"Snow Queen" at Portland Stage

Let's go to a Sunday matinee of the Snow Queen!

A beautiful story to be enjoyed by the whole family! A story of friendship and bravery with magic and a visually striking setting, The Snow Queen takes us through many seasons on a hero’s journey. Kai and Gerda have been best friends their whole lives, but when a shard of a magic mirror gets caught in Kai’s eye, he sees the world in a different light. He can no longer see the good in the world around him, so when the glorious and sparkling Snow Queen arrives, Kai is mesmerized. He hitches his sled to her sleigh, and vanishes and our adventure begins. Gerda strikes out to rescue Kai making many new friends and rivals along the way. But will she find the Snow Queen’s palace in time? The Snow Queen is a timeless play sure to delight everyone this holiday season.

Get tickets at:
Portland Stage | Portland Maine Live Theater I have Center Row D, seat 107. The play starts at 12:00 but let's meet in the lobby 11:30ish.

Afterwards, if folks are interested, we could go somewhere nearby for a late lunch/early dinner.

Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875) - was a Danish writer, poet, and playwright, best known as the author of some of the world’s most widely read fairytales. Born into poverty in Odense, Denmark, Andersen began his career as an aspiring actor, but turned to writing while at the University of Copenhagen. Although he first achieved literary recognition in the 1830s for his plays and novels, it was his fairytales that eventually made him an international literary figure. Andersen was an innovator in children’s fiction, writing most of his tales in a spoken rather than literary idiom, and depicting suffering and unhappy endings while still staying connected to a child’s perspective. Among the best-known of his over 150 children’s stories are The Princess and the Pea (1835), The Little Mermaid (1836), The Emperor’s New Clothes (1837), The Ugly Duckling (1844), and The Little Match Girl (1848). Andersen’s story The Snow Queen (Sneedronningen, in Danish) was first published in 1845 in his fourth collection of Eventyr (or Tales). One of Andersen’s longest stories, it is also regarded by some critics as his masterpiece, and has remained one of his most popular tales over the years.