Upcoming: (*) Alice in Wonderland adapted by Jarryd Bendall, Palace Theatre, Seguin, September 14 - 23

Extended to Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29

Adapted for the stage by Jarryd Bendall from the works of Lewis Carroll. Directed by Laura T. Garza
Palace Theatre, 314 S. Austin St, Seguin, Texas, 78155
September 14 - 23, 2012 Fridays and Saturdays 7:30pm, Sundays 2:30pm Special Daytime performances September 18 & 20, 2012 Tuesday & Thursday 9:30am & 12:00pm
Tickets: General Admission $15 SATCO/Senior Citizens/Military $12 Child/Student w/valid ID $10 (School Organizations or Homeschooler's $5 per child for daytime performances only on September 18 & 20)

For More Information: For more information please contact Barbara Fernandez (210) 854-1610 or email dreamalittleproductions@gmail.com.
To purchase tickets please call (830) 549-3121 or visit www.dreamalittleproductions.com.

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We are excited to bring to the stage Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The dates of the performances are September 14th - 23th, 2012. This classical play of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland is set in present-day London and it follows the story of Alice as she rebels against her sister's lessons to go on an exciting adventure in the land of speculation. Along the way, she encounters a talking cat, a waistcoat- wearing rabbit, and many other fun and beloved characters from Lewis Carroll's tale that we hold dear to our heart.
This production of Alice contains scenery, costumes, and make-up inspired by the Victorian era fused with elements of the Steam Punk movement and highlighted with Anime color. The story focuses on growing up, and represents the child's struggle to survive in the confusing world of adults. But, more importantly, the story teaches us about the common struggles with personal identity, and the importance of each child's courage and confidence in discovering who they are, and who they want to be.

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Upcoming: ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND,Palace Theatre, Seguin, September 14 - 23

ALICE'S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND,Palace Theatre, Seguin, September 14 - 23
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Auditions and Crew Call in Seguin and San Marcos for Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, July 15 and 16

Auditions in Seguin and San Marcos for Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland , presented at the Seguin Palace Theatre by Dream A Little Productions & Tripwire Theatre, directed by Laura T. Garza. Sessions Sunday, 7/15 (4pm - 8pm) at the Palace Theatre, 314 S. Austin St. Seguin TX (click for map) and Monday, 7/16 (4pm - 8pm) at [note change!] Texas State University Jowers Building Studio B140** 4pm-8pm Callbacks July 19th and/or 22nd (if necessary) time and location TBD.

We are Looking for energetic, charismatic, professional-minded actors (18 yrs. and up) to audition for the well-known and loved characters out of Lewis Carroll's classic tale with a bit of a modern twist. *Mature teenagers are welcome to audition, provided they have previous experience and /or a professional attitude.*

*Actors will share 15% of ticket sale profits. Theatre seats up to 350.

Also looking for Tech Director, Sound Designer, ASM, and 2-3 crew members

** Auditioners please come with prepared with a headshot, resume, and a one-minute monologue that best showcases your energy and charisma needed for a children's show **

Rehearsals begin Wed, August 1st. Rehearsal schedule will be Monday thru Thursday (6pm – 9pm) with some Friday afternoon rehearsals for specific scene/actor work as needed. Weekend rehearsals start Friday, August 31st until the show opens. Not all actors will be called every day during the first couple of weeks, but beginning August 31st, ALL ACTORS will be expected to be at EVERY rehearsal. Performances will be September 14th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, and 1 or 2 weekday performances for school groups on September 19th and/or 20th

TO AUDITION, PLEASE COMMENT ON THIS EVENT PAGE http://www.facebook.com/#!/events/395387653874440/

or CONTACT LAURA TO SIGN UP FOR AN AUDITION: CALL# 210-789-3048 OR EMAIL: ltgarza87@gmail.com

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Upcoming: Alice in Wonderland, Austin Summer Musical for Children, Boyd Vance Theatre, August 4-5 and 11-12

presents August 4 -12 Saturdays at 11 a.m., 2 p.m., 4 p.m. Sundays at 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. free of charge!

Boyd Vance Theatre, George Washington Carver Cultural Center

1165 Angelina Street (click for map)

Alice, the new girl in school, has minutes to learn a poem for her first assignment in drama class. Alice not only stumbles her way through the verses, but into a fantastic Wonderland. With the help from the caterpillar, the Mad Hatter, the Tweedle twins, and other Wonderland favorites, they help Alice learn her lines and and make new friends. Join Austin Summer Musical for Children's retelling of the classic tale, "Alice in Wonderland."

