Rapunzel
By
Eric Stedman
A
musical in two acts
Review
Running
Time: 90
Minutes
Settings
Gothel's Garden
Rapunzel's Tower Room
The Forest
Land of Eternal Winter
Characters
4 Men, 4
Women, 4+ of either sex
Rapunzel,
fifteen-year-old daughter of Otto and Matilda
Gothel,
a sorceress
Prince
Gunther, a
young man looking to marry
Rolf,
his loyal page
Pandora,
a white cat
The Lone
Wolf who
lives in the forest/Devil
Dan the
pirate cat
Red
Tiger, a
female pirate cat (dance part)
Otto,
a Tinker
Matilda,
his wife
The Goblin
King,
armored lord of the enchanted forest
Wheeze,
a rude goblin who tends Gothel's garden
Snort,
a dumb but not entirely unfriendly goblin
Gurgle,
a big brutish goblin
Whine,
a cowardly goblin
The Wailing
Woods,
singing trees in the Forest of No Return
Scenes
and Musical Numbers
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on underlined links to hear song
excerpts
Prologue: Gothel's Garden
Act One
1: A Room in Gothel's Tower
Forever -- Rapunzel and Pandora
Watchin'
Your Hair Grow -- Goblins
Morning
Star --
Rapunzel
Very First Kiss
-- Prince and
Rapunzel
2: Outside the Tower
The Ballad of Devil Dan
-- Pandora
3: Inside the Tower at Midnight
Do Unto Others
-- Gothel
Act Two
1: Outside the Tower
2: The Lone Wolf's Cave
The
Forest of No Return -- Wolf
3: Deep in the Forest
The Knight and the Dragon
-- Rolf, Pandora
and Prince
4: The Land of Eternal Winter
Hello -- Rapunzel
5: The Forest of No Return
Song
of the Wailing Woods
6: The Land of Eternal Winter
Under
the Snow --Rapunzel
Forever
(Reprise)
The
Story
Rapunzel, kidnapped as a child by the wicked witch Gothel,
is freed from her tower prison by handsome Prince Gunther
who promises to show her the world. Their plans change when
Gothel hears the Prince below the tower, cuts off
Rapunzel's hair and allows the Prince to fall from the
tower after he climbs it, then banishes Rapunzel to the
Land of Eternal Winter. The blinded Gunther, his page Rolf,
and Rapunzel's friend Pandora the white cat, ever pursued
by the witch's Goblins, must summon their last ounce of
courage to brave the dangers of the Forest of No Return and
convince the powerful Goblin King to help them find the
Prince's lost love.