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THE WICKED STEP SLIPPERS
By D. M. Larson
CAST OF CHARACTERS (13+)
CINDERELLA: A common peasant woman who recently married PRINCE and became a princess
MARIANNE: A loyal servant of CINDERELLA who is a bit clumsy
TIFFY: Dumb stepsister of CINDERELLA
MIFFY: Mean stepsister of CINDERELLA
ESMERALDA: Evil stepmother of CINDERELLA
FAIRY: The Fairy Godmother-in-Law of CINDERELLA (godmother to the PRINCE)
WOLF: The Big Bad Wolf who tries to be helpful
BIG PIG: The biggest pig in the three pigs
MIDDLE PIG: The piggy in the middle
LITTLE PIG: The smallest pig
BEAUTY: Sleeping Beauty princess who is always napping and is in a wheelchair
PRINCE: Husband of CINDERELLA
TRUMPETER: Announces the PRINCE anywhere the PRINCE goes (can have multiple TRUMPETERS)
SCENE
CINDERELLA: Marianne! Marianne!
MARIANNE (off): Coming, your highness!
(MARIANNE runs in with boxes of shoes and drops them)
CINDERELLA: Oh, dear. Let me help you with that.
MARIANNE: I’m so sorry, Princess Cinderella. I thought I would save time by bringing all your shoes in here at once but I guess that was a bad idea.
(CINDERELLA and MARIANNE go through shoes)
CINDERELLA: I wonder which slippers I should wear to the ball? I want to find the perfect ones because this is my first ball since I married the prince.
MARIANNE: What about your glass slippers?
CINDERELLA: No, they’re always falling off. I always lose one. Remember at my wedding? During my first dance with the prince, one of my glass slippers flew off my foot and landed in the wedding cake!
(MARIANNE tries not to laugh)
MARIANNE: Yes, princess.
CINDERELLA: It’s okay. You can laugh about it. It was rather funny.
(MARIANNE laughs)
MARIANNE: It’s always good to turn things like that into happy memories.
CINDERELLA: Please keep looking for something special for me. I have to go check on the preparations for the ball. I will be back soon.
MARIANNE: Yes, your highness.
(CINDERELLA exits and MARIANNE tries to go through the shoes and organize them. The wicked step-mother ESMERALDA enters with the step-sisters TIFFY and MIFFY. MARIANNE is busy with the shoes and doesn’t notice them)
TIFFY: What are we doing here, mother?
MIFFY: I’m tired of trying to be nice to Cinderella. It doesn’t do any good.
ESMERALDA: I’m not done getting my revenge on her for what she did to all of us.
TIFFY: What did she do to us?
MIFFY: She stole the prince from us, dummy.
TIFFY: Which one of us was going to get the prince?
MIFFY: Me!
TIFFY: He liked you?
MIFFY: He was going to once he got to know me better, but Cinderella made that impossible.
TIFFY: So what are we going to do?
ESMERALDA: Cinderella needs new slippers for the ball and we’re going to give them to her.
TIFFY: We are? That’s nice.
ESMERALDA: No, it’s quite wicked actually. Because these will be cursed slippers.
MIFFY: Really? That’s lovely.
ESMERALDA: These slippers will get stuck to her feet and make her do horrible things.
MIFFY: Wonderful. Where are these slimy slippers?
ESMERALDA: We still need some dark magic to make them.
TIFFY: Who’s going to do that? We don’t know magic.
MIFFY: We need a fairy godmother for that.
ESMERALDA: Actually I’m going to call on Cinderella’s fairy godmother-in-law for help.
TIFFY: Fairy godmother-in-law?
ESMERALDA: That’s right. The fairy godmother of the prince. See, she can’t stand that the prince married a commoner instead of royalty. I will summon her now.
(ESMERALDA rings a little bell. MARIANNE looks at one of the shoes she is holding and shakes it again like it was what rang. She listens to it. Nothing. Then she continues cleaning up shoes. FAIRY GODMOTHER-IN-LAW appears)
FAIRY: You rang?