Don't lose your head because all performances are FREE! Pick up tickets at the door starting 90 minutes before the show. See you there!

Upcoming: Alice in Wonderland, adapted by Andre Gregory and the Manhattan Project Theatre, Sam Bass Community Theatre, July 20 - August 11

Sam Bass Theatre Youth Guild 

presents

Alice In Wonderland

an adaptation by the Manhattan Project under the direction of Andre Gregory of the novel by Lewis Carroll

directed by Nelly Ruiz de Chavez

July 20 - August 11

Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m.

Sam Bass Community Theatre, 600 N. Lee St. , Round Rock (in Memorial Park)(click for map)

Tickets $18; $15 seniors, students, educators, military; $13 all Thursday performances Reservations: www.sambasstheatre.org. Purchase tickets at the Sam Bass Community Theatre website.

It's hard to imagine anyone not knowing the story of Alice and her Adventures in Wonderland, but you probably won't remember it quite like this! Our ensemble cast of Sam Bass’s Youth Guild brings Andre Gregory's classic avant-garde one-act play to life. This exuberant, funny version of Lewis Carroll's classic is NOT the Disney-fied version. It IS a piece of pure theatre that is full of truth, fun, terror, and uncanny pertinence to our own topsy-turvy times. Andre Gregory may be recalled by some as the subject of the film “My Dinner With Andre”, in which he played himself. 

Auditions: Alice in Wonderland by Austin Summer Musical for Children, May 5

Auditions for this year's show Alice in Wonderland are scheduled for Saturday, May 5 from 12 p.m. - 4 p.m. at the Boyd Vance Theatre in the George Washington Carver Museum. The museum and theatre are located at 1165 Angelina St, Austin, TX 78702, which will also be the location of the performances. (click for map)

Auditions will consist of script reading, choreographed steps, and singing. The artistic director is asking the applicant to prepare a 1-2 minute presentation that shows theatrical talents to their best advantage. There will be a couple of scripts to read if the auditioner chooses not to bring a preferred script. The choreographer will teach the applicant a small routine and watch the applicant perform it. The music director will have the applicant sing a song of his or her choice. The applicant may choose the song provided by the group or may bring one of his or her own. The music should be of a Broadway or pop style. There will be an accompanist available.

Note: Our cast consists of individuals who are graduating high school seniors and older who volunteer their time to be a part of this wonderful experience.

Please call 217-4911 to set up an appointment (walk-ins also accepted). Actors missing more than 2 rehearsals should expect to be dismissed with regrets from the cast due to the limited rehearsal schedule and our desire for a wonderful show.

The Austin Summer Musical For Children is celebrating 25 years of performing free children's musical theatre by entertaining delighted children and their families with familiar stories, catchy music, lively choreography, and colorful costumes. The cast interacts with the audience during the performances and in the autograph line to provide the children with maximum exposure to live characters. With a cast of 12, the ensemble provides wonderful family fun for the Austin community.

We would be delighted to provide you with any additional information you might require to join us in this amazing event. Please contact Debbie Touchet, the assistant director, with any questions: dtouchet@swbell.net or 217-4911.

Upcoming: Alice in Wonderland, a musical, EmilyAnn Theatre, Wimberley, June 3 - 26

Received directly:

presents

Alice in Wonderland
An Original Musical Adventure

by Michael Sirotta

June 3-26 (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 8:15 p.m.)

"Oh, my ears and whiskers, I'm late, I'm late, I'm late!"

Don't be late in joining the EmilyAnn Theatre in our musical journey this summer to Wonderland, where you will meet Alice and all of your favorite "mad" characters! This musical production, created by Michael Sirotta, is making it's TEXAS PREMIERE here at the EmilyAnn! Fun and magical for families and audiences of all ages, be sure to join us or...OFF WITH YOUR HEAD!!

Opening Night: $22/ticket (includes Mad Hatter Tea Party Reception before show and Talk Back with Playwright, Cast, and Crew after show)

All other performances:
Tickets: $15/adults, $10/students

Buy tickets online at www.emilyann.org, at the door, or by calling 512-847-6969

Upcoming: Wonderland, Bastrop Opera House Youth Production, January 28 & 29

Found on-line:

Bastrop Opera House Youth Productions present

Wonderland

The Musical Misadventures of a Girl Named Alice
Book by James DeVita
Music and lyrics by Bill Francoeur
Directed by Engela Edwards
Family musical performed for and by youth.

