Montana Rep Theatre's Educational Outreach to Tour 'GROWING UP IN WONDERLAND'

Montana Rep Theatre's Educational Outreach Tour is proud to announce the opening of this year's Fall touring show Growing Up In Wonderland: Alice's Coming-of-Age Story. Written by Professor Jillian Campana and directed by Rosie Ayers, this funny and engaging modern-day comedy features characters inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.

Fourteen year old Alice does not want to be an adult, especially because she feels it is being forced upon her. When her older sister Lorina asks her to grow up she responds with, "Why would I want to do that?" Perhaps Alice is right. According to her, adulthood is boring, tedious, and unimaginative. But when she meets with a series of absurd characters at Lewis C. Wonder High School, she finds her maturity is tested and questions her sense of self. Perhaps an ability to deal with disappointment, sadness, and fear is just as important as retaining a youthful playfulness. Can Alice stay young at heart and still grow up? Can you?

Told in under 55 minutes, this coming-of-age story is played out by three actors who introduce us to high school freshman Alice, her friend and math tutor Charlie Rabbit (the White Rabbit), and the not-so-nice but ever smiling senior Kat (the Cheshire Cat), and Principal Hatter (The Mad Hatter) just to name a few, as they wind their way through the hallways of high school life on the way to growing up.

This presentation follows in the Montana Rep's Educational Outreach Tour tradition of bringing staged selections of the works of acclaimed historical writers to Montana communities.

Established in 1977, Montana Repertory Theatre has become one of the most respected professional touring companies in the country today. Recent productions include the highly acclaimed The Great Gatsby, It's a Wonderful Life, Death of a Salesman, A Streetcar Named Desire, Doubt, and To Kill a Mockingbird. The Montana Repertory Theatre has operated under the artistic direction of Greg Johnson, a member of the Acting/Directing Faculty team in The University of Montana's School of Theatre & Dance, for the past twenty-five years.