Chain of Chances

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Scene 1 (Room)
(The children are climbing up to bed, thunder is heard cracking outside.)
Children: Aaaaaaah!
Maria: Now, kids don't be afraid.
Child 1: How can we not be?
Child 2: The thunder is so loud!
Child 3: Like a troll coming for us!
Child 4: A troll?
Children: Aaaaahhh! ( Hugging each other tightly.)
(Maria smiles and tries to calm the children.)
Maria: Ok, ok, fear not children. Let's just think of our favorite things so we could drive away, the
trolls, as you say, outside!
Children: Favorite things?
Maria: Yes!
Child: Sounds good!
Maria: Hmm Hmm, so what are your favorite things?
Child 1: Mine are sunset and melted ice cream!
Child 2: I like margarine on toasted bread!
Child 3: Dandelions!
Child 4: Knitting my hose and bonnet!
Child 5: Sea breeze!
Child 6: Father's kiss!
Children: Oh yeah, father's kiss! (giggling)
Child 1: What about you Maria?
Child 2: Yeah, what about you?
Child 3: I bet you have a lot of favorite things!
Maria: Hmmmm, let me think.. I like roses and green meadows
(Starts to sings "Favorite Things".)
Children: What else? What else?
Maria: Hmmm.. I like reading the Chain of Chances.
Children: Chain of Chances? What is it?
Maria: I'd like to say it's an absurd tale of the princesses.
Child: How can it be absurd if it's one of your favorite things?
Maria: Okay now, listen to me, do you want me to read the book?
Children: Oh, please Maria! We want to hear it!
( Maria gets the book, opens it and starts reading.)
Maria: Okay, this is the story. Are you excited?
Children: Yes, we are!

Scene 2
All Princesses: We wish! More than anything! More than life! More than jewels! (All princesses sing
"Someday My Prince will Come".)

Scene 3 (Balcony)
Prince: I’m not getting any younger. My father and my mother is convincing me about the
marriage. Oh how I wish to find the girl that can stand with me through time.
(The Prince sings "Moon River")

Scene 4 (In front of the mirror)

Evil Queen: Hahahaha! The prettiest! The sexiest! That's is me! Hahahahah!
(The Evil Queen sings "Like A Virgin" or "Domino".)
Evil Queen: Mirror! Mirror on the wall! Who’s the fairest among them all?
Mirror: My Queen! They aren’t just beautiful but a threat to you!
Evil Queen: They?! You mean, not just one threat but… Tell me! Tell me! Who are they?! Mirror:
There’s Elsa of Arandel, Aurora of Cardanian, Rapunzel of Bellinton, Belle of Vebinhall, and
Cinderella of Flauntionel.
Evil Queen: Hahahaha! There is no way for them to have an happy ending! They deserve a tragic
one.

Scene 5 (Arandel)
(Elsa sings "Let it Go" while wandering around the garden of the palace, and is suddenly hit with
a snowball coming from nowhere. A commoner sees Elsa and comes to her.)
Commoner: The Queen is dying!
(The commoner goes to Ana who is at the time talking to the some people.)
Commoner: Ana, the Queen Elsa is dying!
Ana: What? Oh! My poor sister!
(Ana goes to her sister’s room, knocks on the door and starts to sing “Do You want to Build the
Snowman”)
Elsa: Oh Ana, don’t be absurd! Come in.
(Ana comes in and sits beside her sister.)
Elsa: Ana, my hair is getting whiter, I’m dying and I want to marry someone before the grim
reaper takes me away!
Ana: But sister, you can’t just marry a man you’re about to meet!
Elsa: This is my last wish, Ana. And you shall grant it as your sister, and as your Queen.
Ana: Oh sister! My sister! If that's your wish, I'll bring you the man that most suits you and you
shall never be disappointed!
(Ana goes out of the room and comes back with the prince.)
Ana: Sister, here is Prince Castor!
(Elsa gasps for breath and Ana is crying.)
Prince: Woe to me for I’m too late to marry my Queen!
(Ana sings “Do You Want to Build a Snowman”.)

Scene 6 (Room)
(Aurora sings “You are My Sunshine” while dancing in her room and is suddenly interrupted by
Maleficent.)
Maleficent: Aurora, I have a gift for you.
Aurora: A gift? But it's not yet my birthday.
Maleficent: Take it or take it?
Aurora: Ayssh. Ok, I take it. Now, go away 'coz I'm practicing a song for Father's Day.
Maleficent: Good luck, dear, good luck.
(Maleficent goes away and laughs wickedly. Meanwhile, Aurora opens the gift.)
Aurora: Ah! Needle and thread! What a well-thought gift!
(She continues her singing then suddenly, her gown gets ripped.)
Aurora: Oh! My gown is ripped! Well, I shall never be worried for I can mend this with my needle
and thread!
(Aurora sings “You are My Sunshine” again then her finger is pricked by the needle.)
Aurora: Oh blood! Oh Blood! I will now die! The prophecy has finally come true! I will die!
(Aurora collapses. The maid comes in and panics at the sight of the unconscious princess.)
Maid: My poor princess! I should get the prince for true love’s kiss is the only cure for this curse!
(The maid gets out of the room and comes back with the prince.)
Prince: Where’s my princess?
Maid: There she is, in her bed.
Prince: Oh Princess, thy beauty shalt never be put to sleep. My kiss is the cure, I’m sure!
(But just before the kiss lands on the lips of the silly princess, Aurora wakes up.)
Aurora: (Yawns) Oh what a long, tight sleep! Who are you?
Prince: My princess, I thought you are cursed of eternal sleep! I came to give my true love’s kiss!
Aurora: What an absurd thought! Now, get out of my room. I will never kiss a man I’ve never
known!

