The Goosegirl
Genre: Fairytale, fantasy, comedy
Keywords: Love and identity, class and power, empathy and kindness
Cast Size: 5 actors (2F, 2M, 1 Any)
Duration: 60 minutes
Time Period: Medieval
Cautions: None
Smart, fast, and sharply irreverent, The Goosegirl is a fairy-tale comedy that delights in puncturing royal egos.
On her way to an arranged marriage, the wildly self-satisfied Princess Galiena insists she’s beloved by all—until her servant Hilde calls her bluff. To prove she’s charming on her own merits, Galiena proposes a reckless wager: they’ll swap identities, and the prince will choose her anyway.
Instead, Galiena finds herself demoted to Royal Goosegirl, navigating humiliating labor, a prince obsessed with himself, a horse itching for war, and a gooseboy whose quiet decency throws her selfishness into sharp relief. What begins as a comic disguise plot becomes a biting, laugh-out-loud reckoning with privilege, empathy, and what it actually means to be kind.
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