Cinderella, or, It's Okay to Be Different
by Cynthia Mercati
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Synopsis
Kim is new on the playground and is dressed differently from the others.
She tries to join in the games of the other kids, but is consistently rebuffed.
LACEY: She's new.
JODIE: She's different.
JEREMY: She's weird.
TERESA: Why is she weird?
JODIE: Cuz she's different.
JEREMY: Cuz she's new.
But it turns out that Kim knows an exciting story based on the legend of the Egyptian Cinderella.
The kids enact this new version, then move on to the Native American story of Cinderella, and finally the Urban Cinderella that they make up themselves.
By the end the five are friends, realizing if they hadn't let Kim play, they wouldn't have known the stories she had to tell - and realize it's okay to be different.
Better than okay.
It's cool.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
Jeremy |
Teresa |
Kim |
Lacey |
Jody |
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Cinderella, or, It's Okay to Be Different is a comedy play written by Cynthia Mercati and published by Samuel French.
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