ACT 2 INTO THE WOODS LINES CINDERELLA

Opening Part 4 Baker + Cindy + Steward

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BAKER: Princess, I’ve come to report the appearance of a Giant in the land

Where did you see a Giant?

STEWARD: I will show you to the door

Wait.

Baker: A nearby household was visited by a Giant not long ago…descending from a beanstalk

Yes, I remember

Steward: Are we entirely through now?

Baker: Yes.

I will take this news up with the Prince when he returns, Thank you.

Opening Part 7 (with the birds)

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BIRDS DESCEND

Oh, good friends. What news have you?

What of Mother’s grave?

What kind of trouble?!

Oh, no. I can’t investigate. A Princess is not supposed to go into the Woods unescorted.

Good idea! I will disguise myself and go to see what’s wrong. Thank you, birds.

After Any Moment pt. 1 w/ the Baker at the Grave

yay!!!

BAKER: What’s wrong, ma’am? May I be of some service?

The tree has fallen. Mother’s grave destroyed.

BAKER: Oh, I’m sorry.

My wishes have just been crushed.

Baker: Don’t say that.

It’s true. You wouldn’t understand.

Baker: Well, you can’t stay here. There’s a Giant on the loose

Cinderella: I’m certain the Prince will see to it that the Giant is rid from our land.

Baker: There’s been no sign of the Prince. No doubt he’s off seducing some young maiden.

What?

Baker: I understand that’s what Princes do.

Not all Princes!

Baker: …You are the Princess

Please. Get up. Get up! I’m not a Princess here.

Baker: What are you to do?

I must be on my way back to the castle

Baker: …The castle has been set upon by the Giant.

And the Prince?

After Moments in the Woods with the gang

woohoo!!!

LRR: She said she would only go a hundred paces

I’m sure she’ll return!

Jack: You’re hurting me

Let go of him!

Witch: He was sobbing over her like she was his own mother!

How awful…

WITCH: …Now it’s time to get this boy to the Giant before we’re all so much dead meat.

Keep AWAY from him!!!

After Last Midnight w/ the gang

oof…

LRR: Maybe I shouldn’t have strayed from the path…

Maybe I shouldn’t have attended the ball…

BAKER: You don’t understand. My wife was the one who really helped. I depended on her for everything.

You would LEAVE your CHILD???

BAKER: My child will be happier in the arms of a Princess…

But wait…All right, all right. Come on.

Jack!

After No More w/ the gang into moment w/ the Prince

yay!!!

***No More ends****

I knew you wouldn’t give up

Baker: He always cries when I…

Now what are we to do?

LRR: She’s too tall to surprise ***birds enter***

Oh, good friends. I need your help now more than ever.

What of the Prince?

I don’t care! What’s important now is that we find a way to fell the Giant! How can you help?

You could do that?

How can I ever thank you?

LRR: You can talk to birds?

The birds will help

Jack: How?

When the Giant returns, they’ll attack her and peck out her eyes till she’s blind

Baker: What good will that do?

Then you can surprise her. Strike her…or whatever you do to kill a Giant

LRR: And she’ll crush us all!

Smear the ground with pitch! We’ll lure her to an area smeared with pitch! Her shoes will stick and she won’t be able to move.

Baker: All right. All right. We have to try something. Quick. It will be dark soon.

(handing him baby) Here.

Everyone exits…baby cries

Oh, no. Now, now. Don’t cry, little one. I know. You want your mother.

Prince: Hello

The Giant went in that direction

Prince: There’s a Giant on the loose.

The Giant has been to the castle

Prince: …My love. Why are you being so cold?

Maybe because I’m not your only love. Am I?

Prince: I love you. I do. But yes, it’s true

Why, if you love me, would you have strayed?

Prince: But there remains a part of me that continually needs more.

I have, on occasion, wanted more. But that doesn’t mean I went in search of it. If this is how you behave as a Prince what kind of a King will you be?

Prince: … I am only human

I think you should go

Prince: Leave? But I do love you.

Consider that I have been lost. A victim of the Giant

Prince: Is that what you really wish?

My father’s house was a nightmare. Your house was a dream. Now I want something in between. Please go.

Prince: I shall always love the maiden who ran away

And I, the faraway Prince.

LRR: …When the Giant comes, we are to send her over there.

Good!

LRR: I wanted to climb the tower, too

I’m glad you’re here to help me

What’s wrong?

LRR: My granny’s gone

Oh no. I’m so sorry

LRR: I think my granny and my mother would be upset with me.

Why?

LRR: …And here I am about to kill somebody

Not somebody. A Giant who has been doing harm.

LRR: Here she comes

Remember. Don’t let her know our plan

LRR: We don’t know

Yes we do! We can’t go on hiding him any longer. He must pay the price for his wrongs

LRR: Over there

See that tower where the birds are clustered? Jack is in that tower, hiding

Giant: Thank you. Now justice will be served…

Good birds!

LRR: She doesn’t look happy

Ouch

LRR: The club is stuck in her head!

But they’ve done it! She’s swaying.

LRR: She’s bleeding all over.

She’s beginning to fall!

IN FINALE

just one more!!

Baker: You’ll not return to the castle?

I’ll gladly help you with your house. There are times when I actually enjoy cleaning

How proud your wife would have been of you!