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Book, Music, and Lyrics By- Joe Barros and Rick Edinger
Alice in Alice's
Directed By- Joe Barros
Sunday, August 19, 2018 at 9:00AM

Alice's Tea Cup Chapter II
156 East 64th Street
New York, NY 10065


This 45-minute musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is performed by an ensemble of 4 actors with disabilities at Alice’s Tea Cup in New York City. The show intends to engage the imaginations of young audiences through actor-driven storytelling using only objects authentic to Alice’s Tea Cup and Alice’s world: tea cups, saucers, forks, knives, spoons, napkins, tablecloths, playing cards, and more! Young audience members will literally be pulled into the action to assist in telling the story. This adaptation intends to blend iconic moments from the classic story with fresh perspectives, shining new light on a young heroine’s journey. On the surface, this is a story about a girl who falls down a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. Dancing within Alice's wondrous reverie is a coming-of-age story about a young girl becoming a woman. In Wonderland, she is stuck between childhood and adulthood. But soon clarity arises from curiosity and confusion. Out of nonsense comes sense. While the characters themselves are not necessarily representative of specific archetypes or symbols, they exist as visions of Alice’s imagination and psyche - to open Alice’s eyes to her own experience. It is the objects that have symbolic meaning: the rabbit hole, the garden, the White Rabbit’s ticking clock, the Caterpillar’s mushroom, and so forth. In tandem with the ticking clock, the Queen of Hearts represents the very real threat of death. Hiring actors with disabilities allows us to create a non-traditional theatrical experience for children that highlights what makes these individuals' contributions both unique and extraordinary to the world of storytelling. We believe that it is vital for children to view those with disabilities as a normal part of our society. We hope to communicate the message that what society views as a limitation, is merely an opportunity for creation. This is, after all, what this story of Alice in Wonderland is about anyway - experiencing the world empathetically, and discovering it through new eyes.