The Doll Maker

Reads 33
Votes 2
Parts 6
Time 22m

Reads 33
Votes 2
Parts 6
Time 22m

Written by: Antoinette Marmolejo
  Music by: Lindsey Sterling

All music belongs to the amazing Lindsey Sterling. 

Everyone knows the story of Pinocchio. A wooden boy who comes to life by a wish of a lonely toy maker, but what happens when something is trying to prevent the happily ever after. This play is a darker take of Pinocchio and one of his adventures into becoming a real boy. The doll maker, a popular marionette creator lures unexpected child to their demise. Each child is turned into a marionette to perform in the toymakers show in front of a crowd. If that marionette performs poorly and is not well liked, into a fiery furnace they will go.  Pinocchio is lured into the doll maker's trap by a mysterious marionette. Pinocchio has to find a way out before he too is sent to the fiery furnace in front of the ruthless crowed if he does not perform well.All Rights Reserved

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