Fairycakes

Read Excerpt From This Play
Full-length
Comedy
10+ Any
Play with Music

Overview

What happens when those woodland fairies aren’t busy with the business of A Midsummer Night’s Dream? Why, it seems they all have jobs in some of our favorite fairy tales and have very sad love lives—that is, until Puck finds the famous flower touched by Cupid’s arrow. It’s all about love and kindness and accepting change. And it’s funny. Oh, and it rhymes.

Casting & Production

Casting

Robin Goodfellow, known as Puck

Peaseblossom

Moth

Cobweb

Mustard Seed

Mermaid

Oberon

Dirk Dead-Eye

Titania

Elizabeth I

Geppetto

A Princess

Pinocchio

Cinderella

Aurora, Goddess of the Dawn

A Changeling

A Cricket

A Prince

Cupid, a God

Setting

A glen in the woods, tonight.

Reviews

“Positively magical.”
—NY Stage Review

“A rare joy.”
—Theatermania

“Inspired. Utterly delightful. Genuinely funny and surprisingly poignant…
Douglas Carter Beane’s fairy tale mash-up takes flight.”
—The Wrap

“Fairycakes will win you over.”
—NY Theater Guide

Music Materials

Sheet music and performance tracks are provided digitally with all licenses to perform FAIRYCAKES.

Credits

Songs by Lewis Flinn

Lyrics by “Big Bill” Shakespeare

Created at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. Developed at the Scranton Shakespeare Festival. World Premiere at The Greenwich House Theater, NYC.