ALICE in WONDERLAND Adaptation and lyrics by Jim Eiler, based on the novel by Lewis Carroll. Music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy SYNOPSIS Another Prince Street Players children's musical where we meet again all those characters from Lewis Carroll and put them together in a crazy patchwork world worthy of Mr Dodgson himself. It's not Disney, but it's just as much fun! STORY Act One Alice is sitting on a tree stump reading a book. The book bores her and she puts it down to take a little nap. As she falls asleep, she dreams her way into Wonderland... A very white rabbit comes hopping by wearing a waistcoat and pocket watch. He is in a rush and is very upset that he is running late. Alice asks where he is going and he tells her he responds down the rabbit hole. She asks if she can join him and he indeed takes her. They fall for what seems like forever and end up in a hallway. The rabbit rushes through a door and Alice loses him. She tries various doors, but they are all locked. Suddenly, a table appears, and on it is a key, a bottle and a glass box. Alice tries to open three doors with the key. It fits all the locks but Alice is too tall to fit through any of them. The table tells her to try and drink from the bottle, which causes her to shrink! She is small enough to fit through the doors now. She has forgotten the key on the table but is too small to reach it. She then eats the cake that is in the glass box, which causes her to grow large enough to reach the key. The Rabbit comes running through again and drops his gloves and fan. She puts the gloves on and they make her shrink again. Alice is so confused by this place she begins to cry, and suddenly finds herself in a pool of water. She has cried so much that she is going to have to swim through her own tears. As she swims, a mouse comes swimming past her. As she converses with him a duck, a lorry and a dodo come swimming up, too. They have come to find out who Alice is. After they all introduce themselves, the birds lead Alice and the mouse ashore. They decide the best way to dry off is to have a caucus race. This is a race where they start in a circle and all start and stop when they wish and run any way they wish. All of the racers win the race and reward each other with prizes. Alice gives the animals candies and they present her with a thimble. Then, the mouse begins to tell them a story. His story is long and bores them all. When he realizes they are not listening he becomes furious. After he runs off, Alice begins to talk about her cat back at home. This frightens the birds and they scurry off as well. Then the rabbit comes running back in looking for his gloves and fan. Alice gives them to him and he runs off again. Next, a caterpillar appears. Alice is so confused about who and where and what she is. She figures a caterpillar would understand since he will transform into a butterfly. He explains that he is excited about the change since only the outside will change but inside he will still be the same. Alice walks off and finds the Cheshire cat sitting in a tree in the courtyard of the Duchess. The Duchess, her cook, and her baby come in. Alice tastes the cook's soup and asks if there is too much pepper in it. He becomes angry with her and they all start running around talking about too much pepper and people just minding their own business! Then, the Duchess hands the baby to Alice and tells her to care for him while she gets ready to go play croquet. Upon closer inspection, Alice realizes the baby is really a pig. The rabbit rushes in and hands Alice a ticket to go see the show at the Palace Music Hall. The first on the bill are Flora and Dora who are dancing daisies. Next are Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee, identical twins who sing in harmony and dance. Then, the rabbit, who is the emcee, presents Alice as the next act. She is to sing the tale of the Walrus and the Carpenter. She does so with help from some of the others present. After singing, Alice is even more confused than ever, and all the characters she has encountered come dancing and singing around her.
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