A Woodland Cinderella by Deborah Costine, Puppeteer!

A Woodland Cinderella
by Deborah Costine, Puppeteer!

In this original version of Cinderella, the King of all Woodland Fairies wants his son to marry a fairy princess, but he knows that they are very hard to find. The stepsister is sure that having the most "stuff" is what makes her "the best" but the Prince is looking for someone with "goodness." The King hosts a great ball and commands all the young fairy maidens to attend. He hopes that the missing fern fairy princess will come. Will he find her? The story uses traditional hand puppets and takes place in a papier mache tree all built by the puppeteer.

Deborah won a 2009 UNIMA-USA Citation of Excellence for this show. The citation recognizes and rewards the best of the puppetry arts in this country. The review panel called it "A total delight."