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Alice in Wonderland

Adapted from the children's book by Lewis Carroll

  • The Cast of ALICE IN WONDERLAND
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Rusty Allen, Katherine Lyle, & Sarah Van Deusen
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Katherine Lyle & Sarah Van Deusen
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Katherine Lyle & Garrett T. Houston
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Rusty Allen, Katherine Lyle, Shaan Sharma, & Zoe Velling
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Rusty Allen, Katherine Lyle, Shaan Sharma, Zoe Velling, & Sarah Van Deusen
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Sarah Van Deusen, Katherine Lyle, & Zoe Velling
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Katherine Lyle
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Shaan Sharma, Sarah Van Deusen, Katherine Lyle, Zoe Velling, & Garrett Houston
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Sarah Van Deusen, Zoe Velling, Shaan Sharma, & Garrett T. Houston
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Zoe Velling, Sarah Van Deusen, & Katherine Lyle
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Rusty Allen
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Rusty Allen, Sarah Van Deusen, Garrett T. Houston, Zoe Velling, & Katherine Lyle
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Sarah Van Deusen
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Zoe Velling
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Sarah Van Deusen
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Rusty Allen, Zoe Velling, & Shaan Sharma
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Katherine Lyle, Garrett T. Houston, & Zoe Velling
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Zoe Velling, Shaan Sharma, & Katherine Lyle
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Shaan Sharma, Sarah Van Deusen, Katherine Lyle, Rusty Allen, Zoe Velling, & Garrett T. Houston
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

  • Katherine Lyle, Sarah Van Deusen, Garrett T. Houston, & Rusty Allen
    Photos courtesy of Barter Theatre

Synopsis

It's Lorina's birthday, and her younger sister Alice is upset because she has no gift to give her. Then Lorina hands Alice a blank book and suggests that the wildly imaginative Alice write her a story. Alice isn't sure how to start - until a wily White Rabbit steals her book and leads her down a rabbit hole into a Wonderland full of wildly eccentric characters including a grinning Cheshire Cat, a wise old Caterpillar, an overprotective Pigeon, a Mad Hatter, his equally mad sidekick the March Hare, and a very angry Queen of Hearts. Alice will need all her wits to find the White Rabbit and get her book back before it's "off with her head!" A magical take on a timeless children's classic - fun for the whole family!

Cast

Alice a young girl; wild imagination
Freddy Alice's younger brother, grins when he lies
Lorina Alice's older sister; loves hats
Mama Alice's mother
Papa Alice's father, smokes a pipe
Uncle Charles a family friend; always late
White Rabbit steals Alice's book, leads her down the rabbit hole
Mushroom a fungus with magical properties
Caterpillar pipe-smoking insect; all-knowing
Pigeon a mama-bird determined to protect her nest
Cheshire Cat grinning feline; likes to disappear
Mad Hatter a hatmaker who speaks in riddles; quite cuckoo
March Hare the host of a perpetual tea-party; also cuckoo
Two of Hearts a playing card assigned to paint the white roses red
Queen of Hearts demanding monarch with very little patience
King of Hearts the queen's loyal spouse
Knave of Hearts he stole some tarts
Various roles including Trees, Rabbit Hole, Water, etc.

Specs

Cast Size: 6 (3m, 3w) with doubling
Approximate Run Time: 53m
Number of Acts: One
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Production History

Alice in Wonderland was first produced in 2018 by The Barter Players (Abingdon, VA), Katy Brown, Artistic Director

Casting Notes:
ACTOR 1 – Alice
ACTOR 2 – Lorina/Door/Water/Bird’s Nest/Mad Hatter/Two of Hearts
ACTOR 3 – Freddy/Rabbit Hole/Key/Swim/Cheshire Cat/Tree/Knave of Hearts
ACTOR 4 – Mama/Door/Water/Pigeon/March Hare/Queen of Hearts
ACTOR 5 – Papa/Rabbit Hole/Eat/Oarsman/Caterpillar/Woods/King of Hearts
ACTOR 6 – Uncle Charles/White Rabbit/Drink/Swim/Mushroom/Woods/Tree
Cast Size: 6 (3m, 3w) with doubling
Approximate Run Time: 53m
Number of Acts: One
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Synopsis

It's Lorina's birthday, and her younger sister Alice is upset because she has no gift to give her. Then Lorina hands Alice a blank book and suggests that the wildly imaginative Alice write her a story. Alice isn't sure how to start - until a wily White Rabbit steals her book and leads her down a rabbit hole into a Wonderland full of wildly eccentric characters including a grinning Cheshire Cat, a wise old Caterpillar, an overprotective Pigeon, a Mad Hatter, his equally mad sidekick the March Hare, and a very angry Queen of Hearts. Alice will need all her wits to find the White Rabbit and get her book back before it's "off with her head!" A magical take on a timeless children's classic - fun for the whole family!

Cast

Alice
a young girl; wild imagination
Freddy
Alice's younger brother, grins when he lies
Lorina
Alice's older sister; loves hats
Mama
Alice's mother
Papa
Alice's father, smokes a pipe
Uncle Charles
a family friend; always late
White Rabbit
steals Alice's book, leads her down the rabbit hole
Mushroom
a fungus with magical properties
Caterpillar
pipe-smoking insect; all-knowing
Pigeon
a mama-bird determined to protect her nest
Cheshire Cat
grinning feline; likes to disappear
Mad Hatter
a hatmaker who speaks in riddles; quite cuckoo
March Hare
the host of a perpetual tea-party; also cuckoo
Two of Hearts
a playing card assigned to paint the white roses red
Queen of Hearts
demanding monarch with very little patience
King of Hearts
the queen's loyal spouse
Knave of Hearts
he stole some tarts
Various roles including Trees, Rabbit Hole, Water, etc.
Casting Notes:
ACTOR 1 – Alice
ACTOR 2 – Lorina/Door/Water/Bird’s Nest/Mad Hatter/Two of Hearts
ACTOR 3 – Freddy/Rabbit Hole/Key/Swim/Cheshire Cat/Tree/Knave of Hearts
ACTOR 4 – Mama/Door/Water/Pigeon/March Hare/Queen of Hearts
ACTOR 5 – Papa/Rabbit Hole/Eat/Oarsman/Caterpillar/Woods/King of Hearts
ACTOR 6 – Uncle Charles/White Rabbit/Drink/Swim/Mushroom/Woods/Tree

Production History

Alice in Wonderland was first produced in 2018 by The Barter Players (Abingdon, VA), Katy Brown, Artistic Director
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