Friends!
I just found out yesterday that my play, ANNIERELLA AND THE (VERY AWESOME) GOOD QUEEN FAIRY COWMOTHER, is a semi-finalist in the SUMMER SHORTS 4, Youth Education on Stage Play Festival in Williston, ND!
I. AM. SO. JAZZED! This play has a long history already. Well, the story does, anyway. It started out as a story I wrote over FIVE years ago that was to be a children's book. At that time, it didn't quite come together for me, and I was doing other things, so I tucked her into a drawer. She wasn't content to stay there, though, so I took it out a few years later and rewrote it as a play. The first version of the play was much longer.
In order to submit it to the Summer Shorts Festival, I had to cut it down drastically, to TEN minutes! I thought, I cannot do this! But I love challenges,and after realizing that the original Cinderella story (which this is loosely based on)was only a couple of pages long. Once I got over that mind block, it was easier for me to cut the story down, and I think it actually reads better in some parts. The characters started rhyming and the words flowed.
I'm hoping that in the coming years, a lot of folks will want to produce ANNIERELLA! Either the long or the shorter version.
Now, children book author friends of mine tell me I need to turn it back into a book! Why not? LOL
Happy trails from Texas! and stay tuned for more news of ANNIERELLA and that crazy FAIRY COWMOTHER!
bobbi c.
2024. Celebrating 43 years as a published author. I am mostly a writer of short things, mostly fiction. Previously worked as a non-fiction author writing gardening and crafts books/articles. I am also an award-winning playwright specializing in comedic fairy tale mash-ups.
