Lewis Carroll News

In this new Family Musik presentation, author, commentator, composer, and conductor extraordinaire Rob Kapilow brings Lewis Carroll's fairy-tale poem Jabberwocky to life through music and dance.

Georgia Shakespeare's producing artistic director Richard Garner has announced that local award-winning actors Daniel Thomas May and Courtney Patterson have been tapped to play Brick and Maggie Pollitt in Tennessee Williams' sizzling Southern tale of family deception, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, June 25 to August 1 at the Conant Performing Arts Center (4484 Peachtree Rd. NE).

Franklin Performing Arts Company (FPAC) will present Robert Chauls' Alice in Wonderland, a one act opera for the entire family on Sunday, April 5, 2009 at 3:00 pm at the FSPA recital hall. , 38 Main Street, Franklin.

The Fire Dept Artistic Directors Erica Gould and Audrey Rosenberg have announced that the return of the company's Salon Series-staged readings of new plays, presented in non-proscenium environments that encourage an intimacy between audience and performer, followed by a discussion with the artists and noted guest speakers whose life experiences speak to the issues raised by the material-will begin with The Minotaur by Anna Ziegler (BFF), directed by Erica Gould (Neil LaBute's autobahn and Stand Up), and starring Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Jill Clayburgh (Dirty Sexy Money, An Unmarried Woman), Campbell Scott (Dying Young, Singles, Longtime Companion), and Jeremy Webb (The Glorious Ones, Kander & Ebb's The Visit) on Friday, March 27 at 7 pm at the historic Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South at 20th Street. The event will be produced by Audrey Rosenberg (Infamous with Sandra Bullock, upcoming documentary about Barack Obama).

Victoria Theatre Association's Young at Heart Family Series is back for another year of fantastical entertainment - and at the same family friendly prices as last season! Victoria Theatre has just announced the 2009-2010 Young at Heart Family Series lineup, which includes fun for children of all ages: Alice in Wonderland, Spencer's Theatre of Illusion, Doktor Kaboom!, Seussical and Darwin.

Frank Wildhorn's new musical, WONDERLAND: Alice's New Musical Adventure is set to debut in Tampa late this year. WONDERLAND begins performances on November 24, 2009 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

The Fire Dept Artistic Directors Erica Gould and Audrey Rosenberg have announced that the return of the company's Salon Series-staged readings of new plays, presented in non-proscenium environments that encourage an intimacy between audience and performer, followed by a discussion with the artists and noted guest speakers whose life experiences speak to the issues raised by the material-will begin with The Minotaur by Anna Ziegler (BFF), directed by Erica Gould (Neil LaBute's autobahn and Stand Up), and starring Mario Cantone (Sex and the City), Jill Clayburgh (Dirty Sexy Money, An Unmarried Woman), Campbell Scott (Dying Young, Singles, Longtime Companion), and Jeremy Webb (The Glorious Ones, Kander & Ebb's The Visit) on Friday, March 27 at 7 pm at the historic Players Club, 16 Gramercy Park South at 20th Street. The event will be produced by Audrey Rosenberg (Infamous with Sandra Bullock, upcoming documentary about Barack Obama).

Frank Wildhorn's new musical, WONDERLAND: Alice's New Musical Adventure is set to debut in Tampa late this year. WONDERLAND begins performances on November 24, 2009 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

As the first initiative of the Broadway Genesis Project at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, TBPAC will produce a new Frank Wildhorn musical, to debut in Tampa late this year. The new show, WONDERLAND: Alice's New Musical Adventure will begin performances on November 24, 2009 at the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center.

