Narrator 1:

Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek, who lived with
his parents in a bog by a tree. It was a pretty nasty place, but he was
happy because ogres like nasty.
On his birthday, the little ogre's parents sat him down to talk, just as
all ogre's parents had for hundreds of years before.
Scene 1 ( Mama and papa ogre song)
Narrator 2:

And so the little ogre went off and found a muddy patch of
swampland, far, far away from the world that despised him. And there
he stayed for many years. Tucked away, and all alone...which was just
the way he liked it.

(Shrek enters the stage and dances.)

Scene 2 (fairytales story of my life song)
Shrek: What are you doing in my swamp?

pinoccio: Oh, gosh, well….We were forced to come here.

Shrek: forced…. by whom?
Little bear1: Lord Farquaad. He huffed und he puffed und he signed
an eviction notice.

shrek:Oh, really?! Well, not my problem. Now ,turn around and go

back where you came from.

Little bear 2: Go back? We can't go back! Farquaad will turn us into

bratwurst!

Elf: Hey, maybe you could talk to him, huh? he'd listen to you!
You're big and scary.

shrek:I'm also an ogre, which means I stay on my swamp and avoid

large crowds. Or haven't you read the stories?
big bad wolf: Ha! You mean those stories that say that I'm a big, bad
wolf?

witch: And the ones that say I'm a wicked witch?

pinoccio: Or... Or the ones that say that I'm a "wooden boy. "
What? I'm not a wooden boy.
witch: Look here, ogre, We don't want to stay here any more. But
you are the only one tough enough to stand up to that bad Farquaad.
Shrek:Tough enough?You don't even know me!
Elf: I always dreamed I'd get a happy ending
witch It was foretold in my horoscope
pinoccio Can't you help us out with an "ever after"?
Can't you see that you're our only hope?
- No.
- You're our only hope
- Hope
- You're our only hope
H-O-P-E
Hope
You're our only hope
Esperanza
- You're our only...
- OK, fine, I'm gonna go see this Farquaad guy right now,
and get you all off my land and back where you came from!
Time to say goodbye
Time to say farewell
Time for you to fly
It's been really swell!
Gosh, I'm gonna cry
Time to say goodbye
Shrek: I'll be right back.
- Time to say vamoose
Shrek - Don't get comfortable!
- Ogre on the loose
Shrek - And don't touch my...
Time to say goodbye
Elf: Don't die!
Scene 3( shrek on his way to farquad)
(donkey enters the stage running then he pumps into an ogre. Guards
enter running after him)
Guard 1: It's hideous!
shrek : Oh, that's not very nice. It's just a donkey.
Captain of the Guards: Step aside, ogre, and let us at him.
shrek: - Why? What did he do?
donkey: I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die!
Guard2: He's a talking donkey. A freak of nature.
Captain of the Guards: By the order of Lord Farquaad, I
am authorized to place you both under arrest.
Shrek:Under arrest, eh? (Roaring)
Guard 1:I want to go home right now!
shrek:This is the part where you run away. And don't come back!

donkey: Can I just say? That was incredible. - I like that.

Shrek: Now, why don't you go celebrate your freedom with your own
friends? Hmm?
Donkey: But I don't have any friends.
Shrek - Now there's a shocker.
Donkey: Say, you lost or something?
Shrek: No, I'm just trying to find the best route to Duloc.
Donkey: Oh. Duloc? I know Duloc. You gotta let me show you the
way, because I am like a GPS with fur!
Shrek: I'll be fine on my own, thanks.
Donkey: But nobody's fine on their own!
Shrek: take a look at me. What am I?
Donkey: Really green?
Shrek: No! I'm an ogre! - Doesn't that bother you?
Donkey: Nope.
Shrek: Really?
Donkey: Really, really.
Shrek:Oh.
Donkey:Man, I like you. What's your name?
Shrek:Uh, Shrek.
Donkey - Shrek? Well, you know what I like about you, Shrek?
You don't care what anybody thinks of you. I like that. I respect that,
Shrek.
Don't Let Me Go song - Donkey
Shrek: OK, look, only because I'm lost, you can come.
Donkey: Man, you will not regret this.
Shrek: Too late.
Donkey: Now, Shrek and Donkey, two friends off on a big city
adventure!
Scene 4 (At Lord Farquaad’s kingdom)
(Guards dance on the stage and farquad enters)
Farquaad is on his way
He's on his way
He is nearly here
He's down the hall, getting close
He is just outside
Behind the door
He is on...
... his...
... way
Here... he... is
Right... here
(door creaks and farquad enters
Farquaad: Thelonius, I'm ready. Bring in the cookie!
Gingy: Oh, gosh. Uh-oh. What's happening now?
Oh! This is scary. Oh, no! No! It's you!
Farquaad: That's enough! He's ready to talk.[Laughing] Run, run,
run, as fast as you can. You can't catch me. I'm the gingerbread man!
Gingy:
Look what you've done to my legs! You're a monster.
Farquaad: I'm not the monster here, you are! You and the rest of
that fairy tale trash poisoning my perfect world.. Now tell
me, where are the others!?
Gingy: Eat me!
Farquaad: No, no, no, no. I've tried to be fair to you creatures. Now
my patience has reached its end! Tell me, or I'll--(pressing his botton)
Gingy: No! Not the buttons!
Farquaad: All right, then. Who's hiding them?
Gingy: Okay. I'll tell you. Do you know the muffin man?
Farquaad: The muffin man?
Gingy:The muffin man.
Farquaad: Yes. I know the muffin man.
Gingy: Well, she's married to the muffin man.
Farquaad: The muffin man?
Gingy: The muffin man!
Farquaad: She's married to the muffin man.
[Door Opens and captain of the guards enters]
Captain of the Guards: My lord! We found it, the one treasure you
most seek!

