Sisters Grimm-ish

By Beverly Fearon
Guinevere1954@yahoo.com 
The Characters:
•	Fairy Godmother: typical fairy godmother type but with wings a little bent out of shape.  Tennis shoes scuffed up.  General disarray.
•	Visiting Teacher 1: Tough but sweet.. a real take charge kind of person.
•	Visiting Teacher 2:  Smart and ready for anything.
•	Cinderella: a bit of a whiner and not that smart.
•	Sister Beanstalk: Pretty typical
•	Jack Beanstalk: small part for a primary boy who likes attention.
•	Snow White: typical maybe a little more amorous.
•	Paramedic 1: has a good heroic heart but is about as smart as a sack of hammers.
•	Paramedic formerly known as Prince: Thinks he is the best thing since the invention of the wheel.
•	Sister Redridinghood: Has a nasty cold and uses her skirt as a Kleenex.
•	Little Redridinghood: around 13 because she whines and rolls her eyes at her mom.
•	The Big Bad Wolf:  If Fonzie was a werewolf.
•	Mulan: Very spiritual Asian sister. 
•	The Little Mermaid: tries hard but is up against the prince who has lost every charades game he has played in his life. 
•	The Prince: Ernest, but is terrible at charades.  

The Scene:
Fairy Godmother has a chair in front of the curtains.  Next to her a UPS box with glass slippers in it  I just got an old pair of shoes at D.I. and glued silver glitter on them with tacky glue
The Action:
Fairy Godmother:  I am exhausted!! All this fairy godmothering takes a lot out of a girl!  (Taking her fairy shoes off and putting her feet up.  Noticing the audience and giving them a good once over). Hey wait! You are those Relief Society sisters aren't you?! You do all that visiting teaching!  Oh you guys are the best!! You are all like fairy godmothers yourselves, well except you do what I did without even a magic wand! .  I cannot tell you how much help you ladies would have been in my time! For instance when Cinderella needed me…. (she pauses to think a moment then gets an idea), hey let me show you what would have happened if you visiting teachers had been there for her. (Waving her wand) 

Curtain opens. Cinderella Sits there crying 

Fairy Godmother: Oh poor Cinderella what is the matter? 

Cinderella: I want to go to the ball but my stepmother and step-sisters left me behind. I don't have a dress or a way to get there. 

Fairy Godmother: (waving her wand and Cinderella freezes) Ok now lets have some fun.  Lets see what would have happened if I wasn’t there, but if she had her own visiting teachers there to help. 

 (She hides in the audience and waves her wand to unfreeze Cinderella) 

Cinderella: (unfreezing) Where did she go? She was here a second ago!(she starts to search for her fairy Godmother. She hears a knock at her door.  She goes to answer it absentmindedly and there are her visiting teachers. One is carrying a current Ensign.)

Visting Teacher 1: Oh hello Cinderella! How are you? (She is noticing that Cinderella is looking for something) What are you looking for? (Cinderella is too busy searching to answer.  The Visiting Teachers help her look for her fairy godmother, even though they doesn't know what she is looking for.  Cinderella finally gives up and sits down and starts to cry again.)

Visiting teacher 2: What's the matter Cinderella? 

Cinderella: Oh, I wanted so much to go to the ball but I don't have anything to wear and I don't have a way to get there and now my fairy godmother is missing!
 
Visiting Teacher 2: Now Cinderella we have told you many times to contact us if you need us.  I would be glad to give you a ride. My husband is on a father son overnighter with our sons so you can call me any time to pick you up. 

Visiting Teacher 1: And I have a whole closet full of dresses from my 8 daughter’s weddings! 

Cinderella:  Oh thank you so much for helping me tonight I didn’t know what I was going to do! (they all exit)

Fairy godmother: (coming out of hiding) You see now if you visiting teachers had been there she would have been able to stay at the ball. She wouldn't have had to leave in such a hurry. And that poor prince wouldn't have had to search the whole kingdom for her!  Not to mention she wouldn't have had to wear those glass slippers (she pulls out the glass slippers from a UPS box).  Standard fairy Godmother issue #47 pretty but not very comfy!" Ok now we are rolling let me show you how helpful visiting teachers would have been to Jack, you know the kid that climbed up that beanstalk and got into all that trouble? Here, see for yourself. (waving the wand) 

(Sister Beanstalk and Jack enters with the cow) 

Sister Beanstalk: Jack dear, you are going to have to take the cow to the market and sell her.  She is not giving us milk and we need money.
 
