GOLDEN AGE GROUP. Children of Pinocchio: WOODY PINES CEDAR PINES CYPRESS PINES SUGAR PINES. Doc s Nephews: STEALTHY DWARF SPRIGHTLY DWARF

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1 1 GOLDEN GOLDEN AGE GROUP Children of Pinocchio: WOODY PINES CEDAR PINES CYPRESS PINES SUGAR PINES Doc s Nephews: STEALTHY DWARF SPRIGHTLY DWARF Snow White s Daughters: ROSE RED SKY BLUE DISNEY s DESCENDANTS - GOLDEN AGE GROUP SCRIPT SCENE ONE - Fairy Godmother s Welcome FAIRY GODMOTHER: Did you know that every fairytale you ve ever heard really happened? Every prince, princess, and dwarf! Even every villain! You might recognize some of our PTA members. Here comes Snow White with her children Rose Red and Sky Blue! (Each PARENT mentioned enters with their CHILDREN, who carry backpacks. Each PARENT takes their spot at a mic and waves goodbye as CHILDREN exit SL) SNOW WHITE: Now remember, kids. Whistle while you work, and don t eat any strange apples.

2 2 GOLDEN ROSE RED and SKY BLUE: We won t, mother. FG: And here s my dear friend Cinderella dropping off her children, Chad and Cindylou Charming! CINDERELLA: Listen to the Fairy Godmother, kids. And don t be late for class. CHAD: We know, we know... CINDYLOU: Fairy Godmother has a thing about curfews. FG: Sleeping Beauty and her lovely daughters... SLEEPING BEAUTY: Wake up, girls! Classes are about to start! AUDREY/SUNNY/RORY (snoring loudly): Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... FG: Tinker Bell, and her children, Flutter Bell and Flitter Bell... TINK: Have a great year, girls. Don t forget to write. You do remember the home address? FLITTER BELL: Second star to the right... FLUTTER BELL: And straight on til morning! FG: Here comes our head boy, Prince Ben. Would you believe his parents are Beauty and the Beast? BEN: Another perfect school year. Perfectly boring, that is. Nothing interesting ever happens at this school, mom! Once, just

3 3 GOLDEN once, I wish I could come face-to-face with a dragon, or a villain, or anything! BELLE: Kids! Always trying to grow up too fast. It s a tale as old as time! FG: Yes, this is where fairytale children go to school! This is where new stories begin! SCENE TWO - Ever, Ever After FG and PTA (3 groups overlapping): Ever, ever after! (x3) (JANE enters from SR) BELLE: Storybook endings, fairy tales coming true SLEEPING BEAUTY: Deep down inside we want to believe they still do ALL PTA (TINKER BELL/BELLE/SNOW WHITE/CINDERELLA): Still do...still do...still do TINKER BELL: In our secretest heart, SNOW WHITE: it's our favourite part of the story

4 4 GOLDEN CINDERELLA: Let's just admit we all want to make it too... ALL PTA: Ever ever after If we just don't get it our own way Ever ever after It may only be a wish away JANE: Start a new fashion, wear your heart on your sleeve! FG: That s my daughter, Jane! She s a first year! (JANE curtsies to audience) PTA: Ever after! BEN: Sometimes you reach what's realest by making believe! (BEN bows to audience) BEN and JANE: Unafraid, unashamed There is joy to be claimed in this world BEN, JANE, and FG: You even might wind up being glad to be you!

5 5 GOLDEN (ALL STUDENTS charge in from three different locations, filling audience, greeting one another with hugs and high fives. They wear blue shirts made to look like uniforms, cut at unusual angles. Many wear fanciful hats, scarves, crowns, gloves, skirts, tutus, or capes. Some wear backpacks. These are the offspring of the Disney characters we know so well returning to school after summer break) STUDENTS: Ever ever after PTA: Though the world will tell you it's not smart STUDENTS: Ever ever after PTA: The world can be yours if you let your heart Believe in ever after BELLE: No wonder your heart feels it's flying! CINDERELLA: Your head feels it's spinning! SLEEPING BEAUTY: Each happy ending's a brand new beginning! FG: Let yourself be enchanted, SNOW WHITE: You just might break through... ALL:

6 6 GOLDEN To ever ever after Forever could even start today Ever ever after Maybe it's just one wish away Your ever ever after... STUDENTS: I believe! I believe! PTA: Ever, ever, ever after! STUDENTS: I've been dreaming of a school like this! ALL: For ever ever after! Ever, ever, ever after! (ALL form a class picture on front steps of stage, FG steps down to take a flash photo as music ends. Immediately after applause all STUDENTS sit except JANE and BEN. FG steps up to the stage, addresses seated students Dumbledore style ) SCENE THREE - School Assembly FG: My goodness, so many familiar faces. Let s take attendance! Pinocchio s kids, Woody, Cypress, and Cedar Pines? WOODY/CEDAR/CYPRESS: Here!

