The Theater 2 class will perform “Alice in Wonderland” 7:00 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, April 27 and 28. Tickets cost $3 for students and children, and $5 for adults.

“Alice in Wonderland” is a 40 minute play by Jason Pizzarello adapted from the stories of Lewis Carroll. The play is directed by student teacher Kylie Howell and follows the young girl, Alice, after she fell through a rabbit hole. She journeys through Wonderland, meeting many whimsical characters, such as the Cheshire Cat, played by sophomore Jade Flores.

“The Cheshire Cat is very colorful,” Flores said. “He is also crazy. He seems to serve absolutely no purpose. But, in actuality, he turns Alice in a completely opposite direction. He really guides her through a lot of it. The Cheshire Cat was always my favorite character.”

Alice is played by sophomore Brooke Bellah.

“I like that Alice is very curious about everything that is going on in Wonderland,” Bellah said. “She’s just kind of been dropped off in this mysterious universe, and she’s just like, ‘Oh, what’s that?’ I just think she’s kind of fun.”

Bellah said that one of her biggest difficulties was matching Alice to the rest of the characters.

“Alice is the only ordinary character in this play,” Bellah said. “It’s kind of difficult making her really big as well, because she’s surrounded by all of these whimsical creatures and people. She’s just sort of ordinary.”

Bellah and Flores agreed that there is a lesson to the story.

“I think Alice in Wonderland is this deep story about a little girl who is imagining a world completely different than her own, because she is bored of it,” Flores said. “But then, at the end, she realizes that a world that is completely opposite of her own has no order, and she is better off learning to be happy with what she has, rather than a world full of madness and talking cats.”

The audience can anticipate a colorful rendition of the childhood favorite.

“I think people can look forward to seeing a lot of big characters they remember from the classic,” Howell said. “It is an adaptation, so it’s not as long, but we packed in a lot of favorite characters.

Along with the evening performances, the cast will perform the play for several elementary schools throughout Monday.

“We look forward to having children in the audience,” Howell said. “After I told the cast we were performing for children, they adapted to make their characters bigger, loud and bold for them. We are working on using images from the classic storybook, so those familiar with it will recognize them and enjoy it.”