERTIES ONSTAGE Small bed with sheets, table with Starbucks cup, benches, trees and bushes, optional royal banner or castle backdrop.

PROPERTIES BROUGHT ON Plunger (BOSSY) Cloak, Groucho glasses, crown (MIRROR)

Apple with a funnel, large jug marked “POISON,” basket of apples (QUEEN) Bowl, spoon (SNOOZY)

DOING THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER

It is critical to mention that one should never perform the actual Heimlich on a person who is not choking. PRINCE HEIMLICH should face the audience directly, with SNOW WHITE positioned in front of him. By squarely facing the audience, the PRINCE can jerk his arms in a squeezing motion without actually performing the maneuver. The apple bit “popping” out of SNOW WHITE’s “mouth” can be achieved in several ways. Easiest is to get a squeezing “pop gun” toy that makes a great sound and shoots a small, harmless ball. An actor standing behind SNOW WHITE and PRINCE HEIMLICH fires it when the PRINCE “squeezes” SNOW WHITE. Another way to do it is have an actor turn his/her back to the audience and make a popping sound with finger in mouth, and another actor toss a piece of sponge or small ball made of paper. SOUND Spooky forest sounds, trumpet fanfare. When the dwarves first enter, optional entrance music such Peer Gynt’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” could be played.

COSTUMES

MIRROR: a bright, shimmery robe and a frame made of cardboard with a hole cut out for the face, painted silver and lined with plastic jewels. QUEEN: royal robes and a crown. Later, she wears the disguise Mirror gives her of a cloak and Groucho glasses.

12 NOTE: PHOTOCOPYING THIS SCRIPT BREAKS FEDERAL COPYRIGHT LAWS For preview only HUNTER: peasant clothes and a pointy “Robin Hood” hat. Carries a prop dagger.

SNOW WHITE: traditional dirndl or simple dress. DWARVES: loose, peasant clothing and floppy conical hats.

PRINCE: royal doublet and crown.

ORIGINAL PRODUCTION Snow White Lite premiered as part of the Colorado ACTS Shining Stars summer drama camp for children with developmental and physical disabilities with separate productions in Evergreen and Arvada,

Colorado. In both productions, the show was presented to appreciative laughter and thunderous applause after only five afternoons of rehearsal!

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