7 7 GOLDEN FG: Stealthy and Sprightly Dwarf? STEALTHY/SPRIGHTLY: Hi-HO! FG: The Little Mermaid s daughters, Coral and Shelly? CORAL/SHELLY: Here! FG: I m so glad you were both able to be part of our world. Rapunzel s daughters, Tressa and Loxley? TRESSA/LOXLEY: Here! FG: Alice in Wonderland s children, Alister and Allison? ALISTER/ALISON: Present! FG: And of course Elsa s younger cousin, Frosta! FROSTA: Brrrrrrrr! TAD and POLLY: What about us?! FG: Oops! How could I forget the Frog Prince s children, Tad and Polly? And now for a few start of the year announcements from our head boy and girl. (STUDENTS golf clap) JANE: The enchanted forest behind the castle is strictly forbidden. BEN: No swimming in the moat.

8 8 GOLDEN JANE: All glass footwear must be approved ahead of time. BEN: All students must be in bed by midnight. JANE: She has a thing about curfews. FG: And finally, my magic wand...quite possibly the most powerful wand in existence. Would you like to touch it? WELL TOO BAD! Nobody must ever, EVER touch this wand without my express permission. In the wrong hands, this wand could spell destruction! POLLY: And I thought it just made pretty dresses! JANE (pointing up): Mother, look! A huge black raven! (CAMPER enters from SR manipulating a creepy looking raven puppet, which carries a black and red envelope. STUDENTS gasp. FG opens the letter, reads it, as raven flies away off L) FG: That s strange. It says here four new students will be joining us this year at Auradon Prep. ALL STUDENTS: Oooooh! FG: They come from...from...the Isle of the Lost? (ALL gasp!)

9 9 GOLDEN JANE: The Isle of the Lost? But that s where all the evil villains live! (ALL STUDENTS begin to panic. In the chaos, ALL STUDENTS relocate from the front steps to their line spots on stage, freeing when FG calls out...) FG: QUIET! Wherever these four mystery students come from, they are your classmates. I m sure these new students are kind, loving, trustworthy, and completely good-- SCENE FOUR - Rotten To The Core DESCENDANTS (from off stage): Did somebody say good? BAD IS THE NEW GOOD! (THUNDER SOUND EFFECT! The DESCENDANTS enter, taking center stage and striking their signature poses! MUSIC IN - Rotten to the Core. As rhythm catches, MAL, EVIE, JAY, and CARLOS snatch microphones, and stomp through the dirt down front, getting close to audience members. They wear spikes, boots, leather and denim, and sport wild and vividly colored hairstyles. In short, they are not to be fooled with) MAL: They say I'm trouble They say I'm bad They say I'm evil And that makes me glad

10 10 GOLDEN JAY: A dirty no-good Down to the bone Your worst nightmare Can't take me home EVIE: So I've got some mischief In my blood Can you blame me? I never got no love CARLOS: They think I'm callous A low-life hood I feel so useless FULL COMPANY: Misunderstood! (The DESCENDANTS have reached Front Center Steps. EVIE holds up a hand mirror that she keeps chained to her belt. DESCENDANTS gaze into it as STUDENTS lean in to watch them) EVIE, MAL, JAY, CARLOS: Mirror, mirror in my hand Who's the baddest in the land? Welcome to my wicked world, wicked world I'm rotten to the core, core

11 11 GOLDEN Rotten to the core! I'm rotten to the core, core Who could ask for more? I'm nothing like the kid next like the kid next door I'm rotten to the... I'm rotten to the... I'm rotten to the core! (Short percussion bit. The DESCENDANTS break away from center, moving around stage to examine the students, who cower in fear) JANE: Ben, who ARE they? BEN (gleefully): It s the Descendants! Their parents are the most evil villains EVER! Finally, an interesting school year! (MUSIC CUT TO - ) EVIE, MAL, JAY, CARLOS/ALL STUDENTS: Mirror, mirror in my hand Who's the baddest in the land? Welcome to my wicked world, wicked world (DANCE BREAK) JAY: What a bunch of stiffs! CARLOS: Boring! EVIE: Why isn t anybody dancing?

