Transport Group presents Once Upon a Mattress, starring Jackie Hoffman (On the Town, Difficult People, Hairspray) as Princess Winnifred and John "Lypsinka"Epperson (Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford) as Queen Aggravain. It opened last night, December 13, and BroadwayWorld was there for the celebration!
The production, which is directed by five-time Drama Desk Award nominee Jack Cummings III, also features Jessica Fontana (Cinderella) as Lady Larken, David Greenspan (The Patsy) as The King,Hunter Ryan Herdlicka (A Little Night Music) as The Minstrel, Cory Lingner (On the Town) as The Jester, Zak Resnick (Piece of My Heart) as Sir Harry, Jay Rogers (Howard Crabtree's When Pigs Fly) as The Wizard, and Jason SweetTooth Williams(Things to Ruin) as Prince Dauntless, with Vivienne Cleary, Richard Costa, Michael De Souza,Tim Dolan, Jack Donahue, Amy Griffin, Sarah Killough, Kristen Michelle, Ali Reed,and Doug Shapiro.
The raucous musical fairy tale Once Upon A Mattress stars the formidable Jackie Hoffman (On the Town, Xanadu, Difficult People) and the inimitable John "Lypsinka" Epperson (Lypsinka's The Boxed Set, The Passion of the Crawford). During a kingdom-wide search to find a princess fit for the hapless Prince Dauntless, in swims the less-than-regal Princess Winnifred the Woebegone (Hoffman). Unrefined and undeniably charming, Winnifred is like no princess Dauntless has ever seen and his heart is captured. The truly terrible Queen Aggravain (Epperson) goes on a mission to come between her son and his soulmate in this retelling of the classic story of "The Princess and the Pea." This is a Happily-Ever-After like no other!
Photo Credit: Jessica Fallon Gordon
Richard Costa, Doug Shapiro, Jack Donahue, Tim Dolan and Michael De Souza
Sarah Killough, Kristen Michelle, Vivienne Cleary, Amy Griffin and Ali Reed
Sarah Killough, Richard Costa, Kristen Michelle, Doug Shapiro, Vivienne Cleary, Jack Donahue, Amy Griffin, Tim Dolan, Ali Reed and Michael De Souza
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka and Cory Lingner
Hunter Ryan Herdlicka and Cory Lingner
Zak Resnick and Jessica Fontana
Jason SweetTooth Williams and David Greenspan
Jason SweetTooth Williams and David Greenspan
John "Lypsinka" Epperson
John "Lypsinka" Epperson
The cast of Once Upon a Mattress
The cast of Once Upon a Mattress
The cast of Once Upon a Mattress
Michael De Souza
David Greenspan
Jack Cummings III
Lori Fineman and Jack Cummings III
Jason SweetTooth Williams and Jackie Hoffman
Jessica Fontana and Zak Resnick
Ali Reed
Ali Reed
Jack Cummings III, Jessica Fontana and Zak Resnick
Barbara Walsh and Jack Cummings III
Vivienne Cleary
Vivienne Cleary
The cast
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