Tales from the Blue Fairy Book – Andrew Lang

Luke Bartholomew Director	Tricia A. Hobbs Set Designer	Stephanie Peters Costume Designer	Jim Alexander Lighting Designer
Rew Tippin Sound Designer	Katie Moshier Stage Manager

Cast

Graham Emmons Long-nose Troll, King, Fairy Man	Michael Dix Thomas Father, Gardener, Big Fish	Wendy Way Grandmother/Wise Woman/Queen	Ardarius Blakely White Bear/Prime Minister/Horse
Anna Doyle Daughter/Princess/White Cat	Isabella Coulombe Violet

From the Director

FAIRIES ARE REAL. ALSO REAL: Dragons, maidens, knights, goblins, unicorns, trolls, mermaids, genies, witches, flying carpets, Baba Yaga, Rumplestiltzkin, leprechauns, Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, heroes, villains, hope, joy, fear, sadness, courage, honor, valor, and above all, love.  Make no bones about it!  Though we may not be able to touch, see, or capture these things, they exist!  Indeed, they have existed since time began, and will exist forever!

In 1889, when Andrew Lang published The Blue Fairy Book, the first in a volume of collected tales from across the globe, the Western World was in transition.  In France, the Eiffel Tower was inaugurated and the Moulin Rouge cabaret opened its doors; the Edison General Electric Company installed electricity in the White House of President Benjamin Harrison; and female adventurer/pioneer Nellie Bly shattered Jules Verne’s “80-Day Round-the-World-Voyage” by more than a week!  When Lang’s modest and rough-hewn anthology hit bookshelves, the Western World was moving faster into modernity than it had ever progressed before, yet still it was a hit.

Tales From the Blue Fairy Book asked its readers to slow down and find joy and meaning in the stories of the past—of our shared human past— when life was simpler, more innocent, and fantastical.  We, too, ask you to sit back and awaken the kid inside you.  Tickle your imagination, throw away doubt, believe in fairies, and take the journey to “once upon a time”!