ALICE in WONDERLAND:
halfway down the rabbit hole
a hybrid project: digital play/film
CASA Fall Play/Film Project, 2020-21 school year. We adapted a public domain script of ALICE in WONDERLAND and originally planned to film the piece scene by scene on site in our Theatre Studio classroom, a plan designed with pandemic safety in mind. Right before we were scheduled to begin filming, the school went fully virtual due to rising COVID numbers in our local area. The cast changed gears and instead recorded the piece on Zoom. Mr. Campbell (project director) & Mr. Corman (film manager) then edited the scenes from the Zoom footage, with an effort made to preserve as much as possible the aesthetic choices and concepts the scene directors had established in rehearsal (which includes a different actor portraying the title character of ALICE in every scene). While the pandemic forced us to change our plans, we are still proud of our cast and crew for their perseverance in seeing the project through, and the experimental creativity of the overall work seems to us most suitable for this wonderfully bizarre classic tale.
act one scene one
through the looking glass
act one scene two
running with queens
act one scene three
an egg on a wall + i'm drowning in my tears
act one scene four
songs on the beach
act two "a"
a tea party in the march hare's garden
act two "b"
a baby pig, a disappearing cat, the tweedles, & a strange game of croquet
act three scene one
queen alice
act three scene two
the courtroom
act three scene three
it was just a dream
Project Credits, cast & crew
CAST
ALICE: Spirit Jackson (Act I sc. 1), Hannah Speiser (Act I sc. 2), Najuma Norman (Act I sc. 3), Nyla Welsh (Act I sc. 4 & Act IIA), Kate Murray (Act IIB), Amani Weary (Act III sc. 1), Ava Giorgione (Act III sc. 2), & Brenna Doty (Act III sc. 3)
Lewis Carroll: Robert Campbell*
Red Queen: Ava Giorgione
White Queen: Kate Murray
White Rabbit: Brenna Doty
Humpty Dumpty: Nyla Welsh
The Gryphon: Emily Cruz
The Mock Turtle: Hannah Speiser
The Mad Hatter: Amani Weary
The March Hare: Des Ryer
The Dormouse: Camille Montgomery
The Frog: Olivia Nicotera
The Duchess: Hailey Lockner*
The Cheshire Cat: Hannah Speiser
Tweedledum: Amani Weary
Tweedledee: Des Ryer
King of Hearts: Spirit Jackson
Queen of Hearts: Najuma Norman
Knave of Hearts: Olivia Nicotera
The Spots: Camille Montgomery (2 Spot), Emily Cruz (5 Spot), Olivia Nicotera (7 Spot)
The Caterpillar: Najuma Norman
CREW
Directors: Robert Campbell*, Hailey Lockner*, Najuma Norman, Shayn Hunt
Assistant Directors: Jade Jarrell, Bekah Janes, Des Ryer
Stage Managers & Assistant Stage Managers: Olivia Fisher, Shayn Hunt, Najuma Norman, Jade Jarrell, Lindsey Molsky, Des Ryer, Bekah Janes, Hailey Lockner*
Design Cohort (scenery, costume, & sound design, rehearsal process): Charlotte Phillips, River Bowser, Allie Harris, Sydney Smith, Bekah Janes, Lindsey Molsky, Owyn Brewbaker, Shayn Hunt
Film Manager/Editor: Mick Corman*
Project Director/Producer/Editor: Robert Campbell*
Executive Producer: Timothy Wendling*
*denotes faculty/staff project team members
Special Thanks from the cast and crew of the fall play to: Kim Dickerson, Vicki Chambers, Sue Hill, Victoria Sexsmith, Rosie Campbell
"a child is more important than a joke"