We hope you enjoyed the show! Thank you to all those who took part in this magical experience in August of 2024!
X-Spelled Musical Cast 2024
We are thrilled to announce the X-Spelled Musical Cast for Summer 2024!
MAREN DRAKE: Kaya Higbee
PRINCE DANIEL TREW: Kayson Belnap
PRINCE JOHN: Spencer Lyman
ASH: Kendra Thueson
ELIZABETH: Suzi Ward
KING DRAKE: Kevin Brown
QUEEN DRAKE: Shalyn Brown
KING TREW: Lance Higbee
QUEEN TREW: Shauna Davis
WICKEY: Sierra Herrick
SERVANT 1: Lexi Bitton
SERVANT 2: Emma Phillips
WOODSMAN: Lance Higbee
YOUNG MAREN: Millie Ward
RUMPELSTILTSKIN/GUARD: Lake Lambson
MAN 1 and MAN 2/GUARDS: Damon Bitton and Tanner Borgholthaus
ENSEMBLE: Emma Phillips, Sadie Herrick, Sierra Herrick, Millie Ward, Lexi Bitton, Suzi Ward, Paisley Sanders, Mira Hansen, Allison Bartschi, Cooper Holman, William Holman, Graham Holman, Wesley Holman, Cierra Higbee, Skye Higbee, Creed Higbee, Lance Higbee, Lake Lambson, Damon Bitton, Tanner Borgholthaus.
X-Spelled Manuscript
X-Spelled Songbook
UPDATED LINK FOR VIRTUAL TRYOUTS
UPDATE: The musical production will be the entire week in the evenings at 7 PM August 26-31, 2024 EXCEPT for Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
We are thrilled to announce virtual tryouts! Unfortunately we had issues with the original QR Code. If you are looking to tryout virtually, the updated link is below:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/14sX_PxtnxKN14VjEgX_sGC39RTHRncr7f9aBvmMWgxo/edit
August 2024 Performance Coming Soon!
Kyra Lambson will be directing X-Spelled: The Untold Story of the Princess and the Pea Musical for the summer of 2024 in Pocatello, Idaho! We are thrilled to have enhanced music with orchestrations by Eliza O’Connor, Dale Belnap, and Milka Rubtsova!
X-SPELLED SYNOPSIS
(Spoiler Alert)
Queen Drake of Baron is cursed with infertility by a malicious witch. She sends her servant, Rumpelstiltskin, to find her a baby in exchange for his freedom. He meets the queen’s request and is released from his duties when he brings her a baby, Princess Maren.
Years later, the kingdom goes into a great depression and the villagers start dying from starvation. Maren is their only hope to wed someone who is capable of turning things around. Her father grants Prince John permission to marry her, but she isn’t in love with him.
While at the royal ball, Prince John is called out before he makes his marriage proposal. She runs into her childhood love, Prince Daniel Trew. She realizes she still loves him. When Prince John returns, he is angered at Daniel’s interference and they end up in a sword fight. They are escorted off. Another princess, Elizabeth, who seeks to wed Prince Daniel Trew, informs Maren about the Trew Test. She also tells Maren she is adopted.
Maren confronts her mother and finds out it is true about being adopted. She also realizes she is the reason her people are dying. In sorrow, she runs away into a forest where she meets a witch named Wickey. During her encounter, Maren accidentally spills the witch’s valuable ingredient. In anger, she casts a spell on the princess. She must find a true love’s kiss within three days, or the spell will become permanent.
Later on, Prince John ends up joining forces with Wickey in order to get Maren to drink a love potion so she will fall in love with him instead of Daniel.
Maren finds herself about to be attacked by wolves when a woodsman and his daughter, Ash, save her. Ash agrees to protect Maren just before her father dies. She helps Maren get to the Trew Castle, posing as Maren’s servant.
Prince Daniel professes his love. He informs Maren that she will be tested, but he doesn’t know what the test is. He also lets her know that if she fails, they will never be able to associate again. The confident Princess Elizabeth is also in attendance to be tested.
Maren is put through the test and Queen Trew proclaims that Maren passed. Elizabeth has also passed. When Maren learns what the test was, she realizes she actually failed. Ash tries to convince her to go along with it and at least get her kiss to break the spell, but Maren’s integrity wins. She knows she must return to help her kingdom. She chooses to go back to marry Prince John, even though her heart is with Daniel.
She returns to Prince John. When he learns she is adopted, he discloses his true identity and his plan to become the owner of Drake’s hidden treasure that they were unaware of.
Daniel returns to Baron determined to win Maren’s heart. She finds out she is a real princess and that the test was invalid. He asks Maren to marry him, and his kiss breaks her spell.
Wickey returns, still boiling with revenge for Maren spilling her ingredient. She casts spells on Maren, Daniel, Ash, and Queen Drake. The evil curse is lifted off one by one through the power of true love’s kiss, and they live happily ever after.
X-SPELLED CHARACTER BREAKDOWN
(In order of appearance)
RUMPELSTILTSKIN – Male. 40’s. Short. (Bass.) A stalwart, but slightly narcissistic, servant of the Drakes who can spin straw into gold. He finds a baby for the Drakes in exchange for his freedom.
QUEEN DRAKE – Female. Late 30’s. (Soprano.) A beautiful, nurturing, gracious queen who is spellbound with infertility. She wants more than anything to be a mother.
KING DRAKE – Male. Early 40’s. (Baritone.) A pragmatic king who rules during a great depression after losing one of his most valuable assets.
MAREN – Female. Age 16. (Soprano.) A genuine and compassionate princess who is concerned for her people and how she can help them. She struggles with her identity when she learns of her adoption.
PRINCE JOHN – Male. Mid 20’s. (Bass.) A charismatic, cunning son of one the past servants of the Drakes disguised as a wealthy prince who seeks Maren’s hand in marriage so he can become the rightful owner of their hidden treasure that the Drakes don’t know exists.
DANIEL – Male. Age 17. (Baritone.) A prince who has loved Maren since they were children, but his mother must approve before he can marry her.
ELIZABETH – Female. Age 16. (No vocal solo.) A glamorous, yet beguiling and snobby princess who wants to marry Daniel. She tries to put Maren down to in order to make her look better.
WICKEY – Female. Early 40’s. (Soprano.) A vainglorious witch who is determined to set new standards of witchcraft through her innovative spells. She will do whatever it takes to get the ingredients she needs to succeed. She has lost 3/16th a head of hair from her most recent quest.
MAN 1 and MAN 2 – Males. 20’s. (Tenor). Two dull-witted, clumsy brothers who act as guards for Prince John in exchange for a future promised fee.
WOODSMAN – Male. 40’s. (No vocal solo.) A brave and heroic widowed man who lives in the forest with Ash, a girl who he saved from a forest fire. He raised her like his own and trained her to fight the wolves that killed his wife.
ASH – Female. Age 19. (Soprano.) A feisty, rebellious, and skilled archer who hates dresses and eats bugs. She was rescued from a forest fire by the woodsman. She lost her memory from the accident and received a significant burn scar that caused her to have a disfigured face. Deep down she yearns for belonging and family but she hides her true feelings by acting tough and annoyed in having to help Maren at the dying request of her father figure.
KING TREW – Male. Late 40’s. (No vocal solo.) An even-tempered considerate king who lets his wife wear the crown in the castle simply to keep the peace.
QUEEN TREW – Female. Early 40’s. (Soprano.) A patronizing, two-faced, fashionable queen who dominates Trew’s kingdom. She is determined to find the most suitable princess for her son to marry.