Girl
meets frog … girl kisses frog … frog turns into
Prince … girl and Prince get married ...
“But what happens THEN?!?!” is the question composer
Deborah Henson-Conant kept asking. And she finally decided to
get some answers! That’s why she wrote “The Frog
Princess.”
“Sometimes
you just need to WRITE the stories you want to hear," says
Deborah, "and I wanted to know what it would feel like
to be a girl whose father had actually turned into a frog!”
So meet Amphibia, daughter of the Frog Prince. She’s about
to take over her father’s kingdom. It’s the one
thing she really wants to do – and it’s the one
thing she’s most afraid of! She’s afraid that the
minute she puts the crown on her head, she’ll turn into
a frog, just like her father did. 
It
doesn’t help that Amphibia has an evil governess who thinks
that girls should be seen and not heard; it doesn’t help
that Amphibia’s only friends are the the wisecracking
fool – and the frogs in the pond! It doesn’t help
that she thinks she LOOKS like a frog!
“The Frog Princess” is about facing the fears of
who we are inside. It’s about romance, desire, the power
of laughter (and crying, too!), and about overcoming the fear
of humiliation.
So grab ahold of your inner frog and join in singing “Ribbity
Bibbity Bebop” in"The Frog Princess."
Read
what one fan wrote after a performance:
"Dear
Miss Henson-Conant,
I
was fortunate enough to be with all those excited children today
at your concert at the Majestic in San Antonio. It was Magic!!
And like all the other "youngsters" there, I was enchanted
from start to finish! Loved your Harp playing, your singing,
your playing with the Maestro, but most especially your storytelling
of "THE FROG PRINCESS" with all the varied character
voices!!
Little
children all around me were dancing in the aisles! I don't mind
saying I did a little dancing myself!! What fun it was to be
part of that concert! Thank you for sharing your great gifts
with the city of San Antonio. I noticed all the young fans gathered
around you after the concert. They are the future of the arts.
Thank you for giving them a glimpse of what a brilliant future
that could be.
I
just want to thank you again for a magical afternoon of music,
theater and dance! Bravo! Bravo!! Bravo!!!
Sincerely,
Amy
La Presto
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Illustrations by David Omar White |
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