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  • Once upon a Bride There was a Forest
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    Once upon a Bride There was a Forest

    Kristen Palmer
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    Play Description

    After Warren proposes to Josie, she decides she must make one last attempt to find her long-lost father before she walks down the aisle. What she finds instead is a dangerous, seductive world of secrets and magic from which she may not want to escape. ONCE UPON A BRIDE THERE WAS A FOREST is a lyrical, haunting, and surprisingly funny fairy tale about children and parents, forgetting and remembering, and the power of a good story to capture us or set us free.

    Production Info

    Cast: 6 total (3 female, 3 male)
    Full Length Comedy (about 100 minutes)
    Minimal Set Requirements
    Contemporary Costumes
    Categories: Trending, The Plays Tags: Fairy Tale
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    “Playwright Kristen Palmer crafts a contemporary fairytale that feels timeless. She gives us a classic hero’s journey and a variation on princess tales while subtly subverting and exploring classic tropes of the genre. Evil queens, magic spells, true love quests: Palmer touches on all these without patting herself on the back or spelling things out for the audience. She gives Once Upon A Bride … a dream-like feeling that weaves its own lyrical spell.” —Amanda LaPergola, Theatre is Easy

    “Palmer weaves a bit of Dark Shadows, a wee bit of Rocky Horror, a flicker of Twilight Zone and even a hint of The Wizard of Oz into a full-length comedy-drama-thriller perfect for a dark night when hopes seem thin.” —Jon Sobel, BlogCritics

    Author(s)

    • Kristen Palmer

      Kristen Palmer's plays include THINGS YOU CAN DO, ONCE UPON A BRIDE THERE WAS A FOREST, THE STRAY DOG, THE MELTING POINT, LOCAL STORY, THE HEART IN YOUR CHEST, DEPARTURES, and GLOUCESTER POINT. They have been produced and presented in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle, and elsewhere. She has been a Women's Project Lab Member collaborating on the Off-Broadway production WE PLAY FOR THE GODS, a Jerome Fellow at the Playwrights Center, New Georges associate artist, Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab Member, and a company member of Printer’s Devil Theatre in Seattle. She is a graduate of Bretton Hall College in Yorkshire, England and holds an MFA from Hunter College where she studied with Tina Howe and Mark Bly and won both the Zarkower and Goldberg Prizes.

    Book Information

    Publisher BPPI
    Publication Date 7/26/2017
    Pages 64
    ISBN 9780881457247

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