Findbhera

Musical. Book, Music, and Lyrics by Elliott B. Baker.
Cast: 11m., 6w. (Can be reduced by doubling and expanded to as large an ensemble as desired.)

So you don't believe in Fairies, huh? What if there really was an invisible world right next to ours. A world where magical beings are not limited by gravity and yet still hampered with some of the emotional quirks and limits of Humans. Siblings who perhaps did not opt to enter materiality quite as deeply as the rest of us.

The story centers around Katie, daughter of the king of the Tooth Fairies, and Max a personable young man whose consuming passion is that of flight. When not working or caring for his sister Em, Max is either taking flying lessons or flying kites in the park. One day while out exploring the Human world, Katie and Max meet, but not for long. Katie must be present at the fairies' Centennial celebration where there could be trouble.

Findbharr, the king of the Tooth Fairies, has granted a "boon" or gift to Angor the leader of the Trolls in exchange for the Trolls stopping the practice of kidnapping orphaned Human children for servants. To repudiate this boon would result in such a loss of honor that the Tooth Fairy troop would be disbanded. As his boon, Angor asks for Katie to be a drudge or servant to the Trolls until the next Centennial which is one hundred years away.

Findbharr is ready to refuse Angor, even at the cost of his kingship, when Katie chooses to go with Angor and to save the honor of her Fairy troop and its very existence. Katie sends her two best friends to tell him she won’t be able to see him any more. Max refuses to let her go without hearing it from her and he convinces Gorwin and Mabel to take him and his sister to Troll Mountain. There they rescue Katie and discover a key piece of information that changes everything.

With beautiful music, humor, suspense and even the magical opportunity to let the characters fly, this is a musical intended for adults as well as the children they bring to the theatre.

A full accompaniment CD is available from the Eldridge Publishing Company complete with with sound effects and beautiful scene change and underscore music. Approximate running time 1hr. and 40 minutes.