Cinderella
Johnson City Arts Center 2026
Digital Program (Director's Cut)
Director
Christina Ward
Stage Manager
Chloe Garbe
Costume Design
Christina Ward
Lighting and Sound
Calvin Price
Poster Design
Alaina Brown
Cast
Cinderella......................................................................................Ellie Woodbury
Stepmother.......................................................................................Lucy Harman
Stepsisters............................................................Sophie Tolley, Caroline Anglin
Mice Friends.......................................................Olivia Woodbury, Mae Harman
Fairy Godmother................................................................................Sailor Jones
Prince Charming.................................................................................Arthur Silva
Royal Duke......................................................................................Jacob Locklin
Winter Fairy...................................................................................Dorie Feathers
Spring Fairy....................................................................................Abigail Rainey
Summer Fairy.................................Henlee Dean (Fri, 1:00), Lidia Giuliani (6:00)
Autumn Fairy.....................................................................................Callie Athon
Young Cinderella.............................................................................Amilia Alzner
Ballet Instructor................................................................................Greta Anglin
Town Crier...................................................................................Akari Mizuguchi
Royal Guards.....................................................................Ali Kiech, Claire Lewis
Cinderella's Mother........................................................................Leah Johnson
Cinderella's Father.......................................................................Josiah Caraway
Queen............................................................................................Katrina Locklin
King..............................................................................................Josiah Caraway
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Leaves
Reese Campbell, Aidyn Patton, Maia Ross
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Featured Maidens
Ellie Clements, Susannah Treece, Lidia Giuliani, Charlie Bond
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Flower Girls
Ella Mould, Lily Hauck, Lexie Bristol, Kennedy Wells​
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Ballroom Partners
Luke Anglin, Eli Patton, Jamin Robbins, Caixon Dixon, Braxton Dixon​​​
Act I
Young Cinderella lives a happy life with her loving parents amidst a field of fireflies and butterflies. Tragedy strikes, and she loses her mother and father. Grief, loneliness, and cruelty replace the love that was there.
1. Happy Childhood
Music: "Fireflies" by Sarah Kays
Performers: Young Cinderella, Cinderella's Parents, Fireflies (Modern 3)
Choreography: Lea Karnes
2. Tragedy
Music: "fireflies" by after echoes
Performers: Young Cinderella, Stepmother, Grief (Modern 4)
Choreography: Lea Karnes
Now older, Cinderella is treated like a servant by her stepmother and stepsisters. The stepsisters try ballet lessons and are scared by Cinderella's mice friends.
3. The Ballet Lesson
Music: "Cuckoo Ballet - Interlude" by Laufey
Performers: Cinderella, Mice Friends, Stepmother, Stepsisters, Ballet Instructor
Choreography: Christina Ward
4. Little Mice
Music: "Cute Little Tapping Mouse" by Danc'eM
Performers: Mouse Friends (Fri, 1:00),
Choreography: Greta Anglin
Cinderella cleans with sudsy bubbles. Her vain and greedy stepsisters make a mess. Cinderella dreams of a better life.
5. Cleaning Up
Music: "Happy Working Song" by Amy Adams
Performers: Cinderella, Soap Suds (Ballet 1)
Choreography: Shannon Stinnet
6. The Stepsisters
Music: "Material Girl" by Walk off the Earth
Performers: Stepsisters, Bows (Beginner Jazz), Cinderella
Choreography: Cassidy Kent
7. Cinderella Dreams
Music: "In My Own Little Corner" by Laura Osnes
Performers: Cinderella, Mice Friends
Choreography: Kathryn Price
The town crier announces a royal ball to the public, at which Prince Charming shall choose a bride. The stepsisters and stepmother prepare for the ball and exclude Cinderella.
8. Announcing the Royal Ball
Music: "Royal Entry" by Vienna Art of Trumpet, Anonymous, Leonhard Leeb
Performers: Town Crier, Stepsisters, Stepmother, Cinderella, Featured Maidens
Choreography: Cassidy Kent
9. The Stepfamily Prepares for the Ball
Music: "Feeling Good" by Nenei, Stella Starlight Trio
Performers: Stepsisters, Stepmother, Greed (Jazz 3), Greed (Jazz 4)
Choreography: Christina Ward
Cinderella cries in the garden and is consoled by her mice friends. Surrounded by fireflies, she feels the comforting presence of her loved ones beyond the grave.
10. Comforting Cinderella
Music: "You'll Be in My Heart" by NIKI
Performers: Cinderella, Mice Friends, Fireflies (Ballet 2), Parents
Choreography: Mary Hoover
Magic is in the air. Cinderella's magical Fairy Godmother appears!
11. Magic in the air
Music: "Fairy Land" by Itty Bitty Beats
Performers: Fairies (Ballet Basics)
Choreography: Macey Whitaker
12. Fairy Godmother
Music: "A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - Instrumental Version" by Mack David
Performers: Fairy Godmother
Choreography: Chloe Garbe
The Winter and Spring Fairies teach Cinderella how the changing of seasons brings hope that love and light can grow out of darkness. The Summer and Autumn Fairies show Cinderella how to have some fun and celebrate as the seasons change with bright colors. All fairies bring Cinderella gifts to help her at the ball.
