Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy presents "Once Upon a Mattress," directed by Rich Tryzbiak.
The musical will be presented on April 24, 25, and 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the John F. Linden Performing Arts Center in Collegiate Academy, 2825 State Street. Tickets cost $5.
This wacky re-telling of “The Princess and the Pea” is sure to delight all ages with its colorful costumes and clever musical score.
This is not just your average fairytale! The kingdom is under a curse rendering the King silent until the mouse devours the hawk. The Queen is anything but silent when she proclaims that no one may marry in the Kingdom until her precious Prince Dauntless is married to a real Princess. When Princess Winnifred arrives to take the Princess test the fun begins.
The production features the following cast:
- Senior Leah Fox as Princess Winnifred the Woebegone
- Junior Chris Southard as Prince Dauntless the Drab
- Senior Ian Walters as King Sextimus the Silent
- Senior Amanda Sesler as the conniving Queen Aggravain
- Senior Jasse Camacho as the Minstrel
- Junior Lauren Priestap as the Jester
- Senior Rebecca Edmunds as Lady Larkin
- Senior David Heid as Sir Harry
- And a large singing and dancing cast of Knights and Ladies-in-Waiting and full orchestra.