Grimm in 60

Welcome to the wildest “study hall” ever—where Vice Principal Pedant’s test-prep pageant mutates into a student-led, laugh-til-you-snort blitz through the Brothers Grimm. Our motley crew (theater kid, class clown, goth, hype-man athlete, shy human-prop department, and more) hijacks the script and speed-runs Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Rumpelstiltskin, Hansel & Gretel, The Frog Prince, and Rapunzel—complete with audience cues, cartoonish mayhem, and birds who moonlight as stylists. The show gleefully pokes fun at the absurdity baked into these classics: eye-pecking “helpers,” princes who fall in love with shoe sizes, step-sisters trimming toes, a hedge that eats entire towns, sleep apnea chic, and a Doordash delivery that solves a centuries-old riddle. It’s a backstage rebellion dressed as a fairy-tale revue.

Grimm in 60 is a meta, big-energy comedy that treats the original plots like the hilarious cautionary PSAs they are, spotlighting every red flag the stories ask us to ignore (“Trust strangers! Eat the house!”). Fast, flexible, and festival-friendly, it plays like a sketch show on espresso—minimal props, maximal chaos, and tons of roles that let your ensemble shine. Perfect for one-acts, assemblies, and laugh-hungry audiences, it celebrates the joy of performance while lovingly roasting the logic of the tales we think we know—because sometimes the happiest ending is admitting the stories were ridiculous all along.

Duration: 60 Min
Roles: 8F, 4M (Expandable to 20 + with Ensemble)
Performance Group: Middle School, High School, Community Theater
Setting: School Stage, Various optional pop-up sets (houses, castle, woods, etc...)