13. Winter and Spring
Music: "Winter Song" by Sara Bareilles, Ingrid Michaelson
Performers: Winter Fairy, Spring Fairy, Changing Seasons (Modern 6)
Choreography: Lea Karnes
14. Summer and Autumn
Music: "Here Comes The Sun (feat. dodie)" by Jacob Collier, dodie
Performers: Summer Fairy, Sunshine (Pre-ballet), Autumn Fairy, Leaves
Choreography: Gracie Overbay, Mary Hoover
With a little magic and a touch of French "flare-y" dust, the Fairy Godmother designs a couture gown for Cinderella to wear to the ball.
15. Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo
Music: "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo - French Version" by Stacey Kent
Performers: Fairy Godmother, Fairy Dust (Intermediate Tap), Cinderella, Mice Friends, Season Fairies
Choreography: Rebekah Knisley, Christina Ward
Act II
Guests from around the land arrive at the Royal Ball. The stepsisters make an ungraceful entrance. The Prince is bored. When Cinderella arrives, she is enchanted by the scene and happy to feel like a real girl for the night. She catches the Prince's eye, and he asks her to dance.
1. The Royal Ball
Music: "Dancing On My Own" by Vitamin String Quartet
Performers: Ball Attendees (Adult Ballet, Ballet 6, Ballet 7), Prince, King & Queen, Duke, Stepmother & Stepsisters, Featured PartersChoreography: Christina Ward, Kate Palmer
2. Cinderella Enters
Music: "Dancing Queen" by Lizzie McAlpine
Performers: Cinderella, Ball Attendees (Ballet 7), Stepmother & Stepsisters
Choreography: Chloe Garbe
3. The Prince Falls in Love
Music: "Falling in Love at a Coffee Shop" by Landon Pigg
Performers: Cinderella, Prince, Ballet 5
Choreography: Gracie Overbay
The fairies watch over a happy Cinderella at the ball. Cinderella and the Prince escape the busy ball for a moment together under the moonlight. Cinderella realizes she is falling in love.
4. Setting the Scene
Music: "dancing in the moonlight" by Gracie Schram
Performers: Season Fairies, Fairy Godmother, Cinderella, Prince
Choreography: Eden Huhn
5. Cinderella Falls in Love
Music: "So This is Love" performed by Kate Palmer
Performers: Cinderella, Prince, Roses (Jazz 6)
Choreography: Christina Ward
6. Midnight
Music: "Palladio" by Escala
Performers: Midnight (Modern 5), Darkness (Modern 7), Cinderella, Prince, Royal Guards, Duke, Mice Friends
Choreography: Lea Karnes
Midnight arrives. Cinderella flees, pursued by the Prince, the Duke, and the royal guards. Cinderella returns home with nothing but a single glass slipper. The Prince has the matching shoe.
Cinderella's Stepmother discovers her secret. She shatters the remaining shoe and locks Cinderella in the attic.
7. Secret Discovered
Music: "Nothing Is As it Seems" by Hidden Citizens, Ruelle
Performers: Stepmother, Cinderella, Jazz 5
Choreography: Christina Ward
The Prince declares that every maiden must try on the glass slipper. The maidens vie for the Prince's love and affection.
8. Search for the Maiden
Music: "Lovefool" by Glee Cast
Performers: Eligible Maidens (Advanced Tap), Prince, Duke
Choreography: Rebekah Knisley
Cinderella, hopeless, is locked in her attic surrounded by nothing but memories to renew her courage. Her mice friends bring her the key to the attic door. Meanwhile, the Stepmother and Stepsisters revel in the possibility of marrying the Prince. The Prince arrives for the sisters to try on the shoe.
9. Cinderella Remembers
Music: "Memories" by Within Temptation
Performers: Cinderella, Memories (Jazz 7)
Choreography: Eden Huhn
10. Stepfamily Prepares for the Prince
Music: "La Lecon Particuliere" by Francis Lai, Christian Gaubert
Performers: Stepmother, Stepsisters, Prince, Duke, Cinderella
Choreography: Gracie Overbay
Cinderella, having escaped the attic, arrives. The Prince recognizes her immediately and has her try on the shoe. It's a perfect fit! They have a happy reunion and the rest of the world begins to fade away.
11. Reunion
Music: "I Hear a Symphony" by Cody Fry
Performers: Cinderella, Prince, Ballet 6
Choreography: Liz Borromeo
12. Happily Ever After
Music: "Breakaway" by Kelly Clarkson
Performers: Cinderella, Prince, Flowers (Ballet 4), Butterflies (Ballet 3), Flower Girls, Featured Maidens, Duke)
Choreography: Chloe Garbe, Shannon Stinnet, Christina Ward
13. Curtain Call
Music: "Unwritten" by Natasha Bedingfield
Special Thanks
A special thanks goes out to Alaina Brown for designing our poster, to Allison Athon and Julia Malcolm for arranging a parent videographer, to Lynne Herndon for assistance with costumes, to Milligan University for the use of their facilities, and to all of the volunteers front of house and backstage who made this program possible.