ESMERALDA: How would you like to play a trick on Cinderella?
FAIRY: It would be my pleasure. I can’t believe they call her a princess. She’s not even of royal lineage.
ESMERALDA: Can you create some magical slippers that will make Cinderella do bad things and ruin the ball?
FAIRY: It would be my pleasure. I just need two objects to transform into the slippers.
ESMERELDA: Two objects you say?
(ESMERELDA whispers to FAIRY and points at TIFFY and MIFFY. FAIRY waves her wand)
FAIRY: So be it. Whippity, Wappity, WOO!
(MIFFY and TIFFY stand at attention and look scared)
TIFFY: What’s happening?!
MIFFY: What did you do, mother?!
(TIFFY and MIFFY spin and fly off stage. ESMERELDA runs off after them. Then ESMERELDA returns with two strange looking shoes)
FAIRY: So what do you think?
ESMERELDA: They’re perfect.
MIFFY (off): Perfect? You turned us into shoes!
ESMERELDA: But girls. Just think of what you can do to Cinderella once you are on her feet. You can do all sorts of dreadful things to her at the ball.
TIFFY (off): But will we be slippers forever?
FAIRY: You will return to normal at the stroke of midnight.
ESMERALDA: So you better get to work right away at the ball and cause some trouble.
FAIRY: Make me proud girls.
(FAIRY exits. ESMERALDA goes to MARIANNE)
ESMERALDA: Hello, my dear.
(MARIANNE is startled and drops the shoes boxes again)
MARIANNE: Oh, hi. Aren’t you?
ESMERALDA: Yes, I’m Cinderella’s step-mother. I’ve come to bring her a gift.
MARIANNE: A gift? Slippers?
ESMERALDA: I heard she was looking for the perfect slippers. I believe I’ve found them.
MARIANNE: They look very… interesting.
ESMERALDA: I believe she’ll love them. She won’t be able to resist.
MARIANNE: I don’t know. They look pretty weird.
ESMERALDA: At least ask her to try them on. Just to humor me, my dear. After all, I am family.
MARIANNE: Okay, well, I guess it won’t hurt to try them on at least one. Maybe she’ll like them.
ESMERALDA: Thank you, my dear. You are most kind.
(ESMERALDA exits and MARIANNE looks at the weird shoes)
MARIANNE: What weird looking slippers.
MIFFY (off): Who you calling weird?
TIFFY (off): Shh!
MARIANNE: They’re alive!
(MARIANNE drops the slippers and runs off. CINDERELLA enters from the other direction)
CINDERELLA: Oh, Marianne. That silly girl. What a mess.
(CINDERELLA sees the weird slippers)
CINDERELLA (cont.): What’s this? I don’t remember these shoes. These are new.
(She picks up the weird slipper and sits in a chair)
CINDERELLA (cont.): I must try these on. That’s my rule for all new slippers. I must try them on at least once.
(CINDERELLA tries on slippers and then stands)
CINDERELLA (cont.): These are so comfortable!
MIFFY (off): Ow! I’m glad she thinks so.
(CINDERELLA dances around)
CINDERELLA: They are the strangest looking shoes I’ve ever seen but I love them. They feel like I’m walking on clouds.
(MARIANNE runs back in and sees CINDERELLA wear the weird slippers)
MARIANNE: Oh! Princess.
CINDERELLA: I love these new shoes you found. They’re amazing. I’ve never felt anything so comfortable.
MARIANNE: Really?
CINDERELLA: I know they look strange, but they make up for it in comfort. I can dance all night long in these.
MARIANNE: Well, I have to tell you something about them…
CINDERELLA: What? Oh!
(The slippers take over and go after MARIANNE and try kicking her. MARIANNE runs around trying to get away)
MARIANNE: I think they’re enchanted slippers!
CINDERELLA: I can’t stop them!
MARIANNE: Quick! Take them off!
(CINDERELLA manages to get back in the chair and tries to take them off, but they’re stuck on her feet)
CINDERELLA: They won’t come off!