Jack: Ok mother, if you say so I will give it my best shot. (author’s note :We had a wooden cow on wheels or you can make a cow costume and have someone play the cow.) 

Visiting teacher 3: (entering) Hello Sister Beanstalk where is your son going with that cow? 

Sister Beanstalk: We have to sell her to get money for food.  We are very poor and need the money or we will starve, the rent is due soon and they might even take away my satellite dish!! 

Visiting teacher 4: (whipping out her cell phone) I’m going to do something about this right now! Sister __________ (name of your current R.S.  President) Sister Beanstalk is having some trouble financially what can we do to help her? Oh?  Really? I will tell her! Thank you!  (She hangs up.)  Sister __________ said that Brother Woodcutter is looking for someone to work at his McWolfburger shop during school hours. He had to fire Rapunzel for refusing to wear a hair net. 

Visiting teacher 3: Now you don't have to sell your cow.  We are here when you need us. Please don't forget that! 

Both visiting teachers put their arms around Jack's mother's shoulder. Then all go off stage. 

Enter fairy godmother. 

Fairy Godmother: Now see how helpful a visiting teacher can be?  (Putting her hand beside her mouth in a stage whisper to the audience). She eventually married the widower Brother Woodcutter and they opened a chain of McWolfburger shops on the west coast.  (wink) 

Fairy Godmother: Now, Snow White. She was a tough case, Wicked Queens, hunters who wanted her heart and having to clean house for 7 men! Boy could she have used some visiting teachers.  Now see what would have happened if she had you sisters to help her! 

The wicked Queen and Snow White walk onto stage the wicked queen hands snow white the apple. 

Wicked Queen:  Here sweetie, taste this it is soo good. 

Snow White bites into it.  Snow White hams up dying long enough for the wicked queen to roll her eyes at her and pretends to check her writst watch.  Then when Snow White finally drops, the wicked queen does a MWA-HA_HA!!!  And exits. The visiting teachers come up to the "door" and knock.  Wait a few seconds. 

Visiting Teacher 5: She said she would be home to visit with us.  Hmm.  She is not answering. I hope everything is alright. You know that wicked Queen is after her.

Visiting Teacher 6: I’m glad last month when we visited her, the spirit prompted us to ask her what was wrong and she confided in us about the Queen.

They knock again, when she doesn’t answer they both get a very worried look on their faces. The visiting teachers walk around to the back of the stage and mime looking into the side  window  and see Snow White laying on the floor. They rush around and mime kicking in the door and kneel next to Snow White. 

Visiting teacher 5: (whipping out her cell phone) Hello? There is an emergency at the seven dwarves house please send an ambulance right away. 

(a Few seconds later we hear a siren and the paramedics enter: The first paramedic runs over to Snow white and tries to revive her by doing silly things like taking her blood pressure around her ankle and listening for her heart on her forehead and such things like that. The visiting teachers tell the paramedic about that it might have been foul play because of the wicked queen.  The paramedic- formerly-known-as-Prince steps in and immediately sees a mirror and is distracted by his handsome face, it takes him a while to notice Snow White. When he finally notices her he dashes over to her in an heroic way) 

Prince: Who is this?  A royal beauty is in distress?  Step aside I will save her!! (The Prince checks Snow White's pulse and begins to give her mouth to mouth).
 
Fairy Godmother runs in front of them and pulls out her skirt so the audience can't see the kiss. 
 
(Then Snow White and Prince Charming walk off the stage hand in hand, while the other paramedic is trying to take her blood pressure around her ankle. So he/she is dragged off stage with the blood pressure pump still in hand and the prince and snow white are totally oblivious. )

Fairy Godmother: (fanning herself with her wand) Ok now lets cool down a little by seeing how you visiting teachers could have helped Sister Red Ridinghood..  (Waving her wand and exits) 

Little Red Riding Hood : (whining to her mother)  ...but mom I don't like going in the forest, there are wolves! 

Sister Red Riding Hood: (sniffling and sneezing and wiping her nose on her skirt) I would go myself but I am not feeling very well and in your grandmother's weakened condition she cannot take any more germs. 

(There is a knock at the door. Little Red Riding Hood opens the door. )  

Visiting teacher 7: Hello good to see you! Where are you going with that basket of goodies? 

Little red riding hood: (still in a whiney voice) Oh I am going to bring these goodies to my grandmother who is sick.  My mother can't because she is sick too.  (Sister Red Riding Hood coughs) 

Visiting teacher 8: (trying to dodge the cough) Oh let us take the goodies to her. I also have a tuna casserole in the freezer just in case. 

