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photo: Alice in WonderlandAlice in Wonderland
Adapted from the Lewis Carroll book by Bruce Dries

A trio of young actresses portrayed the live-action role of Alice during the original run of Alice in Wonderland in the summer of 2006. Each took the stage on consecutive weekends at the Philadelphia Street Playhouse.

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The performances at the Philadelphia Street Playhouse were a rousing success, including the encore performances during the 2006 New Growth Arts Festival. Thanks go out to the Indiana Players for allowing us to be the first performers in their new theater.
Read the article in the Blairsville Dispatch.

Those who braved the heat during last summer's Downtown Indiana Kickoff Carnival were treated to a preview performance of Alice in Wonderland as the Mad Tea Party came to life on Philadelphia Street!

The cast of Alice in Wonderland also traveled to the Indiana Area Junior High School auditorium for a special presentation for the Life Skills classes from Indiana, Blairsville, and Homer-Center school districts. Not only were the students able to see a live performance of the show, they also met the puppeteers, learned about how the puppets were made, and received performance tips. 

Lois Rebovich and Lori Dadson, Life Skills teachers from Indiana Area Senior and Junior high schools, received an Education Initiative Grant and decided to use the award toward a professional puppet show because the students from the three districts had been making their own puppets with Armstrong-Indiana Intermediate Unit art teacher Trish Dodson. Read more at the Indiana Gazette.

To schedule a performance of the show at your location or for more information, please call 724-349-3928 or e-mail us at info@bloominpuppets.com

Our Alices
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Bethany Geiger
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Kaitlin Cawley
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Felecia Rowley

Bruce Dries: Bill the Lizard, Cheshire Cat, Mad Hatter, Executioner I, Cook II
James Lydick:
Cook I, March Hare, Queen of Hearts
R. L. Stoerkel:
White Rabbit, Caterpillar, Frog Footman, Gardner, Executioner II
Leslie Swentosky:
Duchess, Baby/Pig, Dormouse, King of Hearts

CREW (Philadelphia Street Playhouse, Summer, 2006)
Directed by: Bruce Dries
Set Design: R. L. Stoerkel
Set Construction: James Chapman, Jessica Glass, Brian Jones, John Henry Steelman, Rachel Nelson, R. L. Stoerkel
Light Design: Rachel Nelson, R. L. Stoerkel
Light and Sound Board: Corey Berkey, Rachel Nelson
Puppet Design and Construction: Bruce Dries, James Lydick, Leslie Swentosky, R. L. Stoerkel
"Alice" Costume: Diane Cawley
Prop Design and Construction: Brian Jones, Shirley Kraft, James Lydick, Leslie Swentosky
Ticket Sales: Peggy Buckley, Elizabeth Hutton
Publicity: Bruce Dries, Elizabeth Hutton, Leslie Swentosky, R. L. Stoerkel
Theater Manager: R. L. Stoerkel

Special Thanks to:
• Michael Feight Audio & Electronics for light and sound equipment
• IUP Department of Theater & Dance; Barb Blackledge – Chairman, G. Patrick McCreary, Brian Jones
• The families of our three young actresses
• The Indiana Players and the Philadelphia Street Playhouse

This project was supported by Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), the regional arts funding partnership of the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency. State government funding comes through an annual appropriation by Pennsylvania's General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance.