And Then, She Picks Up the Sword (Theatre-for-Teens version)

by Briandaniel Oglesby

Well, the king is dead in the kingdom of Eastwood, and a kingdom needs a king, so it falls to Princess Wimberley to wed the obnoxious Prince Driftwood. Prince Driftwood seeks True Love, so he's not on board with this plan either. Both the prince and the princess run away from their wedding, fleeing into the Forbidden Forest of Tez, dragging their reluctant attendants behind. In the woods, there's a dragon who's...

Well, the king is dead in the kingdom of Eastwood, and a kingdom needs a king, so it falls to Princess Wimberley to wed the obnoxious Prince Driftwood. Prince Driftwood seeks True Love, so he's not on board with this plan either. Both the prince and the princess run away from their wedding, fleeing into the Forbidden Forest of Tez, dragging their reluctant attendants behind. In the woods, there's a dragon who's been turned into an old man and the boy he's adopted, a vain artisan-witch and her annoyed henchman, a chorus of strange Dreamcreepers, and soon an outraged mother-of-the-bride, her son, and a female knight wrestling with complicated feelings for the princess. This comedy originally written for teens is both inspired by and blows up familiar tropes in Shakespeare's romantic comedies.

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And Then, She Picks Up the Sword (Theatre-for-Teens version)

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  • Chelsea Frandsen: And Then, She Picks Up the Sword (Theatre-for-Teens version)

    A delightful fairy tale of a play full of princes, princesses, sassy servants, an over the top cleric, witches, and dragons that kept me smiling.

    A delightful fairy tale of a play full of princes, princesses, sassy servants, an over the top cleric, witches, and dragons that kept me smiling.

  • Reina Hardy: And Then, She Picks Up the Sword (Theatre-for-Teens version)

    A hilarious skewed take on the "run off into the woods" genre of pastoral comedy. Lots of wild random plot elements that come together unexpectedly into a beautiful, cohesive, shivery end.

    A hilarious skewed take on the "run off into the woods" genre of pastoral comedy. Lots of wild random plot elements that come together unexpectedly into a beautiful, cohesive, shivery end.

Production History

  • Type High School, Organization Skybridge Theatre - Middle School , Year 2018