MARIANNE: Let me help.
(MARIANNE goes to help but the shoes start kicking her)
CINDERELLA: I’m so sorry. I can’t stop them.
MARIANNE: What will we do?
CINDERELLA: We need help!
(MARIANNE looks out window)
MARIANNE: All the fairy tale citizens are arriving for the ball.
CINDERELLA: Oh no!
MARIANNE: Maybe one of them can help with the shoes?
CINDERELLA: Good idea! Go get some help.
MARIANNE: Right away, princess.
(The shoes make CINDERELLA run around and do silly jumps and spins. MARIANNE returns with the BIG BAD WOLF)
WOLF: What’s going on?
MARIANNE: The princess needs help. She’s wearing magic shoes and can’t take them off. They’re stuck to her feet.
WOLF: Well, then I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow those shoes off!
(WOLF takes a deep breath and blows. CINDERELLA spins around like a tornado, then plops into a chair. MARIANNE runs over and tries pulling the shoes off but the shoes stay on)
CINDERELLA: I’m so dizzy.
WOLF: Sorry princess.
CINDERELLA: It was worth a try.
WOLF: I’ll get the pigs. They might have some tools that will help. Hey pigs! Hey pigs! Come on in!
(Three PIGS rush in. They are dressed like construction workers and carry tools)
MIDDLE PIG: The Three Handy Pigs at your service.
BIG PIG: No job too big.
LITTLE PIG: And no job too small.
WOLF: These magic shoes are stuck to the princess’s feet. You have a tool to get them off?
MIDDLE PIG: Maybe some grease.
(MIDDLE PIG runs over and mimes putting on grease)
BIG PIG: Or some oil.
(BIG PIG runs over and mimes putting on oil)
LITTLE PIG: And give them a little tug.
(LITTLE PIG pulls but shoes don’t come off)
BIG PIG: How about a big tug?
(BIG PIG pulls but shoes don’t come off)
MIDDLE PIG: Time to get out the saw.
CINDERELLA: No!
(CINDERELLA jumps up and shoes make her run around and do silly things again)
WOLF: Wait! I have another idea.
(WOLF exits)
BIG PIG: Or maybe a hammer?
MARIANNE: No!
LITTLE PIG: I have a little stick of dynamite?
MARIANNE and CINDERELLA: No!
(WOLF returns with SLEEPING BEAUTY who is in a wheelchair asleep and snoring loudly)
WOLF: Maybe this princess can help. Hey, princess? Wake up?
BEAUTY: Huh? Are we at the ball already?
WOLF: Yes, but Cinderella needs your help. She has some magic shoes on her feet but she can’t get them off. I was thinking maybe you could put them to sleep?
BEAUTY: Bring her over and let me sneeze on them.
MARIANNA: Sneeze on them?
(BEAUTY sneezes on one of the LITTLE PIG. LITTLE PIG falls asleep)
BEAUTY: Ever since I had that sleeping spell on me, I can spread around my sleeping magic just by sneezing. It does come in handy sometimes.
WOLF: Okay, let’s get Cinderella to come over this way.
MARIANNE: How do we do that?
WOLF: I’ll huff and I’ll puff and blow her over here.
(WOLF takes a deep breath and blows CINDERELLA toward BEAUTY. When CINDERELLA gets close to BEAUTY, BEAUTY sneezes on CINDERELLA’s feet. Suddenly the shoes stop)
BIG PIG: A direct hit!
MIDDLE PIG: You just got the shoes and not Cinderella.
WOLF: Impressive.
BEAUTY: Yeah, I’m getting pretty good at that. That sure took a lot out of me though. I need a nap.
(BEAUTY falls asleep and snores loudly)
CINDERELLA: Thank you everyone! I’m so thankful for your help.
(WOLF takes BEAUTY out. BIG PIG and MIDDLE PIG carry out LITTLE PIG)
MARIANNE: Do you think we can get the shoes off now that they’re asleep?
CINDERELLA: Let’s try but don’t wake them up.
