And Then, She Picks Up the Sword

Saturday, April 5, 2025
Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts
2:00pm & 5:00pm

Well, the king is dead in the kingdom of Eastwood, and a kingdom needs a king, so it falls to Princess Wimberley to wed the obnoxious Prince Driftwood. Prince Driftwood seeks True Love, so he’s not on board with this plan either. Both the prince and the princess run away from their wedding, fleeing into the Forbidden Forest of Tez, dragging their reluctant attendants behind. In the woods, there’s a dragon who’s been turned into an old man and the boy he’s adopted, a vain artisan-witch and her annoyed henchman, a chorus of strange Dreamcreepers, and soon an outraged mother-of-the-bride, her son, and a female knight wrestling with complicated feelings for the princess.

This comedy originally written for teens is both inspired by and blows up familiar tropes in Shakespeare’s romantic comedies. It features dragons and sword fights between princesses and princes, lost memories, and a robust plot.

This is the final production for the 2024/2025 Youth Players! This program is facilitated by Theatre; Just Because and presented by the Friends of the Suncor Energy Centre for the Performing Arts using funds provided by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo