Girl
meets frog …
Girl kisses frog …
Frog turns
into Prince …
But
what happens next?? Do they get married? What
if they have kids? What
would it be like if your father had once been a frog? Would
you be afraid of turning into a frog, too?
I
wanted to know the answer to that question. That’s
why I wrote “The Frog Princess” --
because sometimes we have to write the
stories we need to
hear. And I wrote it as a musical, because
music is how I explore ideas and emotions -- and I
love fusing music and stories.
So,
meet
Amphibia, daughter of the Frog Prince. For
years the Frog Prince has groomed his daughter to take
over the Kingdom. Now he's about to die, but
Amphibia's
evil governess tells her that the moment
she wears her father's crown, she'll turn into a
frog -- just
like her father did.
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! And what about love? If her
secret frog-self comes out, could anyone ever love her?
“The
Frog Princess” is about facing the fears of who we are inside.
It’s about romance, desire, the power of both tears and laughter, and
about overcoming the fear of humiliation as we discover ... and reveal ...
who we really are.
So
grab your inner frog and join me singing “Ribbity
Bibbity Bebop” in "The Frog Princess."
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!!
Little
children all around me were dancing in the
aisles! What fun it was to be part of that
concert! 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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Deborah
Henson-Conant
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