Title: Once Upon a Mattress

Dates: November 21-23, 2025

Runtime: Approx. 2 hours 15 minutes (with intermission)

Tickets: Available at Mayfield Vocal Music

Vocal Music Department is bringing a little royal flair to the MHS stage next month with our fall musical, Once Upon a Mattress — a hilarious twist on the classic story of The Princess and the Pea! In this musical comedy, no one in the kingdom can get married until Prince Dauntless finds a bride… but his mother, Queen Aggravain, makes sure that’s no easy task! When a loud, lovable princess named Winnifred the Woebegone shows up, chaos and laughter take over the castle.

 

Full Synopsis: 

• Many moons ago in a far-off place, Queen Aggravain decreed no couples could marry until her son, Prince Dauntless, found a bride. Princesses came from far and wide to win the hand of the prince, but none could pass the impossible tests given to them by the Queen. That is, until the “shy” swamp princess, Winnifred the Woebegone, showed up. Would she be able to pass the Sensitivity Test, marry her prince and help Lady Larken and Sir Harry to the altar? Carried on a wave of wonderful songs, by turns hilarious and raucous, romantic and melodic, this rollicking spin on the classic tale The Princess and the Pea provides some side-splitting shenanigans. For after all, a princess is a delicate thing.

 

Featured Cast:

• Featuring Gabby Tan as Winnifred the Woebegone, Cameron Studly as Dauntless the Drab, Kenzie Moss as Queen Aggravain, Olivia Silver as the Minstrel, Ilana Estrin as the Jester, Tyler Cameron as Sir Harry, and Maggie Nicholson as Lady Larkin, along with over 50 additional students in the cast and crew.

Staff: 

• Free staff & senior citizen preview on Thursday, November 20th at 7:00pm - no ticket required!
• One free staff ticket to shows with passcode "STAFF25" 
  • Click the gold "Special Passcode button" when selecting your ticket to enter the code.