Farquaad: A pretty pony?

Captain of the Guards: No, it's the Magic Mirror, sire.
Farquaad Then what are you waiting for? Bring it
in!
Farquaad: Then what are you waiting for? Bring it in. And take that
cookie to the swamp!
Gingy: Oh! The swamp is no place for a baked good! You're horrible!
Horrible! Boo!

(Mirror enters)
Farquaad: Evening. Mirror, mirror, on the wall. Is this not the
most perfect kingdom of all?
Mirror Ah, yes, Duloc is a wondrous land, but there's one thing you
forgot. You are not a king, and so a kingdom this is not.
Farquaad: Uh, Thelonius. You were saying?
Mirror: What I mean is, you're not a king yet. But you become one.
All you have to do is marry a princess.
Farquaad:
Go on.
Mirror: [Chuckles] So, just sit back and relax, my lord, because it's
time for you to meet today's eligible bachelorettes. And here they are!
 Bachelorette number one is a mentally abused from a kingdom far,
far away. She likes sushi.
Her hobbies include cooking and cleaning for her two evil sisters.
Please welcome Cinderella.
Farquaad : I love the broom. Yeah.
Mirror: Bachelorette number two is a cape-wearing girl from the
land of fancy. She may live with seven other men, but she's not easy!
Come on, give it up for Snow White!
Farquaad - She's in Tupperware.
Mirror: bachelorette number three , from a dragon
guarded castle surrounded by hot boiling lava, Yours for the
rescuing, Princess Fiona!
So will it be, bachelorette number one, bachelorette number two
or bachelorette number three?
Farquaad: I don't know! Boys, what do you say?
One, two, three, one, three, one?
One, three, two, three...
Guard 2: four
Farquaad: There's no four. All right, all right.
Captin of the guards: Three! Pick number three, my lord!
Farquaad: Okay, okay, uh, number three!
Mirror: Lord Farquaad, you've chosen Princess Fiona.
[♪ Escape By Rupert Holmes Playing]
Farquaad: Princess Fiona. She's perfect. Except for that dragon and
lava thing. I'll have to find someone else to go.
Mirror : well, I should mention this little thing that happens at night.
Farquaad - - Silence, silence. I will make Fiona my queen, and
Duloc will finally have the perfect king!

Scene 5( shrek and donkey found Farquaad castle)

And now, good people of Duloc, the moment you've all been waiting
for to determine who will have the honor of to rescue the lovely
Princess Fiona from the dragon!

(shrek enters the stage with the donkey. All the guards run screaming)
Shrek: Are you Lord Farquaad?
Farquaad: may be?
Shrek: I’m shrek and … I'm here on a quest to get my swamp back.
Farquaad: Your swamp?
Shrek: Yeah, my swamp! Where you sent those fairy tale creatures!
Farquaad: All right, ogre. I'll make you a deal. I have a quest, too.
You're gonna go fight a dragon, and rescue a princess, my princess,
Fiona.
Shrek: Okay, fine. I will rescue her.
(lights go off on the stage and they go inside)
:
Narrator1: The lovely princess had an enchantment upon her of a
fearful sort which could only be broken by her true love. She was
locked away in a castle guarded by a terrible fire-breathing dragon.
Narrator2: Many brave knights had attempted to free her from this
dreadful prison, but non prevailed. She waited in the dragon's keep in
the highest room of the tallest tower for her true love.
Narrator1: Shrek and Donkey walked up to the castle where Princess
Fiona was locked. It appeared to look like a giant volcano. They
climbed up the side of the volcano, fought the dragon and rescued
princess Fiona.
Scene 6 ( in the castle rescuing princess Fiona?)
Shrek in Armor: Wake up!
Fiona: oh! What?
Shrek in Armor: Are you Princess Fiona?
Fiona: I am, waiting for a knight to rescue me.
Shrek in Armor: Oh, that's nice. Now, let's go!
Fiona: But, wait, Sir Knight. This is our first meeting. Shouldn’t it
be a wonderful, romantic moment?
Shrek in Amror: Yeah. Sorry, lady. There's no time.
Fiona: Hey, wait. What are you doing? Can I at least know the name
of my champion?
Shrek: Um, Shrek. Now, come on! (running out of the stage)
Scene 7 (After the rescue out of the castle)

