Mr. Wolf, the villain in many a children’s fairy tale, finally got his day in court in “The Big, Bad Musical - A Howling Courtroom Comedy” put on by fourth, fifth and sixth graders at Claybon Elementary School Thursday evening, May 29.

The musical, from the book by Alec Strum with music and lyrics by Bill Francceur, was directed by Heather Crow and Jenny Mullin, with musical direction by Charlsie Grifths. The musical comedy was presented in the school cafetorium  after a spaghetti dinner in the adjoining  gym.

In the story, Mr. Wolf is put on trial by the Fairy Godmother as key characters in several famous fairy tales testify for or against the prosecution. At the end of the play, the audience, acting as the jury, got to declare Mr. Wolf either guilty or innocent on all charges.

Songs included the following:

Big Bad Prologue
    Ensemble

I Got Nothin’ to Say
    Wolf and Wolfettes

No More
    Fairy Godmother

He Huffed and He Puffed
    Pigs One, Two, and Three

I Cried Wolf
    Boy Who Cried Wolf

Have Mercy On Me
    Wolf and Wolfettes

May All Your Ever Afters
    Sydney Grimm and Ensemble

The cast and their characters were:

Sydney Grimm
    Heather Brown

Fairy Godmother
    Kacey Burgan

Little Red Riding Hood
    Kalley Fischbeck

Grandmother Hood
    Kelsey Hoy

Pig One
    Aaron Penson

Pig Two
    Jordan Smalley

Pig Three
    Kaitlyn Perez

Bill Woodcutter
    Zackary Hofman

Shepherd
    Cheyenne Barns

Boy Who Cried Wolf
    Jordan Raglan

Big Bad Wolf
    Spencer English

Wolfette
    Noah Adams

Wolfette
    Lexie Corbitt

Wise Old Woman
    Autumn Watson

Evil Stepmother
    Lucy Burns

Miss Muffett
    Sarah Kelley

When all of the testimony had been heard, and after the attorneys for the prosecution and the defense had completed their examinations of the accused and the witnesses, the audience took less than five minutes to return its verdict:

Mr. Wolf was found innocent!

And everyone lived happily ever after!