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The Prideful Princess

Short Play, Drama  /  5w, 11any gender (adult)

Joann Rose Leonard

A folktale from the Ashanti People of Ghana, West Africa, for ages 8-18, with flex-gendered roles and
cultural insights into the timeless and universal lessons of
international storytelling.

The Prideful Princess

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    5w, 11any gender (adult)
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Fantasy, Adventure, Fables/Folktales
  • Suggested Use
    • Scene work
    • Competition or audition material
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
A folktale from the Ashanti People of Ghana – West Africa. One of six globe-trotting one-acts for ages 8-18, with flex-gendered roles and cultural insights into the timeless and universal lessons of international storytelling. Includes cultural/historical production notes and a glossary or foreign words. Published in All the World’s a Stage, Volume 3.
History
All of the multicultural plays in each of the three volumes of All the World’s a Stage were first performed by MetaStages, a youth theatre outreach program at Penn State University. The plays were developed from folktales by MetaStages founder and director, Joann Rose Leonard.
Keywords
Performing Groups
GRIOT KOUMBA
GRIOT ASHAKI
GRIOT OKOLO
QUEEN
ADVISOR
PRINCESS
HANDMAIDEN 1
HANDMAIDEN 2
BIRD 1
BIRD 2
BEGGAR CHILD 1
BEGGAR CHILD 2
PRINCESS FUTI/FLOWER
DOCTOR/MOUSE
ANT 1/COURTIER 1
ANT 2/COURTIER 2
  • Features Contemporary Costumes / Street Clothes, Fantasy Costumes, Period Costumes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

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Authors

Joann Rose Leonard

Joann Rose Leonard
Wisconsin born Joann Rose Leonard was Texas-raised and has chigger bite scars to prove it. Theatre-trained and frostbitten at Northwestern University, she worked as an actress in New York and in regional theatres across the U.S. She studied mime in Paris with Marcel Marceau ...
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