Another tour de force from the American Repertory Theater, "Alice vs. Wonderland" is a colorful, fun adapation of the Lewis Carroll classic that features budding young actors from the ART Institute. To ensure everyone in the class had a fulfilling role, the director divided the role of Alice into six actresses -- all of whom had different clothing but the same red backpack. I particularly liked the performance of Alice 5, Jennifer Soo.
The identity crisis Alice faces in the play mirrors the journey everyone makes in their teenage years. The messages and emotion in the the play were intensifed by the reaction of the audience, which consisted mostly of high school students. I'm sure the experience would be quite different with a more "mature" audience. I'm very glad to have had this experience with teenagers though! (Matinee on Wednesday, 9/22/10).
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