Don’t give me that line

We all know the princesses from children’s stories. They’re always beautiful, cheerful, and kind. And, of course… they all know how to sing. But do we know anything about these princesses’ lives? Do we know what their own fairy tales meant to them? What became of them?
The other side of “and they lived happily ever after.” *Don’t Give Me That Story* shows us how four princesses rebel and demand to tell the other side of the story—the part that isn’t told because, after all, it isn’t as nice as they say…
We’re sick and tired of being princesses, of having to be perfect, of “happily ever after”!
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“Don’t Give Me That Story” is a rebellious and empowering musical comedy that presents a realistic take on four princesses from classic fairy tales (Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, and Aurora) who, after the “happily ever after,” get together to vent, laugh, and cry about the pain, traumas, and insecurities that were never told. The play, written and directed by Olivia Lara, seeks to free these women from their idealized roles to reveal their more human and authentic sides, interacting with the audience and breaking the fourth wall.