Fiona:
You did it! You rescued me! You're amazing. You're wonderful.
Well, sir shrek. The battle is done. Would you remove your helmet?
Shrek in Armor: Uh, no.
Fiona: Why not? Please. I would like to see your face.
Shrek in Armor: No, no, you wouldn't.
Shrek: Oh, you must know how it goes. A princess locked in
a tower is rescued by a brave knight, and then they share true love.
Donkey: With Shrek? You think that Shrek is your true love?(laugh)
Fiona: Of course. -- Now remove your helmet.
Shrek in Armor: Okay! Easy. As you command, Your Highness.
Fiona:You-- You're-- an ogre.
Shrek: Oh, you were expecting Prince Charming.
Fiona: Well, yes, actually. You're not supposed to be an ogre.
Shrek: Princess, I was sent to rescue you by Lord Farquaad, okay.
He's the one who wants to marry you.
Fiona: Then why didn't he come to rescue me?
Shrek: Good question. You should ask him that when you see him
tomorrow.
Fiona Tomorrow?- Oh, my gosh, it's almost sunset!
Shrek - So?
Fiona Oh, uh... I didn't realize it was so late. We need to make camp.
right now!
Shrek Very well. There's a cave right there.
Fiona - it's perfect. Well, gentlemen, good night!
Donkey: You want me to read you a bedtime story?
Fiona: I said good night!
Narrator 2: "By day one way, by night another, this shall be the
norm, until you find your true love and then take love's true form. "
good morning song for Fiona
Good morning, birds
Good morning, trees
Oh, what a lovely day
The sun's so big
It hurts my eyes
But really, that's OK
A brand-new day with things to do
So many plans to make
I've had six cups of coffee
So I'm really wide awake
I've always been a morning person
A morning girl
Hooray!
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep
Hooray!
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep
Hooray!
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep
Cheep, cheep, cheep, cheep
Hooray!
Fiona: Mornin'.
Shrek: Uh, Mornin'Princess,
Fiona: I would like to apologize for my behavior yesterday. So I've
gathered a basket of berries made you each... a daisy chain!
Donkey: Oh, wow!They're beautiful, Princess! Aren't they beautiful,
Shrek?
Shrek - Oh... Oh...
Fiona:Oh! You'll grow to love them, I promise ( fixing the chain)
So, tell me about my groom-to-be,
Lord Farquaad. What's he like?
Shrek Well, um, men of Farquaad's are in short supply.
- Really?
Shrek - And yet very good at small talk.
Fiona What are you guys doing?
Donkey Yes, like three feet or so.
Fiona All right, all right, yuck it up.

Shrek: Who's hungry? I'll find us some dinner.

Fiona: I'll get the firewood.
Donkey: Hey, where are you goin'? Oh, man, I can't feel my toes!
I think I need a hug.
(sitting to eat)
Fiona: Mmm. Mmm. This is good. What is this?
Shrek: Uh, weedrat.
Fiona:No kidding
Shrek: Maybe you can come and visit me in the swamp. I'll cook
all kinds of stuff for you.
Fiona:[Chuckles] I'd like that.
Donkey: Man, isn't this romantic? Just look at that sunset.
Fiona: Sunset? Oh, no! I mean, it's late. Good night.
Shrek: Good night.
[Door Creaks]
Donkey: Ohh! Now I really see what's goin' on here.
Shrek: Oh, what are you talkin' about?
Donkey: man, you loved her?
Shrek: You're crazy. I'm just bringing her back to Farquaad.
Donkey: Oh, come on, Shrek. Just go on in and tell her how you feel.
Shrek: I--, even if I did tell her that, ….. she's a princess, and I'm--
An ogre.
Donkey:
Hey, where you goin'?
Shrek:
To get... more firewood. [Sighs]
Donkey:
Princess? Princess Fiona? Princess, where are you?
Donkey: [Gasps] It's very spooky in here. [Screams]
Fiona: Oh, no!
Donkey: No, help! Did you eat fiona
Fiona: donkey, look!this is me. I know. I’m ugly. It
only happens when the sun goes down. "By night one way, by day
another. until I find my true love. That's why I have
to marry Lord Farquaad tomorrow, before the sun sets and he sees
me, like this. [Sobs]
Donkey:Princess, how 'bout if you don't marry Farquaad? you're kind
of an ogre, and Shrek-- well, you got a lot in common.
(Shrek enters the stage and stays at the back with a flower in his
hand)

