JONESBOROUGH REPERTORY THEATRE

 

"But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.

 

"Oh, you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here. I'm mad, You're mad"

 

"How do you know I'm mad?" said Alice.

 

"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn't have come here."

 

(Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 6)

 

The production, adapted for the stage by Eva le Gallienne and Florida Friebus, debuted on Broadway in 1932.  In this version, Alice enters Wonderland through a looking glass rather than a rabbit-hole, but it is still the bustling White Rabbit who leads her into a first act brimming with such favorite scenes from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland as the Caucus Race, her encounters with the Caterpillar and the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Tea Party, and the Queen of Heart's Croquet Game. But the fun doesn't end there! In Act Two, Alice finds herself traveling, rather hurriedly, through the chessboard realm of Through the Looking Glass. Will the Red and White Queens, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Humpty Dumpty and others help her to reach the final square and become a queen herself?

Cast

Alice:  Rosa Coletti    
White Rabbit:  Annika Burley
Mouse:  Rhia Joker
Dodo:  Kathryn Kenneson
Lory:  Walker Godfrey
Eaglet:  Shoshanna Stamm
Duck:  Maria Coletti
Caterpillar: Michelle Johnson
Fish-Footman:  Patrick Mardis
Frog-Footman: Aaron Brown
Duchess:  Cassidy Taylor
Cheshire Cat: Molly and Magda Gaines
March Hare:  Kevin O’Bryan
Mad Hatter: Hannah Miller
Dormouse:  Emily Nagy
Two of Spades:  Katrina Johnson
Five of Spades: Taylor Smith
Seven of Spades:  Elijah Stamm
Queen of Hearts:  Rachel Light
King of Hearts: Ryan Miller
Gryphon:  Alaina Wood
Mock Turtle:  Janette Johnson
Cook:  Kandis Curtis
Knave of Hearts:  Charles Griffin IV
Clubs: Sophia Cross, Sydney Cross, Julia Jeffress, Shoshanna Stamm
Hearts: Emmy Lanthorn, Abby Plemmons, Colin Jeffress
Red Chess Queen: Lexi Turner
Train Guard:  Catherine Miller
Gentleman in White Paper: Aaron Brown
Goat:  Patrick Mardis
Beetle:  Charles Griffin
Hoarse Voice:  Kandis Curtis
Gentle Voice:  Maria Coletti
Tweedledum:  Josh Ross
Tweedledee:  Dylan Yacks
White Chess Queen:  Hannah Jeffress
Sheep:  Gabby Wexler
Humpty Dumpty:  Colin Jeffress
White Knight:  Allen Smith
Horse: Kathryn Kenneson and Walker Godfrey

Crew

Stage Manager: Emmy Lanthorn
Crew: Abby Plemmons
Light Board Operator: Kasey Curtis
Sound Board Operator: Shelby Edwards

Performances of Alice in Wonderland will be March 19-28, Fridays-Saturdays at 7pm and Sundays at 2pm.  Tickets are $5 for students and seniors and $10 for general admission. The Jonesborough Repertory Theatre is located at 125½ West Main Street, Jonesborough, across from Jonesborough Presbyterian Church, next door to the Historic Eureka Inn. For information on tickets or to make a reservation, please call the Historic Jonesborough Visitors Center at 423-753-1010. For further information on the production call the Jonesborough Repertory Theatre at (423) 791-4440,  visit www.jonesboroughtheatre.com  or email jrtstudents@yahoo.com.