Scene 7 (The Tower)

(Rapunzel's mother gives her a rose.)
Mother: Now, Belle, I'll give you this magic rose. Bring this always with you.
Rapunzel: What a lovely rose! Thank you Mother.
Mother: Now, I need your hair. I need to go down.
Rapunzel: As you wish mother!
(Belle's mother comes down the tower, she bids goodbye and laughs wickedly.)
Rapunzel: Goodbye, mother! Goodbye! (Sighs) Oh, what a boring life this actually is!
(Rapunzel sings "Part of Your World", after her singing she's vexed by her hairfall.)
Rapunzel: Oh what a mess! My hair is bewitched! I should ask the old oracle for a cure!
(Rapunzel meets with the oracle.)
Oracle: Now, my child, I'm sorry, but you have a cancer, stage 4. For you to be healed, find your
prince before the last petal of the rose you're carrying falls.
(Rapunzel cries alone in the tower as ever, but someone calls from outside.)
Prince: Rapunzel! Rapunzel! Let down your hair!
Rapunzel: My prince! Oh my Prince!
(Rapunzel sings "Finally Found Someone".)
(Apparently, as the Prince climbs up the tower, Rapunzel's hair completely gets off her pate.)
Rapunzel: What a thug life! Now, I'll never have a face worth to flaunt!

Scene 7 (Outside Her House)

(Belle sings "Beauty and the Beast". After that, she meets an old woman.)
Old Woman: Oh Child, buy this book of mine. I have no penny to buy food. Please buy this book.
Belle: Don't worry, grandma. I'm kind and humble and pretty. I'll buy this book!
Old Woman: Thank you! Thank you!
(The old woman walks away, laughing wickedly.)
Belle: What a weird old woman!
(Belle's Father calls her inside)
Father: Belle! Belle! Where are you!
Belle: I'm here father! Your pretty daughter.
Father: Belle, listen. I need you to get married very soon!
Belle: (Gasps) Father, you just can't demand my marriage to happen that way when I'm still
relishing my liberty as a fine, young lady!
Father: Belle, I'm dying.
Belle: Now father, be sensible! Dont be like those typical parents who pretend being sick when
they only want a baby from their own children to carry in their arms for amusement, because their
lives are becoming boring and all!
(Father gasps at the words of her child. His chest tightens and he slowly gasps for breath.)
Belle: My beloved father! Oh my beloved father! I'm sorry for my insensiblity! Now Im doomed! I
shall find a man you won't haunt me!
(Belle sings "How Can a Moment Last Forever" and bumps into the Prince.)
Prince: Im sorry. Are you okay, my lady?
Belle: How could you ask me that question? I will never be okay. My father just died and his last
wish was for me to find a man to marry. But how can I? All the man I've met were too handsome
and kind! What I want is someone who's different and bizarre so the other girls will envy me. Like
the prince in this book!
Prince: Well, I'm a prince! And I'm also finding someone to be my wife! Now, can I say something
crazy? Will you marry me?
Belle: Can I say something even crazier?
(Belle sings "You Don't Own Me".)
Belle: I’m sorry, my Prince. You're too cute to be a beast. (Walks away)

Scene 8 (Room)

(Cinderella fancies over her gown while singing "Someday My Prince will Come".)

Cinderella: Oh I’m so excited for tonight's the night! I will be the fairest of them all! (Cackles) I just
need to finish cleaning the rooms, washing the clothes and keeping the halls immaculately clean
as step mother says!

(Cinderella goes cleaning. Drizella and Anastacia come into sight.)

Drizella: Cinderella, clean my room after that.

Anastasia: Mine also! It's getting heaps of dust lately! Oh, by the way, I'm too excited for tonight's
ball!

Drizella: So do I!

Cinderella: So do I!

2 sisters: Who said you can go?

Cinderella: Mother!

2 sisters: She said if you only have a dress to wear!

Cinderella: I have, don't worry!

2 sisters: Sure, we don't!

(The two sister walk away laughing.)

Cinderella: Whatever!

(After cleaning, Cinderella goes back to her room and frets to find her dress missing.)

Cinderella: My dress! My dress! Where’s my dress! I cannot go to the ball without it. (cries) But I
shall never give up. I'll try to look for it outside! My wicked sisters may have thrown it in the
garbage!

