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20/ ABBY VIECK – Tarta (Queen of Hearts) Stewart, Energizer Drink Team Member, Jabberwock Dancer 21/ KRISTIN WALKER – Caterpillar B, January "Madmen Caterpillar" Jones, Project Sunway Model, Unicorn, Jabberwock Dancer 22/ DEARDRA YERGER – Ocrah "Caterpillar/CAT" Sin-Free, Lory "Parrot", Hip Hop Judge, Project Sunway Model, Lead Jabberwock Dancer, Bandersnatch 23/ MAX ZAHNER – Energizer Drink Team Member, Mall of America Captain Coffee Sales Rep, Bill "Tweedle Dum" Winton, Project Sunway Model, Max "King" White, Jabberwock Dancer DESiGNEr’S NotES Scenic Design / Angie Weber Miller As is always the case with a new piece, Alice Wonders required some exploration. Lewis Carroll's Alice stories are rich with imagery, but this piece is not about one daydreaming Alice. Ultimately we chose to place the action on a large chessboard, and we carried that same design element up the back wall, which can move up and down to open and close the space. The action of the play alternates between a fantastical world and the very real intimate world of our main characters. This chess board metaphor serves both the game playing in the fantastical world and the navigation of the real world. Costume Design / Katharine Engelen and Emily Ganfield Alice Wonders is a play with three distinct worlds, the Alices, Wonderland, and the Jabberwock. The Alices' world is realistic with individual women sharing a journey. Thus they share a unified silhouette of short sleeves and a-line skirts, but the styling, colors, and pieces are meant to show their individual heritages and personalities. They enter the heightened world of Wonderland; a land of bright colors and rapid changes where color, movement, and representation are key. Finally, there is the dark underbelly of America, the Jabberwock. Here we see the Wonderland look but it has become dark, threatening, and devoid of individuality. The Alices have to move through and between these worlds to successfully become American. Sound Design / ryan Hopper Wonderland is a strange and, often times, overwhelming place for the outsider (the Alices). In our production, sound serves to reinforce this experience. Sound is key in differentiating between the three levels of experience in our production: Wonderland, the Jabberwock, and the Intimate Alices, while ultimately tying them together to form a cohesive sonic whole. Our musical inspiration comes from the realm of American contemporary culture, drawing pieces together from game shows, reality shows, and infomercials to modern hip hop and pop music. WHo'S WHo oN tHE ProDuCtioN tEAM Katharine Engelen (Costume Design) is a first year MFA student studying costume design. She is very excited about this new work and thrilled to work on it. Special thanks to my co-designer Emily, Joel Ebarb, and Rachel Lambert for all their support. Enjoy! Katie Felix (Associate Stage Manager) is a senior majoring in Spanish with minors in Theatre, Film and Video Studies, and Political Science. She previously worked on the fly crew for Arabian Nights. She would like to thank the cast and crew, especially the
awesome ladies of the stage management team, for this invaluable learning experience and memorable way to conclude her time at Purdue! Sydney Fisher (Associate Stage Manager) is a sophomore studying Theatre Design and Production, concentrating in stage management. Her most recent involvement was in The Understudy as Assistant Stage Manager. She wants to thank her family and friends for support and anyone involved with Alice Wonders for making this a great run!! Emily Ganfield (Costume Design) is a first year MFA candidate. This is her first mainstage show in the Hansen Theatre after debuting in the Mallet Theatre last fall with How the Other Half Loves. Favorite design credits include A Tuna Christmas, Actors Theatre of Louisville; To Kill a Mockingbird, Iowa State University; The Shape of Things, StageWest Theatre Company; Men of Steel, Locust Productions, among others. She is pleased to help bring this new piece to life. ryan Hopper (Sound Design) is a second-year MFA Sound Design Candidate at Purdue. Previous productions with Purdue Theatre include A Midsummer Night’s Dream, The Beauty Queen of Leenane, Dancing at Lughnasa, and Ad Infinitum 3 . He recently made his mainstage performance debut as a member of the Musician’s Chorus in Medea, directed by Mike Lenz. He has thoroughly enjoyed being a member of team Alice, and watching this new work grow and develop from inception to opening night. He would like everyone involved in this process for their support and inspiration and ultimately shaping the design to where it is today. Gordon McCall (Director/Playwright) Associate Professor of Theatre and head of the graduate directing program at Purdue since 2007, Gordon was Artistic/Executive Director of Centaur Theatre Company, Montreal, from 1997-2007. An MFA graduate in directing from The University of British Columbia, and founder of Vancouver’s Touchstone Theatre Company, Saskatoon’s Shakespeare On The Saskatchewan Festival and Kingston’s Garrison Theatre, Gordon is also the recipient of a Les Masque award for Artistic Direction. Last season for Purdue Theatre he directed, The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh, and for Buffalo’s Irish Classical Theatre Company, A Couple Of Blaguards by Frank and Malachy McCourt. He also played the lead role of Sigmund Freud in Freud’s Last Session by Mark. St. Germain at the Phoenix Theatre in Indianapolis. Internationally, Gordon has directed at Canada’s Stratford Festival, Australia’s Melbourne Theatre Company, Ireland’s Abbey Theatre (National Theatre of Ireland) and Washington’s Arena Stage. As a screenwriter Gordon was nominated for an ACTRA award as Best Writer TV Drama for his original screenplay, The Freedom Diary Of Lan Tran, produced in both English and French for Canada’s national CBC Television network. Other plays and screenplays written and produced include, Tiger Moth, CTV Television Network, The Cranberry Flats Traveling Medicine Show for Saskatoon’s 25th Street Theatre, Running On Frozen Air for The Nakai Theatre Ensemble, Whitehorse, Yukon, and The Promised Land for Winnipeg’s Prairie Theatre Exchange. He would like to thank the amazing students of our theatre program for such an inspiring and remarkable journey to Wonderland. Michelle Schultz (Associate Stage Manager) is a sophomore studying Education and is currently involved in the Purdue Bells. Previous Purdue experience includes working on the set of Blithe Spirit. Shout outs to her parents for their support over the years, to Maria Powers for introducing her to theatre, her high school theatre instructor, Mr. Phil Anderson, and Mike Lenz for teaching her about stage management. Mariah truax (Stage Manager) Alice Wonders is Mariah’s first show as a stage manager
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