Wonderland! is an unabashedly silly adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Through the Looking Glass, with hip-hopping music. It is an upbeat story that audiences of all ages will adore! You'll recognize some of your favorite familiar characters of Alice's Wonderland along with meeting dozens of new ones: a baseball team, a train conductor, star-struck tourists, knights, and much more. An eclectic mix of music that ranges from gypsy swing to doo-wop to bluegrass. Enjoy toe-tapping musical renditions of “Jabberwocky” and “The Walrus and the Carpenter” as well as other great numbers such as “Anything’s Possible,” “Step by Step” and the hysterical “I was a Good Egg But Then I Done Went Bad,” sung by Humpty Dumpty and the Dixie Chickens!

Produced by special arrangement with Pioneer Drama Service, Inc., Englewood, Co.
January 28-29, 2011
at 1 & 5 p.m.

General Admission Tickets:
$5 for Seniors 60+, Students, Children, Active Military, & Veterans
$10 Adults; $12 VIP Reserved seating all ages
No added fees!

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Alice in Wonderland, Scottish Rite Children's Theatre, February 5 - 28

Macey Mayfield with her china doll good looks and silvery little voice is a lovely match for the imaginary Alice whom Lewis Carroll sent off to Wonderland.

Children's theatre in the style of the Scottish Rite Children's Theatre requires of actors a special willingness and ability. The actors have their audience just two steps away, on mats spread in the wide open space at the center of the theatre.

SRCT scripts pretty much banish the fourth wall, as well, and engage the kids in question and answer. Despite the imaginary "bottom glue" applied pre-show at the chirpy urging of a couple of cast members, the 4 - 8 year-old-crowd is a pretty unpredictable bunch. The little ones might get up and wander around and the older ones might think it's cute to sass back to the actors.

I enjoyed a preview show of Alice in Wonderland, even though the young audience wasn't really numerous enough to spark the participatory dynamic the actors were promoting. Once those bottoms were in place, Macey came forward unobtrusively and knelt primly at the front of the kid's area, starting as a member of the audience. Mrs Crabby-Pants the teacher (Corley Pillsbury) came on with the officious strut and patronizing sweetness of a rotten elementary school teacher, and suddenly we were all back in grade school. After some admonitory dialogue, she told Alice to come up and tell us the story of the dream that she'd had. And we were off to Wonderland.

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Upcoming: Alice in Wonderland, Scottish Rite Theatre, February 6 0 28

Click for ALT review, February 18



Found on-line:

The Scottish Rite Children's Theatre
presents

a new version of

Alice in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
adapted and directed by Michael McKelvey
Saturdays and Sundays, February 6 - 28, with some mid-week shows

A new version of Lewis Carroll's classic tale about a girl named Alice who tumbles down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar creatures.

at the Scottish Rite Theatre,207 West 18th Street, Austin, Texas 78701, at the corner of 18th and Lavaca, near the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum. $10 for adults, $8 for children. Buy tickets on-line or at the box-office (tel. 472-5436).

Group tickets at $6 per child are available for schools, care centers and groups of 10 or more, and must be arranged in advance through the box office. Group discounts are not available online. Group rates may not be available for all shows .

Ongoing: Wonderland by Flying Theatre Machine, improv for children, Hideout Theatre, Sundays September 13 - October 25

Received directly from Flying Theatre Machine (improv for kids):

Hi Flying Theater Friends!

Our brand new run called Wonderland opens September 13. We had a preview last week at the festival and it is going to be really special. You totally get to help us make Wonderland really wonderful.


For online tickets ($7) you can go to: http://www.hideouttheatre.com/shows/flyingtheatermachine .

Fly High!
Jessica Arjet (aka Penelope Foolish)

Alice in Wonderland, City Theatre, Aug. 21- September 14

The City Theatre gives us a rollicking musical good time with Alice in Wonderland and at the same time avoids the deadliest sin of adaptations – dumbifying (cf., the discussion between the Gryphon and Alice concerning “uglifying”).

Those of us who met our most cherished heroes of childhood not in cartoons but rather in words on the page or in tales read aloud have strong feelings about them. Certain precious books of childhood stand to lose most subtleties and many secret delights at the hands of an adapter.