(CINDERELLA sits and MARIANNE tries to remove the shoes. They won’t come off)
MARIANNE: They’re still stuck on your feet.
CINDERELLA: We’re going to need some magical help.
MARIANNE: What about your fairy godmother?
CINDERELLA: She’s on vacation. We’ll have to wait until she gets back. I guess I’ll have to go to the ball in these things.
(Distant trumpet sounds are heard)
MARIANNE: It’s the prince. He’s coming.
CINDERELLA: Oh no! Those trumpets might wake up the shoes. What will we do?
MARIANNE: I have a plan.
(MARIANNE grabs some stuffed animals. TRUMPETERS enter. MARIANNE rushes and stuffs the stuffies into the trumpets)
TRUMPETER: Hey! What’s the big idea?
MARIANNE: Shhhh! You need to be quiet. The princess… uh… has a headache.
TRUMPETER: Oh, but the prince is coming. We always have to blow the trumpets to announce the prince. I don’t want to lose my job.
MARIANNE: If you make the princess’s headache worse, then you’ll get fired for that.
TRUMPETER: Good point. This is quite the conundrum.
(PRINCE enters)
PRINCE: I didn’t hear any trumpets.
MARIANNE: Oh, I did your majesty. They were quite glorious.
TRUMPETER: Thank you.
PRINCE: So, where is my princess?
CINDERELLA: Here, my darling.
(PRINCE bows and kisses her hand. He sees her shoes)
PRINCE: What interesting slippers? Are they new?
CINDERELLA: Quite new.
PRINCE: What a daring choice.
CINDERELLA: I’m glad you like them.
PRINCE: Well, when I say daring, it’s a polite way of saying they are unusual.
CINDERELLA: So you don’t like them?
PRINCE: What about those other shoes I bought you? I really like the sparkly ones.
MIFFY (off): Is he saying we’re ugly?
TIFFY (off): Huh?
MIFFY (off): Wake up, sister! The prince just called us ugly.
TIFFY (off): What?!
MARIANNE: Oh no!
(CINDERELLA starts jumping around)
PRINCE: What’s going on?
CINDERELLA: These slippers!
PRINCE: I’m sorry I called them ugly!
MIFFY (off): Get him!
(CINDERELLA chases PRINCE around the room trying to kick him. PRINCE runs off followed by frantic TRUMPETER)
CINDERELLA: Oh! These wicked slippers. They scared away the prince.
MIFFY (off): He shouldn’t have called us ugly.
CINDERELLA: Wait a minute. I recognize that voice.
TIFFY (off): Shh! Don’t say another word.
CINDERELLA: My step-sisters! These wicked slippers are my step-sisters.
MARIANNE: Someone turned your step-sisters into slippers?
(ESMERALDA and FAIRY enters)
ESMERALDA: And they made the widdle-prince run away. He’ll probably never come back.
CINDERELLA: Step-mother? Why? Why did you do this?
ESMERALDA: Because the prince wasn’t supposed to marry you. He was supposed to marry one of your sisters.
CINDERELLA: But he chose me.
FAIRY: Well, we’re here to fix that.
MARIANNE: Who are you?
FAIRY: I am the prince’s fairy godmother.
CINDERELLA: So you’re my…
FAIRY: Fairy godmother-in-law.
CINDERELLA: So these wicked slippers are from you?
FAIRY: They are my dear and they’ve done their work. So you may take them off now.
(FAIRY waves her wand and CINDERELLA can remove shoes. MARIANNE helps and throws shoes off stage angrily. TIFFY and MIFFY yell as they are thrown)
TIFFY (off): Help!
MIFFY (off): Change us back!
(FAIRY waves her wand and MIFFY and TIFFY stumble back on stage as humans again)
TIFFY: Oh my back.
MIFFY: I never want to be a shoe again.
ESMERALDA: And you won’t have to be for soon you will be a princess.
TIFFY: I will?
MIFFY: What about me?
ESMERALDA: You both can’t be princesses.