12 12 GOLDEN MAL: This calls for a spell! We beguile. We entrance. Everybody start to dance! (The DESCENDANTS dance in revil or violate property, STUDENTS dance in fear, breaking away from their four clumps under MAL s spell, until the magic wears off and they all sing...) ALL STUDENTS: They re rotten to the core, core Rotten to the core! They re rotten to the core, core Who could ask for more? They re nothing like the kid next like the kid next door They re rotten to the core, they re rotten to the core, They re rotten to the core! (BUTTON - The DESCENDANTS freeze in their signature poses Front Center, Students frozen in their terrified clumps behind) SCENE SIX - Locker Gossip #1 - GOLDEN AGE GROUP (Counselors turn flats to reveal a panel of colorful lockers. BEN and GOLDEN AGE GROUP enter SR, gather around lockers) ROSE RED: What classes are you guys taking this term? SKY BLUE: Let s see. I have ballroom dancing, fencing, unicorn studies

13 13 GOLDEN CEDAR: Ogre economics, calligraphy CYPRESS: Greek and Roman history with Professor Megara, art with Professor Rapunzel... WOODY: Did you hear? Chad Charming almost fell asleep during potions class. STEALTHY: That s because he was sitting next to Mal. SPRIGHTLY: She probably put a spell on him. STEALTHY: You know Mal s mother made an entire kingdom sleep for a hundred years! SPRIGHTLY: Yeah! All because she didn t get invited to a baby s birthday party! SKY BLUE: Jay s father is an evil wizard! ROSE RED: Evie s mother is a tyrannical queen! SUGAR: Carlos mother is a demented fur collector! BEN: So? What does that have to do with anything? They re not their parents.

14 14 GOLDEN WOODY: Come on. Those Descendents are bad news! ROSE RED: The way they made everybody dance at the assembly BEN: I thought it was kind of fun. (STUDENTS stare at him like he s crazy) WOODY: I heard they have spiders in their hair! SUGAR: Shh! I don t want to get cursed! (STUDENTS lean in, stage whispering) CYPRESS: Did you hear? Evie used that magic mirror to cheat on her pop quiz. CEDAR: Mal put a curse on the mops...now they mop all by themselves. ROSE RED: Jay is a thief! He tried to steal somebody s gold crown...then he said he was just looking at it! SKY BLUE: Well, I heard Carlos is afraid of puppies. ALL: Puppies?

15 15 GOLDEN (Suddenly, CARLOS runs on from SR, chased by the smallest Pathfinder, dressed as a spotted DALMATIAN, who barks playfully. STUDENTS exit, heading to their next class) SCENE THIRTEEN - Did I Mention? (SILVER AGE exits SL. GOLDEN AGE and RENAISSANCE STUDENTS filter in from SR holding flags. Some have signs with letters we do not yet see that spell out the word ridiculous. BEN moves to the central rock. STUDENTS cheer) COACH PHIL and STUDENTS: Let s Go! (clap clap) Let s go! (clap clap clap) x3 BEN: Stop the game! I can t play until I say exactly how I m feeling...in song. Hey, Mal! Will you go to the promcoming dance with me? ALL: Oooooh! MAL: Um...okay! EVIE: OMG...it worked! (MAL and EVIE high five, and run off stage. BEN doesn t notice) ALL: YAY! (MUSIC IN - Did I Mention? )

16 16 GOLDEN BEN: Did I mention... That I'm in love with you. And did I mention... There's nothing I can do. And did I happen to say I dream of you everyday? But let me (shout it out loud), if that's okay, hey hey (Hey!) That's okay (Hey!) (BEN starts to hop excitedly around audience) SOLO: He met this girl that rocked his world like it's never been rocked SOLO: And now he s living just for her and he won't ever stop SOLO: He never thought that it could happen quite so fast, you see. SOLO: But now look at what she s done, he s getting down on one knee... BEN: Because my love for you is Ridiculous. I never knew (Who knew?) That it can be like this. My love for you is (Ridiculous) My love is R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S! (R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S!)

