←Recommendations of Ever After

I laughed out loud several times reading this short play. The familiar characters are given clear tactics and traits that are way more relatable than their original fairy tale iterations. This accessible and funny piece would be a clever addition to any festival!

I was delighted when I saw the reading of this at the 2023 Midwest Dramatists Conference. Having Mother Goose as a marriage therapist is brilliant touch. I loved that she is called "Dr. Goose". I really love how it uses the fairy tale trope to talk about modern problems, and to highlight how ridiculous some of our stories are. Very funny.

A princess and a frog walk into a therapist's office...

This sweet and fresh take on the twisted fairytale by MICHAEL WATERSON was a true delight to see performed at the 2023 Midwest Dramatists Conference. Mother Goose is the prefect therapist... or is she?

This is the story of a fairy tale marriage -- the princess and her frog -- as maybe the Mad Hatter might have imagined it. Who knows, that may be Michael Waterson's alter ego :-). They're in counseling, and their therapist -- none other than Mother Goose herself -- is doing all she can, making us all wonder, "Can this insane marriage be saved?" Enormously fun and hugely funny! One of my favorites at the 2023 Midwest Dramatists Conference.

Once upon a time, in a far-off kingdom, there was a splendid little 10-minute play about the princess (of "... and The Frog" fame) and the frog (of same) working out their boundary issues with therapist extraordinaire, Mother Goose. That's the premise, which Waterson lays out nicely up top so we can right into this hilarious therapy session where we learn just how messed up their "happily ever after" turned out. It's the Fractured Fairytale you never knew you needed! Saw a staged reading at the 2023 Midwest Dramatists Conference.