Fiona: I can't just marry whoever I want. I mean, ……

who could ever love a beast so hideous and ugly? "Princess" and
"ugly" don't go together. That's why I can't stay here with Shrek. My
only chance to live happily ever after is to marry my true love.
[Deep Sigh] [shrek throws the flower and leaves the stage and donkey
leaves after him. Fiona turns back and pics the flower up]
Donkey: at least You gotta tell Shrek the truth.
Fiona: No! You can't breathe a word. No one must ever know.
(Donkey leaves and moning comes. She opens the door and takes the
flower. ugly Fiona goes out of the stage and the princess enters while
the sun rises up)
Fiona:
I tell him, I tell him not. I tell him, I tell him not. I tell him. Shrek!
Shrek, there's something I want— [Snoring]
(shrek enters)
Fiona: Shrek. Are you all right?
Shrek: Perfect! Never been better.
Fiona: There's something I have to tell you.
Shrek:You don't have to tell me anything, Princess.
I heard enough last night.
Fiona: I thought you'd understand.
Shrek: Oh, I understand. Like you said, "Who could love a hideous,
ugly beast?"
Fiona: But I thought …………..
(Farquaad enters with his 4 guards)
Shrek: Ah, right on time. (looking at Fiona)
Princess, I've brought you a little something. ♪♪ [Fanfare]
Farquaad: Princess Fiona.
Shrek: As promised. Now hand it over.
Farquaad: Princess Fiona. I ask your hand in marriage. [Gasps]
Fiona: ( looks at Shrek) Lord Farquaad, I accept.
Farquaad: Excellent! I'll start the plans of our wedding tomorrow!
Fiona: No! I mean, uh, why wait? Let's get married today before the
sun sets.
Farquaad: Oh, You're right. The sooner, the better.
Fiona: Fare-thee-well, ogre.
Donkey: Shrek, what are you doing? You're letting her get away.
there's something about her you don't know.
Shrek: I know you talked to her last night. You're great friends, now
why don't you follow her home?
Donkey: Shrek, I-- I wanna go with you.
Shrek: I told you.You're not coming home with me. I live alone! My
swamp! Me! Nobody else! Understand?
Donkey: Shrek. [♪ Hallelujah By John Cale Playing]
Scene 8 (shrek in his swamp and donkey enters)

Shrek: Donkey? What are you doing here?

Donkey: Why are you You always pushing me away.
Shrek: Oh,Well, if I treated you so bad, why did you come back?
Donkey: Because that's what friends for! They forgive each other!
Shrek: I forgive you, for stabbin' me in the back!
Donkey: you did so to Fiona. All she ever does was love you.
Shrek: Love me? She said I was ugly, a hideous creature.
Donkey: She wasn't talkin' about you. She was talkin' about her
sellllll………..uh, somebody else.
Shrek:Well, then who was she talking about?
Donkey: Uh-uh, no way. I am not saying anything.
Shrek: Donkey! I'm sorry. what did Fiona say about me?
Donkey:
What are you asking me for? Why don't you just go ask her?
Shrek: The wedding! we will never get in time.
Donkey: I know someone who can help.
Scene 9 ( Lord farquaad’s kingdom)
Bishop: People of Duloc, we gather here today to bear witness ….to
the union of our ….new king and queen. …..And as the warm glow
……of this setting sun lifts our heads, so too does the...
Fiona: Excuse me. Could we just skip to the "I do's"?
Bishop: well then, do you, Lord Farquaad, take Princess Fiona?
Farquaad:- I do.
Bishop - And do you...
Fiona - I do.
(shrek and donkey enter the stage)
shrek - Stop the wedding! ...king and queen.I object!
Fiona: Shrek? [Gasps]
Farquaad: Oh, now what does he want?
Fiona: What are you doing here?
Shrek: Fiona! I need to talk to you.
Fiona: Oh, now you wanna talk? It's a little late for that, so …..
Shrek: But you can't marry him.
Fiona: And why not?
Shrek: Because-- Because he's just marrying you so he can be a king.
Fiona: And what do you know about true love?
Shrek: well.. I’m……um
Farquaad:(Chuckling] The ogre has fallen in love with the princess!
[Crowd Laughing] Mm! Guards, take this abomination
out of my sight!
Fiona:No Let's hear what the monster has to say.
Farquaad:. Well, you heard her, ogre.Express yourself. Hm?
Shrek:
It's a big, bright, beautiful world
With happiness all around
It's peaches and cream
If a dream comes true

Farquaad: Awkward! Little bit. Look at that.

