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What Teens Will Learn
  • Performance Mastery: Develop the "Triple Threat" fundamentals of acting, singing, and choreography.
  • Professional Discipline: Cultivate focus, time management, and the ability to follow complex directions.
  • Resilience & Growth: Build confidence through repetitive practice, constructive feedback, and creative problem-solving.
  • Collaborative Excellence: Experience the joy of working as a professional cast toward a spectacular shared goal.
  • Creative Community: Build lasting friendships with peers who share a passion for the arts.
Once Upon a Mattress
Youth Edition
Directed by Liz Mathis

AGES: 13-18
AUDITION DATE: February 1, 2026. 
REHEARSALS BEGIN: February 9, 2026
PERFORMANCE DATES: April 10-19, 2026
CASTING NOTE: 4w, 6m plus ensemble
CAPACITY: 30 Students
Fee: $300
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Many moons ago in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed no couples could marry until her son, Prince Dauntless, found a bride. Princesses came from far and wide to win the hand of the prince, but none could pass the impossible tests given to them by the Queen. That is, until the “shy” swamp princess, Winnifred the Woebegone, showed up. Would she be able to pass the Sensitivity Test, marry her prince and help Lady Larken and Sir Harry to the altar? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the classic tale The Princess and the Pea provides some side-splitting shenanigans. After all, a princess is a delicate thing.

Once Upon a Mattress, Youth Edition is presented in part by Johnny Passmore- Realtor, Coldwell Banker RPM Group​, Haynes Ace Hardware, and Visit Conway.

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