THE STORY ...
Hansel and Gretel find themselves lost in the Forest Of No Return, where they meet an ancient couple who warn them of the four
Witches, who live in their gingerbread house with their living furniture, who love nothing more than cooking and eating children.
The forest is populated with the most unusual folks. The happy-go-lucky Froglodytes. The efficient and orderly Antoids. The stylish and fashionable Plumerians. And the half-candy / half-gangster
Confectionaries. No one has ever escaped the Forest Of No Return. Will Hansel and Gretel find their way home?
Or wil they end up the Witches latest meal?

About Variety Plus...Celebrating 30 years, Variety Plus was founded in1995, by husband, and wife creative team, Bob Gribas and Angela Rinaldi-Gribas. Combining Angela's dance and musical talents with Bob’s creative design skills, they have written, directed and produced several musical adaptations, including: The Ugly Duckling, Puss in Boots, Petrocinella, Snow Queen, The Bremen Town Musicians, The Patchwork Girl of Oz, The Odyssey To Excalibur, The Trial Of Goldilocks, Rip Van Winkle, Hercules, Frog Prince, Babes in Toyland, Rumpelstiltskin, The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Pied Piper, Peter Pan, Robyn Hood And Her Merry Maidens, Hansel And Gretel, Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Beauty And The Beast, Wizard Of Oz, Aladdin’s Lamp, Snow White, Jack And The Beanstalk, Pinocchio, Sleeping Beauty and Alice In Wonderland. Angela and Bob have over thirty-five years of experience in the theatrical arts and have toured extensively throughout the United States and Canada with the Missoula Children's Theatre, Prairie Fire Children’s Theatre and Small Change Theatre. They have also conducted theatrical workshops, classes and productions at Seattle Children’s Theater, Youth Theatre Northwest, Kidstage Everett, Stone Soup Theater, Spectrum Dance Theater, Bellevue High School, and Chinook Middle School, to name a few. Variety Plus original musicals are also available for rental for school and community productions. Inquire at: [email protected].

Variety Plus Mission Statement … Variety Plus provides young people and adults an opportunity to perform with a diverse and multi-generational cast, creating a positive theatrical experience and a confidence-building ensemble, 

based on mutual respect.