"Alice in Wonderland" Highlights Creativity

October 13, 2020

After the Spring musical, "Holiday Inn," went virtual last year, the Theater Department was eager to find a way to safely perform in person this fall. 

The Fall play, "Alice in Wonderland," shows off the creativity and resilience of our Theater Department. 

The show was double cast, which not only allowed twice as many students to have roles, it also ensured that in case a student needed to quarantine, their double from the other cast would be able to step in.

Masks were incorporated into characters' costumes, and the production was staged to keep characters six feet apart. Sanitary wipes have been incorporated into the show as props. The performances are being done outdoors at St. Kate's University, allowing the audience to also be safely socially distanced. The outdoor production also allows for creative staging that wouldn't be possible for an indoor show, such as Alice riding a bike.

"We never really knew if the performance would actually happen due to COVID-19 and the weather. So, I tried to reiterate the importance of the everyday opportunity to create art together," said Theater Director Katie Kreitzer. "The CDH Theater students were the definition of resilient. Several actors spent part of their rehearsal process in quarantine and they zoomed in to watch assistant director Anna Ek '23 perform their staging while they were at home. A few cast members had only been to three in-person rehearsals prior to their performance. Honestly, I still can't believe it actually happened. Six perfect weather performances with sold-out crowds and everyone feeling safe and happy to have some normalcy back in their lives. I am so proud to have been a part of it all."

The show will be livestreamed four times this weekend: Saturday at 2pm, Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 2pm, and Sunday at 7pm. Tickets are available now and must be purchased in advance.