Hansel and Gretel Tickets | Schedule for 2024/2025 Events

Hansel and Gretel

Hansel and Gretel, or sometimes Grethel, is a well-known story from the brothers Grimm's collection of fairy tales. It has a fascinating history and many surprising ways to look at it.

Synopsis

Hansel and Gretel and their parents are wood dwellers. Hunger and desperation destroy their perfect life, and the family struggles to stay alive. Hansel and Gretel decide to go into the forest to find food and a better life. But soon enough, they meet a mysterious stranger who threatens to end their young lives.

This new version of a classic fairy tale takes place in a dark, scary world full of poetry, puppets, and high-tech gadgets. With the help of the witch's long-suffering bird, Birdy, the siblings fight to escape the ugly witch. Hansel and Gretel end up in a world so sweet that it makes your mouth water, but it is never sugary.

How The Show Works

Theater Guild Valdosta hopes that another musical spoof of a fairy tale will be as popular as its first show of the season, "Shrek."

This weekend, "The Story of Hansel and Gretel," with a book by Vera Morris and music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur, will be performed by the Gingerbread Players of Theatre Guild Valdosta.

Gingerbread Players is a kids' theater show on TGV. For his role as the Witch in "Hansel and Gretel," "Shrek" star Kamron Wooten voices Donkey.

Dana Welch made the memorable dragon in "Shrek." For "Hansel & Gretel," she made a gingerbread/candy house that looks delicious and other set pieces.

Kamari Samuels, who helped make the dances for "Shrek," is also in charge of the dances for "Hansel and Gretel."

The show's director, Pauline Player, said that the story of "Hansel and Gretel" is there, with the candy or gingerbread house, the witch, and the oven. But it also has a lot of funny songs and jokes.

In the show, Hansel and Gretel are sent into the woods, where they meet several strange people. However, the tiny wooden bridge is guarded by a raging troll. Even more, an evil (but funny) witch has the help of a forest sprite, a smart owl, and two hobgoblins. She puts poor Hansel in a cage and only gives him a cake to eat. Will Gretel be smarter than the older woman and be able to set all the children who have been turned into cookies free? Every dramatic moment comes to life, from spending the night in the woods to finding the candy-coated little cottage."