Michael Rosen's best-selling, much loved children's picture book We're Going on a Bear Hunt is brought to life for the West- End stage in a strictly limited summer season. The charming, 55-minute adaptation of this award-winning book plays in daytime performances at the Duchess Theatre from July 9th 2009. Written by Children's Poet Laureate Michael Rosen and illustrated by the award-winning Helen Oxenbury, We're Going on a Bear Hunt has become a timeless classic that has entertained young children since 1989. This production is suitable for children aged three and over.

eXit Productions presents the New York premiere of Margie Pignataro's original work WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE-opening on February 4 at the Dionysus Theatre Complex's L'il Peach Theatre (270 West 36th Street) in Manhattan. Ben Gougeon and Doug Spagnola will direct. WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE is a post-modern trip through the worlds of Wonderland and quantum mechanics. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice stories, WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE follows Alice through the ten-dimensions of time and space as she searches for identity in an uncertain world. With help from characters such as the Schizophrenic Cat, the Syphillitic Worm and Tofurky, Alice finds her place in a post-9/11 world by learning to understand quantum physics, human sexuality and the power of choice. WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE premiered in Lubbock, TX with the Experimental Artists Theatre! (EAT!) in August of 2008. Directed by Ben Gougeon and Doug Spagnola, the cast of WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE includes: Christa Hinckley, Joe Jung, Carmen Rae Meyers, Terrence Monte, James Redfern, Caitlin Sams, Megan Simard and Miles Warner, with costume design by Shana Albery.

eXit Productions presents the New York premiere of Margie Pignataro's original work WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE-opening on February 4 at the Dionysus Theatre Complex's L'il Peach Theatre (270 West 36th Street) in Manhattan. Ben Gougeon and Doug Spagnola will direct. WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE is a post-modern trip through the worlds of Wonderland and quantum mechanics. Inspired by Lewis Carroll's beloved Alice stories, WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE follows Alice through the ten-dimensions of time and space as she searches for identity in an uncertain world. With help from characters such as the Schizophrenic Cat, the Syphillitic Worm and Tofurky, Alice finds her place in a post-9/11 world by learning to understand quantum physics, human sexuality and the power of choice. WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE premiered in Lubbock, TX with the Experimental Artists Theatre! (EAT!) in August of 2008. Directed by Ben Gougeon and Doug Spagnola, the cast of WONDERLAND IN ALICE: THE UNCERTAINTY PRINCIPLE includes: Christa Hinckley, Joe Jung, Carmen Rae Meyers, Terrence Monte, James Redfern, Caitlin Sams, Megan Simard and Miles Warner, with costume design by Shana Albery.

Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland will be performed Saturday, December 20th at 7pm on the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's stage.

Wonderland, a musical adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland will be performed Saturday, December 20th at 7pm on the Maltz Jupiter Theatre's stage.

Launching its fifth season as one of South Florida's major theatrical producing companies, producer/director Stephanie Ansin's much applauded production of Lewis Carroll's classic 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' will preview Thursday and Friday, November 6 and 7, followed by the official season opening Saturday, November 8, at 3 PM at The PlayGround Theatre 9806 NE 2nd Avenue, Miami Shores.

'Alice - Traditionally Twisted' is a playful adaptation of the children's classic Alice in Wonderland. Young and curious Alice falls through the rabbit hole into Lewis Carroll's delightful world of zany characters, unusual adventures and a land of pleasantly distorted reality.

NEW THIS WEEK! The final entrants of this year's BPF! News of Theatre Project! MET!

Westport Country Playhouse will stage a romantic thriller set in Edwardian London, 'Tryst' by Karoline Leach, August 5 - 23.

Westport Country Playhouse will stage a romantic thriller set in Edwardian London, 'Tryst' by Karoline Leach, August 5 - 23.

REACH Dance Company will present its first full length jazz ballet, 'Alice - Traditionally Twisted', on August 9th and 10th at The Atlantic Theater located in Jupiter. This is a collaborative effort with REACH's resident choreographer Maria Konrad and guest choreographer Devon Shearsby. 'Alice - Traditionally Twisted' is a playful adaptation of the children's classic Alice in Wonderland. Young and curious Alice falls through the rabbit hole into Lewis Carroll's