TIFFY: Why can’t it be me?
MIFFY: I saw him first.
TIFFY: You did not.
(MIFFY and TIFFY start pushing each other)
FAIRY: I don’t want any of you to marry the prince. What terrible girls you are. See what happens when you don’t have royal blood. You’re animals.
CINDERELLA: The prince married me. I’m his wife. I’m already the princess.
FAIRY: I can fix all that. I can turn back time and do it all over again.
CINDERELLA: Please, no. The prince and I love each other.
FAIRY: I’ll go back so far that he won’t even remember you. There’s other princesses that like our Prince Charming… Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel… they’re all royalty unlike you. Prepare to be erased.
(FAIRY raises her wand but MARIANNE snatches it away)
MARIANNE: You’re not doing anything without this wand.
FAIRY: Give that back!
MARIANNE: Never!
(PRINCE enters wearing helmet and carrying a shield)
PRINCE: I have returned, my darling, to face whatever wrath I have incurred in you. Please, my love, tell me what I have done wrong so that I may repair the rift between us.
(CINDERELLA rushes to PRINCE and takes off his helmet)
CINDERELLA: It’s not you, my husband. It’s her. She is causing all these problems.
PRINCE: My fairy godmother?
MARIANNE: She doesn’t want you and Cinderella together.
PRINCE: But she is my happily ever after.
FAIRY: A common woman will never make you happy in the end. You need a woman of royal blood to make your life complete. What’s wrong with all those other princesses I found you? What's wrong with Snow White or Sleeping Beauty or Rapunzel? How can some simple commoner turn your head?
PRINCE: I never had a connection with those princesses. Not like I have with Cinderella. Rapunzel was always brushing her hair. Sleeping Beauty was always napping and Snow White was always hanging around those seven other guys. None of them had time for me. Cinderella and I always make time for each other. That’s the kind of relationship I want. It’s about true love. She won my heart. Sure, I helped those other princesses, but Cinderella helped me like no other woman has before. She encouraged me to be kind to others and make life better for the people of my kingdom. She showed me what was going on around me and got me out of my ivory tower. I never knew what was happening outside these castle walls until she came into my life. She opened my eyes to the real world and showed me that there was more to life than… royal stuff.
FAIRY: Perhaps I have been mistaken about her. This does sound like true love.
ESMERELDA: No!
(ESMERELDA tries to grab the wand from MARIANNE. TIFFY and MIFFY try to help. PRINCE jumps in and shields MARIANNE from them)
PRINCE: Shall I throw them in the dungeon?
CINDERELLA: No. They’re all the family I have left. Perhaps one day I can win their kindness. No matter what they do, I won’t give up on them.
(PRINCE gets an idea)
PRINCE: Ah ha! I have an idea. What if I introduce your sisters to some cousins of mine?
TIFFY: Royal cousins?
PRINCE: Yes, but they have a bunch of older brothers, so they will never be king of their lands but they are royalty.
MIFFY: That’s good enough for me!
TIFFY: We’d still become princesses right?
MIFFY: If they married us?
PRINCE: Indeed.
TIFFY: Where are these handsome cousins of yours?
PRINCE: Well, they’re not handsome either.
(TIFFY and MIFFY look at each other and shrug)
MIFFY: But they’re still princes right?
PRINCE: Yes.
TIFFY: We can live with that.
PRINCE: They’ll be quite pleased to meet you.
MIFFY: How exciting!
PRINCE: I will introduce you to them at the ball. They will be happy to hear I found them dates.
TIFFY: We must get some new dresses.
MIFFY: Coming mother?
(ESMERELDA sneers and walks out. TIFFY and MIFFY follow excited)
CINDERELLA: Maybe we’ll all get our happily ever after, after all?
PRINCE: Is that okay with you, Fairy Godmother?
FAIRY: Yes. Let’s have a ball!
OPTIONAL ENDING SCENE
(MUSIC. ALL the characters go to the ball and dance together. After the dance: )
ALL: And they all lived… Happily Ever After!
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