Grimm, M.D.: Fairy Tale Doctor

Play #: 8513
Pages: 49 pgs
Cast: 12 - 18

The world-renowned fairy tale diagnostician Dr. Grimm is having a very bad day. He’s got twins with type 2 diabetes, a boy the size of a thumb who needs massive doses of growth hormone, a gnome with an identity crisis, a princess with insomnia, and a wolf who needs a grannyectomy. And that’s just in the clinic. Grimm’s main case is a very pale girl who fell into a coma after eating a toxic candied apple. What could it be? Flexible casting, fast-moving, and lots of fun. About 75 minutes.

Product tags
Sample Now
Perusal Only
Delivery Method
All orders with downloads must be paid by credit card
Single Copy for Perusal Only - $9.95
Perusal copies are limited to one per customer.
Buy Now
Delivery Method
All orders with downloads must be paid by credit card
Production Script - $9.95 each
Must order at least one per performer.
Royalty Licenses - $75.00
Royalty Licenses are required even if you do not charge admission.
Performance beginning date

Productions

PONTIAC JR. HIGH 1 Performance(s)
FAIRVIEW HEIGHTS, IL 4/15/2021
SEMINOLE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 1 Performance(s)
OVIEDO, FL 4/15/2020
WPHS 2 Performance(s)
WHITTEMORE, MI 5/18/2019
CROSWELL-LEXINGTON H.S. DRAMA 2 Performance(s)
CROSWELL, MI 4/26/2019
WEST HANCOCK HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
BRITT, IA 11/3/2018
DEL NORTE HIGH SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
DEL NORTE, CO 4/18/2017
GILBERT PUBLIC SCHOOLS 2 Performance(s)
GILBERT, AZ 12/15/2016
HMSHS 3 Performance(s)
HILLIARD, FL 5/17/2016
LIBERAL R2 DRAMA 1 Performance(s)
LIBERAL, MO 4/1/2016
BURR OAK SCHOOL 2 Performance(s)
BURR OAK, MI 3/18/2016
MALTA JRSR HIGH 2 Performance(s)
MALTA, MT 3/7/2016

Behind The Scenes

Jim and Jane Jeffries talk about

GRIMM M.D.: FAIRY TALE DOCTOR

 

Q: WHAT INSPIRED YOU TO WRITE THIS PLAY?

A: We grew up on Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes. When we got older, we read the unsanitized versions and, wowsers, they are pretty violent. We figured these characters could use extremely competent medical care.

 

Q: WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PART OR LINE IN THE PLAY? WHY?

A: GRIMM: (Looks at SNOW WHITE then back to JOLLY.) She’s your housekeeper? How’d you manage that?

JOLLY: She just showed up at the door one day.

GRIMM: Where do you live? And are there any houses for sale in your neighborhood?

JOLLY: We live in the woods. There is a tower for sale.

GRIMM: Really? How much?

JOLLY: $50,000.

GRIMM: What’s the catch?

JOLLY: No doors. You have to enter through a window via a blond ponytail.

GRIMM: I’ve entered homes in worse ways.

 

We like this because you have a fairy tale situation (Rapunzel’s tower) juxtaposed with modern real estate. A lot of the humor is built on this type of contrast.

 

Q: TELL US MORE ABOUT THE CHARACTERS.

A: Dr. Grimm is highly-intelligent and quick on his feet, but has overspecialized in fairy tale medicine. Dr. Bo Peep is his underling and specializes in nursery rhyme medicine. The rest are characters from fairy tales that need modern medical cures for their fairy bad illnesses.

 

Q: WHAT DID YOU TRY TO ACHIEVE WITH THIS PLAY?

A: A lot of laughs. A few groans. The rare deep insight. Really rare. So rare as to be almost nonexistent.

 

Q: DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?

A: This play is not nearly as disturbing as our source material. We hope.