17 17 GOLDEN It's... (RIDICULOUS!) Just... (RIDICULOUS!) And I would give my kingdom for just one kiss. (LONG DANCE BREAK - There s a big CUT here) BEN: Because my love is truly Ridiculous. I never knew (Who knew?) That it can be like this. My love is truly Ridiculous My love is R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S! (R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S!) It's... (RIDICULOUS!) Just... (RIDICULOUS!) And I would give my kingdom for just one kiss. C'mon now! (BUTTON. At this point, ALL have joined the dance that has brought BEN back on stage. On final chords, all faint on the floor, exhausted. During applause, ALL will count to three, then get up to exit, except RENAISSANCE GROUP) SCENE SEVENTEEN - If Only (MUSIC IN - If Only ) MAL: Hard to believe this will be my first and last date. After we steal the wand, I don t think there ll be much time for dances. EVIE:

18 18 GOLDEN Is this what we wanted? MAL: I don t know. I wonder if anybody knows what they want. A million thoughts in my head Should I let my heart keep listening? 'Cause up 'til now I've walked the line Nothing lost but something missing I can't decide What's wrong, what's right Which way should I go? If only I knew what my heart was telling me Don't know what I'm feeling Is this just a dream? Ah oh, yeah (ALL STUDENTS slowly enter behind her, dressed for the dance. COUNSELORS move the gothic window flats to a new, open position, as STUDENTS fill the space in dramatically posed groups and pairs that break apart and move downstage on their respective solos) EVIE: If only I could read the signs in front of me I could find the way to who I'm meant to be Ah oh, if only If only [2x] (Various STUDENT SOLOISTS step forward to express their insecurities) SOLO: Every step, every word

19 19 GOLDEN SOLO: With every hour I am falling in To something new, something brave SOLO: To someone I, I have never been SOLO: I can't decide What's wrong, what's right SOLO: Which way should I go? ALL: If only I knew what my heart was telling me Don't know what I'm feeling Is this just a dream? Ah oh, yeah If only I could read the signs in front of me I could find the way to who I'm meant to be MAL: Ah oh, if only ALL: Yeah MAL and EVIE: Am I crazy? Maybe this could happen, yeah Will you all be with me when the magic's all run out? MAL: If only I knew what my heart was telling me Don't know what I'm feeling

20 20 GOLDEN Is this just a dream? Ah oh ALL: If only I could read the signs in front of me I could find the way to who I'm meant to be Ah oh... MAL: If only ALL: yeah... [3x] (STUDENTS work their way back to their pair or group poses, frozen. EVIE and MAL remove their cloaks, revealing delicate blue and lavender gowns) ALL: If only If only... SCENE EIGHTEEN - At the Dance (MUSIC IN - Tchaikovsky's waltz from The Sleeping Beauty at :30. ALL sway to the music, as each group steps down to the mics to tell jokes ala At the Dance from the Muppet Show. GOLDEN AGE GROUP first...) CHAD CHARMING: Why couldn't Cinderella win the bicycle race? She had a pumpkin for a coach! CINDYLOU CHARMING: Why can't Cinderella play baseball? She always runs away from the ball. WOODY: How did Pinocchio win the race?

21 21 GOLDEN CEDAR/CYPRESS/SUGAR: Easy. By a nose! STEALTHY DWARF: Hey Sprightly, why did Dopey take a box of crayons with him into the bedroom? Snow White asked him to draw the curtains. SPRIGHTLY DWARF: Why did Snow White always treat each of the Seven Dwarfs equally? Because she's the fairest of them all. SCENE TWENTY - Set It Off... JAY and CARLOS: 3, 2, 1, Uh (MUSIC IN - Set it Off from the dance break at apx 2:11, OR CAMP BAND and kids add percussion ON TOP of recording. After interlude, ALL CAST dances into the audience, encouraging them to clap along) FULL COMPANY: Let's set it off Oh yeah (Let's set this off!) Start a chain reaction, Never let it stop! Let's set it off (Let's set this off!) Oh yeah Let's set this off! You can make it happen With everything you got!

22 22 GOLDEN Let's set it off (CAST begins to move back to the stage for a final tableau) Get ready, set it off! Come on We go to set it off To the left Get ready, set it off To the right We got to set it OFF! THE END ENCORE: FULL COMPANY SINGS EVIL LIKE ME!