(Cinderella goes out of the castle to find her dress when she finds a man standing by the garbage
can. The prince sings 'Your Man." )

Cinderella: Oh what a lovely man! What a lovely voice! (Approaches the Prince) Excuse me, have
you noticed someone by any chance carrying a dress around here?

Prince: Do you mean this dress?

(Cinderella is very glad to see her dress in a bag carried by the Prince.)

Cinderella: My dress! How kind of you!

Prince: Some exotic ladies from that castle said to give this to some poor lady passing by. And
because I'm kind, I'm waiting here for some poor girl as the bizarre ladies said!

Cinderella: I’m Cinderella, by the way, the one and only true heiress of this castle. The ugly ladies
you saw are my sisters. Never mind them. Now would you mind to introduce yourself!?

Prince: Oh, my princess! (curtsies) Forgive my silliness. I'm prince Castor of Monsouri!

Cinderella: My Prince! Stand up. Are you the one who invites the ladies to the ball tonight?

Prince: The invitations are from my parents. But Yes, I am the Prince.

FINAL SCENE: The Ball

(Everyone is chit-chatting, giggling and teasing. In the midst of the merriment, the princesses,
except for Cinderella, come into sight, they great each other. They're old friends, you know.The
king and queen come to the center. The king clears his throat, and everyone falls into silence.)

King: Ladies and Gentlemen, I welcome you all to this very momentous night. Thank you so much
for your most friendly acceptance of our invitation. As I and the queen are not getting younger
anymore, my son shall soon succeed the throne. But before our last breath, I wanted to see my
son have his own family to love and care for. So I held this celebration as to find the lady who will
best win the heart of my son, Prince Castor ...

(The prince walks to his parents and smiles to the crowd.)

Prince: Thank you very much for coming tonight. I'm much surprised to see all the young ladies
here hoping to...

(The prince stops talking mid-sentence. The witch comes in. Thunder is heard. Lights flicker.)

Witch: HAHAHAHAHA! Well, well, well.

Rapunzel and Belle: Mother!

Rapunzel: Huh? She's your mother, Belle? But as what I have known, you don't have a mother!

Belle: No, she's my mother. But...

Aurora: But she's my Maleficent!

Rapunzel: No she's my mother. I just don't know when she started to have horns!

(From the other side of the hall, Cinderella comes in.)

Cinderella: Mother? Mother!

(Cinderella runs to the Maleficent but stops when Maleficent holds out her hand.)

Maleficent: No dear! I'm not your mother. I'm your step mother.

Cinderella: I get it, but...what's this all about?! Why do you have horns?! And how come the ladies
are calling you their...

Maleficent: Stop! Stop! Stop! Now, Cinderella, don't be a magpie! This is my moment!

King: Who the devil are you to cut short the bliss of this party?!

Maleficent: First, sire, I'm not a devil. Second, I'm the mother of these little fellas here who
happened being born to different fathers. But I, for the life of me, despise them for they are to take
away the glory of my beauty!
Princesses: Oh, what a fallen angel! How could you!

Cinderella: This is crazy!

Aurora: Totally absurd!

Rapunzel: Unspeakably insane!

Belle: I can't believe this! I'm stressed out.

Maleficent: Blah! Blah! Blah! Shut up! All of you! Is the curse I've given you not enough!

Princesses: (Gasps) So that explains our...

Prince: You Mistress of Evil! Don't ruin our party and get out of here!

Maleficent: Too late my prince! Too late! But good for you to be here for I've come to cast my last
spell! Hahahahhaa

(Maleficent sings "Defying Gravity" while casting the spell.)

Everyone: Aaaaah! The witch!

Someone: She just had a cardiac arrest after that high note!

Everyone: Aaaaah! The prince!

The waiter: He's unconscious!

Everyone: (gasps) The prince!

King: Step back everyone! Step back!

Queen: Someone, call the doctor!

(The prince lies on the floor unconscious. When he wakes up, he touches the face of the waiter.)

The waiter: He's alive!

Everybody: He's alive!

Prince: Oh my love! I've been waiting for thee all my life. Now I've finally met you.

Pincesses: What?!

Aurora: But he's a...

Belle: He!

Cinderella: My prince! My prince! You've broken my heart!

(Cinderella walks out in a jiff, her sandal was left on the floor.)

Prince: Don't listen to them, mi amore!

The waiter: Sure I won't my prince, for I've been waiting also for this moment all my life!

Rapunzel: But he's a he!

The waiter: Yes, I am!

(Starts to sing 'This is Me".)

Aurora: Cinderella has left her sandal! I shall go after her to give this!
Belle: Don't waste your time, dear.

Rapunzel: Let's see who will cry tomorrow looking for it. (Laughs)

VERY FINAL SCENE: In the Bed

Maria: And everyone lives not so happily every after, except of course for the prince and his
knight and shining shimmering splendid armor.

(Maria closes the book and smiles at the sleeping children)

Maria: Well, good to see you asleep, my children. I'm not really sure what would be your reaction
on the ending of the story. Good night now, dearest angels, good night.

|The End.|