Alice in Wonderland:

by Andrew Biliter

Bored with all the structure in her life, Alice does what any of us would She follows a rabbit down an elevator shaft to a world where nothing makes sense. But can she hang on to her own identity as she grows and shrinks, argues with birds, swims in a sea of her own tears, and gets put on trial by a deck of playing cards?With so many play versions of the Alice stories in circulation, Andrew Biliter’s stands out from the pack by splitting the part of Alice in three — adding impact to the many passages in Carroll’s original where Alice wonders aloud if she is still herself.Recommended 8-16

86 pages, Paperback

Published May 5, 2016

Reviews

[Andrew · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lighthouse Plays strives to create theatrical productions based on classic literature, appropriate for child-performers.
In this fast-paced nonsensical version of Wonderland, Alice is portrayed by 3 girls.
It follows the Wonderland book very closely and does feature some cool, yet simple, magical elements.
There are moments in this version where Alice does have its own developed plot line, diverting from the story and making it more original and personable for our protagonists' experiences, where others seem to copy-paste the book, losing sense of what each of the Wonderland characters are trying to teach her.
A large cast of characters rounds it out, but unless the director can explain the inexplicable behaviors and riddles of Wonderland, it will fall short.