Republic High School thespians perform Once Upon a Mattress
Sir Harry (Soph Christian Ard) tells his sweet Lady Larken (Sophomore Lillian Krudwig) the path he will
take to find a princess suitable for the prince to marry.
Minstrel (Junior Halli Webb), King (Senior Garrett Silvey), and Jester (Senior Owen Hoge) sing a song
about the friendship they share.
Tiger Theater at Republic High School presented their production of “Once Upon a Mattress” April 22 through April 25. The play, a musical comedy based on Hans Christian Anderson’s story, “The Princess and the Pea,” tells how Queen Aggravain tried to keep her son, Prince Dauntless the Drab, from marrying by devising extremely hard tests for each of his would-be brides. In the end, she is defeated by Princess Winnifred, who passes the test set for her and is allowed to marry the prince.
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