THE REAL STORY OF CINDERELLA
Characters
• Narrator 1
• Narrator 2
• Cinderella
• Stepsister 1
• Stepsister 2
• Stepmother
• Godmother
NARRATOR 1: Once upon a time, there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella. She had two wicked
stepsisters who—
STEPSISTER 1: [interrupting, upset] “Wicked” stepsisters? Really? What a lie. Cinderella was the one
who was wicked.
STEPSISTER 2: And saying Cinderella was beautiful isn’t even fair. She got a magical makeover from
a fairy godmother!
STEPSISTER 1: If you want to know the true story of Cinderella, then listen up.
STEPSISTER 2: Because this is what really happened. . . .
NARRATOR 2: It was the day of the prince’s grand ball, and Cinderella was eating breakfast with
her kind stepmother and her two lovely stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella.
STEPMOTHER: [kindly] Cinderella, dear, would you please pass the tea?
CINDERELLA: [snippy] No. I might chip a nail.
STEPSISTER 1: Cinderella, would you help me clean Oliver and Orville’s cage this morning?
CINDERELLA: [disgusted] Are you kidding me, Anastasia? I’m not touching guinea-pig poo. You
know I can’t stand your oversized, rodent fluff-balls!
STEPSISTER 2: Cinderella, I have to weed the pumpkin patch before I get ready for the prince’s ball.
Would you mind lending a hand after lunch?
CINDERELLA: No-can-do, Drizella. The pumpkins clash with my outfit.
NARRATOR 1: No matter how nice Cinderella’s stepmother and stepsisters tried to be, no matter
how reasonable their requests, Cinderella only cared about one thing—Herself.
CINDERELLA: [stressed] I haven’t been shopping for, like, almost twenty-four hours. I don’t have
anything to wear to the ball!
STEPMOTHER: Now, sweetie, it can’t be that bad. How about your white dress with silver sequins?
CINDERELLA: I wore that to Ariel’s birthday party three years ago.
STEPMOTHER: Then what about the pink gown with ruffles and lace?
CINDERELLA: [shocked] Are you serious? Ruffles and lace are so totally last week. Don’t you have
any fashion sense?