Just remember what Disney did to Alice - - and worse, to Winnie the Pooh!

Andy Berkovsky and Stacey Glazer do NOT dumb down the wonderful text of Lewis Carroll. In fact, they go in the opposite direction – they take “Alice in Wonderland” almost verbatim, start to finish.

They do steal the irresistible Tweedledum and Tweedledee from “Through The Looking Glass,” but one can forgive them that because they and the actors do that two-ness so well.

Many 21st century creatures, and especially the very youngest, who were very much in evidence on Friday night, cannot possibly capture all of Carroll’s 19th century whimsy and pedantry. For example, the lengthy lecture on the kings of England offered as a “dry” text to the soaking-wet Alice and friends probably sounds like real nonsense to our young.

But the City Theatre compensates with sight gags, vivid costumes, song, dance and a hilarious klatch of creatures certain to keep everyone entertained.

And bravo to Nicole Sykes as Alice! She’s spunky, droll, animated and enchanting, with the élan and appeal of the young Judy Garland, whom she strongly resembles. She can sing and dance and carry on with the best of them. And her meticulous attention to the details of childhood behavior was lovely: the wide eyes of surprise, for example, the distracted moment of attempting to balance along the edge of the steps, or the unselfconscious scratching of an unexplained itch.


Her spontaneous bursts, alternating with her self-reprimands in the voice of an unseen governess or other adult, emphasize Carroll’s key message – that children are delightful in large part because they are such changlings. They grow, they become self-aware and self-critical, and then, one day, those amazing creatures are quite transformed. And not, Carroll would imply, necessarily for the better.

Here’s a Baedecker for this special journey, which travels through a space as intimate as your living room:

Diego Flores as the White Rabbit:


A fine collection of birds (Lory, dodo, and duck -- whose names play on those of Alice and her sisters) (Sarah Bannister Wilson, Elizabeth Rast and Jenny Keto)



Stacey Glazer as the Duchess, a spitting image of the Tenniel illustration



Casey McAuliffe as the Cheshire Cat, whose serenity, smile and casual body confidence made one yearn to be feline


Tweedledum and Tweedledee (or, actually, Liz Roark as Tweedledee and Jacob Safari as Tweedledum)


The tea party, complete with Alice, the March Hare (Austin Rausch) , the somniferous Dormouse (John Kelly), and the Mad Hatter (Nathan Brockett)



Dale Herbert as the Queen of Hearts, towering over everyone except the White Rabbit (Flores)



and Tyler Steph as the King (who has trouble, unfortunately, in differentiating between “important” and “unimportant”).


Other striking characters and costumes not captured in this collection are, among others, Fiona Rene as the many-handed caterpillar, Rachel McGinnis as the French mouse (spot-on accent, and that's from someone who knows), the froggy footman (Verity Branco), Sarah Tufts as the pepper-obsessed singing cook, the 2 and 5 of spades (Sebastian Garcia and Verity Branco), the Knave of Hearts (Robert Burkhalter), the cockney Gryphon (Kate Lefave) and the melancholy Mock Turtle (Daniel Lefave).

The eleven musical numbers put together by Walter Pohmeyer fit nicely into the action and dance. Some were slightly derivative. I think I recognized tunes approximating “Satin Doll,” the monkeys’ number in Disney’s Jungle Book, and “Hava Nagila.” But the score used full-band orchestrations, nicely modulated so that we could follow the actors as they sang.

I had some misgivings about the pre-curtain use in the theatre of Gershwin’s orchestral scoring for “An American in Paris” (Gene Kelly kept appearing in my mind). But for those without that baggage, Gershwin’s savvy syncopation is as good as softening-up as anything.

In sum: see it! Alice in Wonderland is a colorful and charming evening with zany friends, a happy adventure of music and absurdity.

The play left the children with sparkling eyes and the adults with some of the feelings that Carroll attributes to Alice’s sister at the end of the narrative, as Alice runs off, thinking what a wonderful dream it had been:

“First, she dreamed about little Alice herself: once again, the tiny hands were clasped upon her knee, and the bright eager eyes were looking up into hers – she could hear the very tones of her voice, and see that queer little toss of her head to keep back the wandering hair that would always get into her eyes. . . .

“So she sat on with closed eyes, and half believed herself in Wonderland, though she knew she had but to open them again, and all would change to dull reality. . . .

“Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood; and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago; and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.”


Click for Hannah Kenah's review in the Austin Chronicle, September 4