The Trials of Alice in Wonderland
The Trials of Alice in Wonderland, book by William J. Brooke, Music by Eric Rockwell, Lyrics by Joanne Bogart
Directed by our Enrichment Team with student assistants
Audition dates: June 8 & 9. 2026
Performance dates: August 7,8,9,14,15,16
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This fast-paced and witty show is set in Wonderland’s courtroom, where Alice is on trial. The Queen of Hearts is the judge, the Mad Hatter, White Rabbit, and Caterpillar are witnesses, and the jury is a deck of cards! Poor Alice must try to prove her innocence by re-living the events of the adventures we’ve all come to love. Her crime? Growing and changing. Both helping and hindering her are Tweedledee and Tweedledum, who spend most of their time trying to decide who is the attorney for the defense and who for the prosecution. To win the case and save her head, Alice must embrace the truth about who she is and be willing to wake up from the dream of Wonderland.
Run time is about 60 minutes with no intermission.
Roles for 17-20 kids:
CHARACTERS (*asterisk denotes solo singing)
- Queen of Hearts *
- King of Hearts
- Tweedledee *
- Tweedledum *
- White Rabbit
- Cheshire Cat *
- Mad Hatter *
- March Hare
- Caterpillar *
- Dormouse
- Alice *
- Tiny Alice *
- Mouse *
- Dodo *
- Eaglet *
- Lory *
- Three of Clubs
- Two of Hearts
- Five of Spades
- Four of Diamonds
How auditions work:
We skip straight to what other theatres do as callbacks. No appointment is necessary. Come to either group audition time and plan to read snippets from the script with other actors. Generally, it's good to audition for any/all roles in a play.
Before you audition
- Gather a list of ALL schedule conflicts between the audition date and final performance date. This is important. The director will cast the show and create a rehearsal schedule based on provided conflicts. If you (or your child) are cast, it is your obligation to adhere to the rehearsal schedule once it is set.
- If you have never auditioned with us, and/or if you have a lot of theatre credits, we encourage you to bring a photo headshot and/or theatre résumé with you to auditions. We've put together a basic theatre résumé template in Google Docs that you can copy and use as a guide. This is a generic guide only. A résumé is optional for most directors and does not have to look like this!
Rehearsal Information
- Specific rehearsal schedules will depend on the people cast, as well as other things that are happening at the theatre.
- IN GENERAL, we try to rehearse three or four weeknights (often Mon, Tues, & Thurs with occasional Wed or Fri), 6:30-8:30-ish, and Saturday mornings 9:30-noon-ish. But again, there are multiple factors that will affect your rehearsal schedule if cast.
- Actors are only called to rehearsal when their specific parts are being rehearsed, and directors do their best to work with reasonable schedule conflicts.
- Information about the first read-through will be given at auditions.
- If cast, you will receive a rehearsal schedule at (or sometimes before) the first read-through.
- If you (or your child) are called to rehearsal, the director is counting on your presence unless it was already on your conflict sheet.
More information
The theatre is located at 500 S Bosque (Hwy 22), Whitney, TX, 76692. It's next door to Whitney Elementary School's athletic fields, directly across from the cemetery. Parking and the main entrance are on the side of the building facing away from from the street. For more info, call the theatre at 254-694-5105.