Perfection is so hard to find – especially if you are a prince and your mother decides you must marry the perfect princess. The queen has decided the only way to be sure she has found a true princess in every way is to administer the Perfect Princess Test. So far, no one has passed it. It is a dark and stormy night when a possible contender arrives - unannounced - who CLAIMS to be a princess. Is she who she says she is, or is she really the niece of the Queen’s Butler who is secretly planning to take over the kingdom himself? Hmmm…Let the TESTS begin.
The Lost Art of Perfection
Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen’s very short story of “The Princess On The Pea”
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Casting Requirements
2 M, 2 F
Orchestrations
14 Instrumental Part Books:
REED 1: Flute, Alto Saxophone,
Opt. Piccolo
REED 2: Oboe
REED 3: Bb Clarinet/Tenor Sax
REED 4: Bassoon
BRASS: Trumpet in Bb;
Horn in F; Trombone
STRINGS: Violin I; Violin II;
Viola; Cello; Double Bass;
PIANO; PERCUSSION
Book, music, and lyrics by Darryl G. Bojanowski
Orchestrations by Bill Corcoran
Perfection is so hard to find – especially if you are a prince and your mother decides you must marry the perfect princess. The queen has decided the only way to be sure she has found a true princess in every way is to administer the Perfect Princess Test. So far, no one has passed it. It is a dark and stormy night when a possible contender arrives - unannounced - who CLAIMS to be a princess. Is she who she says she is, or is she really the niece of the Queen’s Butler who is secretly planning to take over the kingdom himself? Hmmm…Let the TESTS begin.
Production History
A Premiere Playhouse, Columbus, OH, 8/10-14, 1993