Visiting teacher 7: Oh, and I have a green jello salad too! 

Sister Red Riding Hood: Oh, thank you so much! You came here just in time. 

(They all embrace but the visiting teachers hold their heads back so as not to be coughed and sneezed on during the hug). All exit

(A few seconds later you see the visiting teachers walking along with the basket of goodies. )

Big Bad Wolf: (jumping out in front of the visiting teachers) GRRR I'm going to eat you and your goodies too! 

Visiting Teacher 8: Rolling her eyes at the Wolf.  Really the Elders Quorum should do something about this! I mean look at him.  Handing him a brush.  Brush your face you look horrid! 

Wolf: Hey I'm working here! GRRR I'm going to…umm, I'm going to (looking at his palm as if to read his line) I'm going to eat you and your goodies too!! 

Visiting Teacher 7:  (talking to visiting teacher 2) Don't worry I will take care of this! I'm a Daughter of the Utah Pioneers! (Visiting Teacher 7 grabs the wolf in a headlock and drags him off stage howling in fright (you hear lots of howling and crashing backstage. She comes back a few seconds later with a big piece of fur.) I think we are making blankets for the homeless at enrichment night this week.  This will do very nicely for the project! (They walk off stage.)

The Fairy Godmother: There are visiting teachers all over the world and they help in their own ways. Now here is Sister Mulan and how you visiting teachers could have helped with her problem. 

Sister Mulan: (talking to the visiting teachers) Oh yes, I sitting in the temple and I got this inpiration that  I needed to go help save China. 

Visiting teacher 9: (without even a look of surprise) Oh! That is an amazing inspiration! I have gotten may inspirations myself while I have been serving in the temple too! Humm, my husband who is the Elders Quorum president and they have been looking for a service project! Maybe they would like to go help save China, too! 

Visiting teacher 10: And I’m on the enrichment board, maybe we could get everyone together and quilt some good sturdy armor for all those who are going to go help save China! 

Sister Mulan: I am so glad that I have you two sisters. I was worried that you would think I was nuts when I said I wanted to go help save China. 

Visiting Teacher 9: We are here to help you and if you are inspired to go help save China then we are going to be there for you any way we can! 

All Exit. 

Fairy Godmother: I was just thinking that there is one more story that I think  you sisters would like to hear about.  Do you remember the story of the Little Mermaid? I wasn’t involved in that one because she had that Sea Witch! Oh She makes me so angry!! She gives all us magic people a bad name!! (she shudders in anger just thinking about it, then composes herself) Well let’s just see how things could have turned out if you visiting teachers were there. 

Sister Mermaid and the Prince enter: (Sister Mermaid is frantically trying to explain using charades that she gave her voice to the sea witch to be with him because she loves him) 

The Prince: You played basketball with a scary guy because you were cold? You sang with an awful choir to go to sleep? You got a really bad sore throat then it went to your heart? (Sister Mermaid grabs her head and then shakes it in frustration) You got a headache that you couldn’t shake? 

The visiting teachers enter 

Visiting teacher 11: Hi, Sister Mermaid it’s good to see you. 

Sister Mermaid: Sister Mermaid says in charades that she needs them to tell the Prince that she gave her voice to the sea witch to be with him because she loves him. 

Visiting Teacher 12: (to the prince) She said she gave her voice to the sea witch so she could be with you because she loves you. 

Visiting Teacher 11. Oh yes, sister ____________ (use the Viisting teacher 12’s real name) is the champion charades player in the ward. 

The Prince: Oh my goodness is that what you has been trying to tell me? (Sister Mermaid nods her head at the Prince and sister mermaid and the prince  hold hands as they go off stage and the visting teachers go off stage the other way) 

(Fairy Godmother enters)

Fairy Godmother: So many ways you all could have helped those fairy tale people!  But today there is an even greater need for you Sisters to go out and help me! Im not as young as I used to be and there are many more people out there that need your help. I hope you know that as you follow the Holy Ghost’s promptings you will be as good as any fairy godmother at helping your sisters have happy endings.
The End. 

Rules for modifying this skit from the author:
“I have no problem with people making changes or in some cases making it into a musical (oh, we Mormons love to musicalize everything in sight), but I would like to be informed first. Thanks.”

~  Beverly Fearon, Guinevere1954@yahoo.com