Asistant Director A.J. Wharton asks the first and second graders if he can sit with them.
The cast of the York College Traveling Children's Theatre at the end of the play helping Alice return to her world.
The York College Traveling Children’s Theatre made one of its 20 stops at schools and libraries in Exeter on Tuesday morning.
The group of 13 students who have volunteer for the activity performed “Alice In Wonderland” adapted from the Lewis Carroll novel by William Glennon with a prologue written by YC drama professor John I. Baker III.
One of the unique features of the production is the interaction with the audience. The Exeter-Milligan kindergarten through sixth graders laughed, helped point out the hidden items and asked questions at the end of the play.
This is the fourteenth year for the Traveling Children’s Theatre under Baker’s direction. Alice did all of the typical Alice type things including following the rabbit down the rabbit hole, visiting the Mad Hatter’s tea party and playing croquet with the Queen.
The Queen of Hearts made her tarts and frequently spouted “Off with their ’eads,” to the students amusement. Things kept turning up missing which involved many of the players chasing each other around the gym to the delight of the audience.
It isn’t clear whether the players or the audience enjoyed themselves more. After introducing themselves with a brief bio, the YC students opened up the floor for questions from the Exeter-Milligan audience. The students wanted to know about the sound effects production, how the players change clothes so quickly and why they wore masks (it was explained that in the commedia dell’arte style of theatre masks are worn instead of make up).
The group of 13 students who have volunteer for the activity performed “Alice In Wonderland” adapted from the Lewis Carroll novel by William Glennon with a prologue written by YC drama professor John I. Baker III.
One of the unique features of the production is the interaction with the audience. The Exeter-Milligan kindergarten through sixth graders laughed, helped point out the hidden items and asked questions at the end of the play.
This is the fourteenth year for the Traveling Children’s Theatre under Baker’s direction. Alice did all of the typical Alice type things including following the rabbit down the rabbit hole, visiting the Mad Hatter’s tea party and playing croquet with the Queen.
The Queen of Hearts made her tarts and frequently spouted “Off with their ’eads,” to the students amusement. Things kept turning up missing which involved many of the players chasing each other around the gym to the delight of the audience.
It isn’t clear whether the players or the audience enjoyed themselves more. After introducing themselves with a brief bio, the YC students opened up the floor for questions from the Exeter-Milligan audience. The students wanted to know about the sound effects production, how the players change clothes so quickly and why they wore masks (it was explained that in the commedia dell’arte style of theatre masks are worn instead of make up).
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