Princess Academy 2016

Based on the Newbery Honor winning novel Princess Academy by Shannon Hale, this heart-warming musical of self-discovery will be back the Kensington stage in December, 2021!

Production Information from the World Premiere in 2016

Princess Academy performed Dec. 9-18, 2016

Teenage Cast members share their feelings of empowerment from the lessons of Princess Academy.

About Princess Academy

High on the side of rocky Mount Eskel, far from the valleys where gardens are green and lush, where lowlanders make laws, Miri’s family has lived forever, pounding a living from the stone of the mountain itself. For as long as she can remember, Miri has dreamed of working alongside the other villagers in the quarries of her beloved mountainside. But Miri has never been allowed to work there, perhaps, she thinks, because she is so small.

Then word comes from the valley that the king’s priests have divined Mount Eskel to be the home of the prince’s bride-to-be—the next princess. The prince himself will travel to the village to choose her, but first all eligible girls must attend a makeshift mountain academy to prepare themselves for royal lowlander life.

At the school, Miri soon finds herself confronted by bitter competition among the girls and her own conflicting desires to be chosen by the prince. Yet when danger comes to the academy and threatens all their lives, it is Miri, named for a tiny mountain flower, who must find a way to save her classmates—and the one chance to leave the mountain each of them is determined to secure as her own.

Original Princess Academy Cast

• MiriMaggie Scott
• PederTrenton Conover
• PaRob Abney
• DoterCandice Kugler
• BrittaLydia Butler
• Prince SteffanGeoff Beckstrand
• Olana MansdaughterKatherine P. Brown
• Young MiriMarian Gibbons
• MardaBrianna Burke
• OsDerek Williams
• KatarBaylee Reid
• BenaJosie Smart
• LianaRachel Jolley
• GertiBreanna Arsenault
• FridAbilene Kugler
• EsaElizabeth Brown
• JettaDarcy Brumfield
• JetarEmily Winegar
• TonnaJulia Maddalone
• HeltaBethany Merrill
• Inger/Girl 1Laura Janis
• Kari/Girl 2Rachael Pugmire
• SivAnnie Bearden
• LiseEmily Kroff
• IdaKate De Groote
• MonaKylie Kirkham
• UnniMadilyn Mounteer
• SagaSydney Scherbel
• Marda's FriendsCayley Thompson, Emma Taylor, Rebekah Olsen
• Jans/Ball GuestGrant Alston
• Almond/Ball GuestGage Watt
• Lew/Ball GuestGabe Lotz
• Village Teen Boys/Ball GuestsDallin Theriault, Kazden Hathorne, Garrett Warr, Chandler Reddington, Blake Ririe, Adam Willis, Trey Cobb, Logan Williams
• Frid's MaJill Bearden
• JinBarton Thacker
• Chief DelegateTanner Lindsay
• EnrikShaun Olsen
• Soldier 1Scott Shamerell
• Soldier 2Gage Watt
• Trader 1Jon Kroff
• Trader 2Chandler Reddington
• DanAndrew Hackman
• DogfaceChandler Reddington
• OnorKazden Hathorne
• One-eyed BanditBlake Ririe
• Bandit 1Dallin Theriault
• Bandit 2Tanner Lindsay
• BanditsGrant Alston, Gage Watt, Gabe Lotz
• Soldiers at the AcademyShaun Olsen, Jon Kroff
• Academy Servants Cast A/Village Teen GirlsBrinley Taylor, Camila Baltazar, Jillian Church, India Prazen, Michelle Escobar
• Academy Servants Cast B/Village Teen GirlsAubrey Sims, Brinley Taylor, Darcy Brumfield, Ellie Thacker, India Prazen, Isaiah Netjes
• Village MenJefferson Brown, Andrew Hackman, Jon Kroff, Scott Shamerell, Shaun Olsen, Tanner Lindsay
• Village WomenAmy Smart, Debbie Keel, Jen Kroff, Julie Williams, Mindy Taylor, Shannon Berry, Talya Bloomquist
• Village BoysBen Ivory, Elliott Berry, Isaac Butler, Jack Bearden, Roman Williams, Max Hale, Teagan Kroff

Village Girls

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