This is a brand-new show, Olympia Family Theater's second premiere of the season (after Wind in the Willows, currently recording its cast album). It derives from Ellen Jackson's 1998 book of the same name, in which Edna, the girl who lives next door to sad sack Cinder Ella, goes through a parallel life change after the royal family throws a ball. (A Minnesota troupe called Stages Theatre Company wrote and debuted its own musical version last year.) This Olympia incarnation was written primarily by Ted Ryle and directed by Kate Ayers - and it's every bit an Olympia entertainment, with progressive sociopolitical attitudes and an Evergreen shout-out.

Read Christian Carvajal's full review of Cinder Edna in Northwest Military's Music & Culture section.

CINDER EDNA, through June 9, 7 p.m. Thursday-Friday, 1 and 4:30 p.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Sunday, Olympia Family Theater, 512 Washington St. SE, Olympia, $9-$19, 360.753.8586