Ten-year old Lorena Krauss is the “missing” Alice, discovered daydreaming and recruited by the other players. She joins the fantasy where each player later transforms with hats, masks and props into the surreal characters we remember. Lorena’s girlish charm and earnest embrace of the unexpected ties this project together, as it weathers the limitations of theatre-in-boxes.
Phillip Franke is appropriately “mad” as the Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Bobby Maldonado is fun as the swimming mouse and the March Hare. Andrew Muylle was an energetic White Rabbit; Elizabeth Johnson showed her range as a haughty Duchess and a woebegone Mock Turtle. Emily Kloc added imaginative blocking as the Cook, Tracy Smith dozed delightfully as the Dormouse, Bill Henson was an expressive Knave of Hearts tart thief and Michelle Smith was not too scary as the off-with-their-heads Queen of Hearts.
Kudos to director Helen Hart for directing this via Zoom, with characters more “in charge” of their own lighting/costume/blocking than usual.
The watching process worked well for us, going from the link at http://www.evolvetheatrics.com There is a place to make a donation there, but it is not required. Tickets must be obtained on October 16th and 17th. Once an audience member has obtained a ticket, they may watch the video at any time prior to the end of the day on October 17th.
As far as I know, there is no way to watch it after that date.