About the Play:

Cinderella Wore Combat Boots is one-act comedy by Jerry Chase. An ingenious and very funny twist to the classic Cinderella story. Join Cinderella as her fairy Godmother gets her ready for the Prince's Ball. And find out if the Prince discovers the owner of the lost combat boot. Cinderella Wore Combat Boots is especially recommended for school and contest use.

Cinderella Wore Combat Boots is a modern version of the classic Cinderella story that has all the basic elements of the Grimm's fairy tale, but told here with a considerable and highly imaginative difference. Cinderella, and the other characters, think and speak in modern terms, replacing the innocent mood of the original with the language and knowing attitudes of today's young people. Cinderella proudly wears combat boots left to her by her father; the stepsisters are depicted as boy-crazy rather than purely ugly; their mother more silly than cruel; and the prince is so bashful and tongue-tied that he hides whenever a girl comes into view. And Cinderella does wear combat boots to the ball – which is delightfully consistent with the wacky, tongue-in-cheek, and continually diverting style of this thoroughly charming short play.

Cinderella Wore Combat Boots was first presented in 1966 by Off Center Theatre Company at Good Shepherd-Faith Presbyterian Church off-off-Broadway in New York City. Ideal for contest use or for any middle or high school looking for something amusing and "different."

Cast: 4 female, 4 male

About the Playwright:

Barry Jerome (Jerry) Chase (1936-2020) was a stage and movie actor who co-founded Off Center Theater in Manhattan. The improvisational troupe performed classic children's tales in commedia dell'arte style throughout New York – in open air settings in the summer and a variety of indoor venues, including Brooklyn Academy of Music and their home base in the Church of the Good Shepherd. He wrote the script for the stage play Cinderella Wore Combat Boots, which continues to be performed for English speaking audiences around the world.