The cast of ONCE UPON A MATTRESS breaks down their roles

This summer, audiences are in for a royal ball in Once Upon a Mattress, directed on Broadway by two-time Tony winner Sutton Foster and Michael Urie.

An outrageous update of Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Princess and the Pea,” Once Upon A Mattress unleashes a brazen free spirit into a repressed realm, where Unhappy Winnifred enchants, delights and dances her way to the top… of a stack of mattresses.

“Winnifred is an unconventional princess. What I love about her is that she is exactly who she is and she has no inhibitions because she doesn’t even know she would have them. She is completely herself,” Sutton Foster said of her character. “One of my favorite lines is from Sir Harry: ‘Prince Dauntless is a little unusual… and so is Winnifred. Maybe they can be unusual together.’ It’s so much fun to play a character who is so free and so immersed in a beautiful, loving way.”

Watch the cast reveal their roles and find out even more about the new revival here!