It's a big, bright,
beautiful world
With possibilities everywhere
If true love is blind
Maybe you won't mind the view? (princess looks back)
I know I'm not the handsome prince
For whom you've waited
I don't have a fancy castle
And I'm not sophisticated
A princess and an ogre
I admit is complicated
You've never read a book like this
But fairy tales
Should really be
Updated
It's a big, bright,
beautiful world
I see it now, I'll let it in
I'll tear down a wall
And clear a spot for two
To be with you
Farquaad: Boo! Are we ready, darling? Hm?
Fiona- I can't.
(fairy tales enter)
Pinocchio: - Stop the wedding!People of Duloc, your leader is a half
ling!
(Fiona looks at the sunset and turns into ogre)
Farquaad No! No, no, no. Don't listen to him. Not a freak! Not a
freak! I'm a king! I'm a big, tall man!
I'm a big, tall, giant man with a kingdom!
Not a freak! I have a castle!
Fiona: - Stop the wedding!
Shrek:- Whoa!Fiona
Fiona: I wanted to show you before.
Shrek:Well, uh, that explains a lot.
Fiona 'm supposed to be beautiful.
Shrek But you are beautiful.
Once upon a time to look like us
would be a pity
But now we know that beautiful
Ain't always pretty
Fiona I waited all my life
Lived it by the book
Now I know that's not my story
You take me as I am
Love me as I look
Standing here in all my glory
I am sweetness, lam bratty
I'm a princess, I'm a fatty
I'm a mess of contradictions in a dress
I am sassy, I am sappy
When I'm with you I am happy This is my story
You laugh at all my jokes
Even though they're crude
You don't mind that I'm not classy
-both:We make a perfect pair
Radiant and rude
- Radiant and rude
- So in love and much too gassy
- So in love and much too gassy
- We are ogres, we are scary
- We are ogres, we are scary
We are donkeys, we are hairy
We have bold
and brand-new stories to be told
We will write them
We will tell them
You will hear them
You will smell them

This is our story

And that is how the little ogre
came to live on the swamp
with a beautiful princess.
- And his best friend.
- And the Gingerbread Man!
- And a very handsome puppet!
- And an elf!
- And a fairy godmother!
- And a witch!
- And a cross-dressing wolf!
- And the three bears!

What makes us special

- What makes us special
- What makes us special
- What makes us special
- What makes us special
What makes us special
makes us strong
We are witches, we are fairies
We are weirdoes
Gingy: I'm an Aries!
We're a giant
Whitman's Sampler here to try
We are puppets
We are rabbits
We are hobbits with bad habits
We're a screwy
but delighted crazy stew
We are different and united
You are us and we are you
This is our story
This is our story
This is our story
The End
 Song(I’m a believer)
I thought love
was only true in fairy tales
Meant for someone else
but not for me
Love was out to get me
That's the way it seemed
Disappointment
haunted all my dreams
- And then I saw her face
- I saw her face
- Now I'm a believer
- I saw her face
- Not a trace
- No, not a trace
- Of doubt in my mind
- In my mind
- I'm in love
- Ooh
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
I thought love was
more or less a givin' thing
But the more I gave
the less I got, oh, yeah
Oh, yeah
- What's the use in trying
- What's the use in trying
Doo-doo-doo-doo
- All you get is pain
- All you get is pain
Doo-doo-doo-doo
- When I wanted sunshine I got rain
- When I wanted sunshine I got rain
I got rain, I got rain
Hey, you all, can I say something?
And then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Whoo!
Not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
Hey, how you doing?
- I'm in love
- Ooh, ah
I'm a believer
I couldn't leave her if I tried
Then I saw her face
Now I'm a believer
Whoo!
Oh, not a trace
Of doubt in my mind
- I'm in love
- I'm in love
- Now I'm a believer
- Now I'm a believer
I believe, I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe, I believe
Now I'm a believer
- I believe
- I can't hear you.
I believe
- I believe
- Whoo!
I believe
I believe, I believe
I believe, I believe