Name: Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children
Start: 2024-08-06T19:30:00
End: 2024-08-11T19:30:00
Location: Alice Busch Opera Theater (Main Stage Event)

Glimmerglass is proud to present the world premiere of the youth opera Rumpelstiltskin and the Unlovable Children by Jens Ibsen and Cecelia Raker. Deep in the forest lives a gaggle of feral, unlovable children. They work their hands to the bone every day in service to the evil wizard Rumpelstiltskin…he makes them do chores! And brush their teeth regularly! And talk about their feelings! It’s the WORST. But then one day, Rumpel tells them the story of how his childhood friend, a talented businesswoman, got forced to marry the king. Suddenly all the Unlovable Children’s narratives about who they are begin to unravel. When Goldie, the eldest of them, learns that she’s actually the long-lost daughter of that Queen, she’s faced with a tough choice: go live the life she'd imagined as a princess, or stay with the unconventional family that has nurtured her true self?

Tickets - $20 | Youth 12 and under - Free

DIRECTOR | Joshua R. Horowitz
CHOREOGRAPHER | Amanda Testini*
COSTUME DESIGNER | Erik Teague
SET DESIGNER | James Rotondo

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August 6 – 11

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