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Thank you for coming! I am so honored to have been able to work with these wonderful young actors. All of the students have worked hard on what you are about to see tonight. We started the semester working on improvisation and explored various types of theatre throughout the semester including musicals and Shakespeare. 

Students also explored backstage roles that were needed to help our play go as smoothly as possible. Some students served as actors and backstage crew members while other members on our team chose solely an onstage or backstage role. The entire process has been one big collaborative effort.

'Alice @ Wonderland' is a modern day version of 'Alice in Wonderland.' In our version Alice has a cell phone and Starbucks exists. When researching I found that these two things both became a part of our modern world in the 1970s. Our version of the story also requires the characters to dance at just the mention of the name, 'Wonderland.' With that, we thought it fitting to pay homage to the time period that gave us constant accessibility to each other and tasty caffeine that keeps us as energized as the white rabbit by adding 70s music throughout our first show and during the curtain call in our second show.

The students in both classes were intentional about adding music that matched the overall themes in the play. We hope you enjoy!

Thank you to all the parents, staff and administrators for your support. I want to give a special thanks to Mr. Patrick Kosal, Dr. Mandalinn Browning, Mr. Ron Bost, Mrs. Joy Miller, Mrs. Jacquie McGrath, Mrs. Kathleen Johnson, Ms. Emily Klingman, Mr. Kevin Leichman, Mr. Chris Carrington for designing our Theatare logo and printing the amazing shirts, the MMS Elective Team, the volunteers, MHS for hosting us, you the families, friends and guradians of our cast and crew as well as my family. Thanks to my Mom, and all the student family members who donated. Thanks to my husband Cliff for helping at every show. Thank you to my kids. Congratulations Jule and the MHS class of 2026 on your Senior year! Will, I look forward to you walking the halls at MMS next year.

This show is dedicated to my sister, Jackie who I unfortunately lost at the beginning of the semester. I love you and thank you for all of your support.

#ALLHEART

~Taren Mangual, Director