Once Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy adaptation of the 1835 Hans Christian Andersen fairytale “The Princess and the Pea”. The show features music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer, and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. Originally opening on Broadway in 1959, Once Upon A Mattress introduced the world to the comedic talents of Carol Burnett. She was nominated for a Tony Award for the performance and secured a role on The Gary Moore Show which, after a couple of years and an Emmy award, opened the door for The Carol Burnett Show, one of the most popular television variety shows of all time. The 1959 Broadway production was nominated for a Tony for Best Musical and spawned a national tour that boasted Buster Keaton as King Sextimus the Silent. The show has had two Broadway revivals, one in 1997 with Sarah Jessica Parker as Winnifred and one currently showing on Broadway with Sutton Foster as Winnifred.

Grant Performing Arts is happy to produce this show this year with an extremely talented cast, listed below. 

LEAD ROLES

Princess Winnifred - Ella Addy

Prince Dauntless - Olon Davis

Queen Aggravain - Sonja Seidman

Lady Larken - Ella Donahue

Sir Harry - Griffin Lathrop

Jester - Aedan Cole

Minstrel - Cormac McStay

King Sextimus - Raymond Stewart

Wizard - Rina Tchivandja

FEATURED ROLES

Nightingale of Samarkand - Gabi Meyers Jimenez

Princess #12 - Cora Lanford-Crick

Sir Studley - Evan Mettler

Sir Luce - Jack Ryan

Lady Rowena - Maya Lacy

Lady Lucille - Audrey Steifvater

Lady Merrill - Kat Larsen

Lady Luce - Makena Rich

Lady Mabelle - Mirabel Kotamarti
 

ENSEMBLE

Ladies: Annika Caldicott, Audrey Steifvater, Elsa Hatzipavlou, Faire Soule-Reeves, Gabi Meyers Jimenez, Indiya Hutasangkas, Ingrid O’Boyle Rosenau, Jolee Ray, Kat Larsen, Kate McFarland, Maddy Ivy, Makena Rich, Maya Lacy, McKenna Tierney, Mirabel Kotamarti, Olive Raak, Olivia Herrington

Knights: Ania Dolata, Cantor Soule-Reeves, Elan Grisanti, Evan Mettler, Felix Suarez, Gio Calandrella, Isla Johnson, Jack Ryan, Neil Merims, Solomon Metcalfe, Wish Rank

Aggravain’s Attendants: Alexander Fontaine, Celia Ketchum, Ellie Farrell, Sam Tehrani

Featured Dancers: Cora Lanford-Crick, Elie Gunderson, Eliza Boicourt, Eva Doherty, Luna Rengert, Olive Bancroft Lucas, Violet Adams

Grant High School Theatre was established when the school originally opened in 1924. Now, the Performing Arts Department encompasses the Theatre CTE, Technical Theatre, Choir, Strings, Band, Dance, and Audio Engineering CTE Programs. Grant has the most comprehensive Performing Arts program in the state and year after year produces shows at the highest quality.