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Sleeping Beauty wakes

WonderQuest first produced an Asian version of Sleeping Beauty in 2004, with Mayes Hopkins as the Emperor and Emily Barnes as Princess Dawn Blossom. This year’s production features a newly imagined palace and costumes.

0718 GO SLEEPING BEAUTY — WonderQuest first produced an Asian version of Sleeping Beauty in 2004, with Mayes Hopkins as the Emperor and Emily Barnes as Princess Dawn Blossom. This year’s production features a newly imagined palace and costumes.

Many know the story of “Sleeping Beauty” as a Disney classic. Some know the Grimm brothers folktale. But very few know where the story actually began.