Cenicienta Touring – Glass Half Full Theatre

Ten-year-old Belinda loves to tell stories, but when she’s in the basement preparing for a party upstairs, she’ll have to get creative. Using everyday objects like teapots and napkins, Belinda recreates the classic tale of Cinderella. Glass Half Full Theatre from Austin, Texas, presents its award-winning “story within a story” using puppetry, Spanish, and English. As Belinda confronts her stepmother and stepsisters, she’ll learn to embrace her love of poetry and stand up for herself. This captivating Cinderella for all ages tackles cultural heritage, family, and the power of language.

Most enjoyed by ages 5+.

Cenicienta is available for digital and live touring in 2021 -2023.

For National and International booking, please contact Spring Karlo at Holden & Arts Associates: [email protected]

For Austin Area bookings, contact [email protected]

With its playful puppetry and poetic spark, Cenicienta is a perfect play for children . . . . It’s fun (and refreshing in this age of technology) to watch Belinda embrace her creativity without the use of screens. . . . The play's dialogue is a melodious sympathy of Spanish and English. . . . This production provides a chance to begin to explore a new language through context clues within the play. . . . This story of Cenicienta isn't like the others, and that is what makes it charming.

“The wonder of “Cenicienta” is the ability of its audiences to identify with Belinda. It embraces her creativity and her love of reading. It revels in the joy of playing with found objects and creating a story. It teaches lessons in the importance of reading and writing and the importance of being courageous and standing up for yourself as well as loving who you are, but it doesn’t hit kids over the head with those lessons.”

. . . students were fully engaged with Cenicienta throughout, even if they didn’t understand one of the languages being spoken. Such moments emphasize the importance of Latinx youth seeing and hearing actors who look and sound like them on stage—such representation is necessary in fostering youth’s connection with theatre.”

Written by Caroline Reck and Rupert Reyes

Original Music Composition by Ammon Taylor

The role of Belinda is performed by Madison Palomo

Offstage voice are performed by:

Gary Soto: Rupert Reyes

Stepmother: Caroline Reck

Reina: Lilli Lopez

Preciosa: Marina DeYoe-Pedraza

Directed by Caroline Reck

Lighting Design by Rachel Atkinson

Sound Design by Pete Martinez with additional sound and mixing by K. Eliot Haynes

Stage Management by Zac Crofford

Scenic, Costume, and Prop Design by Caroline Reck.

Additional Scenic and Props by Kelli Bland.

Cenicienta was originally created and presented at Zach Theatre in collaboration with Teatro Vivo and Glass Half Full Theatre.

Puppetry of Objects and Ideas

Learn to puppeteer objects and write bilingual theatre with Caroline Reck and Rupert Reyes.

Click on the free videos below.

Learn to puppeteer objects and write bilingual theatre with Caroline Reck and Rupert Reyes. Click on the free videos below.

Learn to puppeteer objects and write bilingual theatre with Caroline Reck and Rupert Reyes.

Click on the free videos below.