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| Getting ready for a walk to Wonderland. |
**Disclosure: I thank Theatre-Hikes and The Morton Arboretum for complimentary tickets to the performance. No compensation was received. All opinions are 100% my own.
"The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday-but never jam today!" Recently, we tumbled down the rabbit hole with Alice and returned with grins on our faces, entirely delighted! Last year, we first learned about
Theatre-Hikes while taking in an action-packed version of the
Three Musketeers at The Morton Arboretum. This year, we went "mad" when we learned that a production of
Alice in Wonderland was slated for this summer! We had to go! On a picture perfect Sunday, we were able to follow Alice and her crew through the trees absorbing nature while laughing and giggling throughout the thoroughly amusing production!
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| What is Alice thinking? Image courtesy of Theatre-Hikes |
Right from our initial introduction to Alice, we were hooked! Madalyn Mattsey was superbly cast as Alice and had the perfect facial expressions and mannerisms to capture this snarky and sweet character! Entirely Alice! All of the cast members were engaging and adeptly created a magical world with surprisingly few props. I was pretty curious about how the cast of 6 would be able to paint pictures of each of the Wonderland residents that we know and love. Their expressions, both verbally and facially, actions and creativity smoothly created Alice's imaginary world for us. While the whole audience thoroughly loved the production, the children were particularly entertained and even interjected comments into the characters' conversations. Adorable! The characters also reached out to the children eliciting ecstatic responses. What a wonderful memory for all of us and a great way to get children involved with theater!
