Kids to bring ‘Wonderland’ to Canyon Lake

Get ready to follow Alice down the rabbit hole! “Wonderland” is here and kids from Canyon Lake and surrounding communities are bringing on the wackiness and excitement as they gear up for the big show.

Canyon Lake Community Theatre’s all-kids production of “Wonderland” will be performed at the Lodge July 22, 23 and 24. Tickets will be available on July 18 at CLPOA Member Services or by calling the CLCT hotline at 951-821-6767.

Here is the cast:

Alice: Taylor Pigeon and Valerie Reed; White King: Joshua Corns and Danté Fava; Red King: Ethan Cantrall and Reiley Reichman; Red Queen: Payton Albin and Ella Gotoski; White Queen: Jenna Daniel and Alexis Miner;

Mother: Katie Woodward; Troubadour: Fiona Gulati and Alexa Manning; Dixie Chicks and Responsibilities: Hannah Goering, Fiona Gulati, Alexa Manning and Madeline Tucker; Flowers: Ciara Frederick, Stellarose Gallardo,  Alyssa Martin, Zoe Silverlake, and Katie Williams;

Announcer/Emcee: Braedon LeGeyt; Ump: Emalie Turner; Catcher: Alex Gulati; Vendor: Luke Thomas; Hatta: Ryan Boatman and Meikaiah Svendsen; Knight: Ryan Coleman and Jace Febo; Squires: Dylan Barnum and Josh Lyons;

Tweedle Dee: Austin Back and Portia Dodd; Tweedle Dum: Alyssa Frederick and Rosemary Dodd; Train Conductor: Matt Thomas and James Wodoward; Ticket Seller: Madison Morgan; Humpty Dumpty: Nathan Coleman and Jamal Gaylor;

Chess Pieces/Featured Dancers: Payton Albin, Morgan Back, Ryan Boatman, Emily Dahlstrom, Jenna Daniel, Alyssa Frederick, Ciara Frederick, Stellarose Gallardo, Ella Gotoski, Alyssa Martin, Alexis Miner, Zoe Silverlake, Meikaiah Svendsen, Katie Williams, and Katie Woodward;

Tourists and Fans: Austin Back, Dylan Barnum, Ethan Cantrall, Isabelle Clark, Katie Coleman, Nathan Coleman, Savannah Coleman, Ashlyn Devere, Helena Devere, Portia Dodd, Rosemary Dodd, Danté Fava, Jamal Gaylor, Alex Gulati, Braedon LeGeyt, Aaliyah Lopez, Josh Lyons, Madison Morgan, Ramsey Reichman, Reiley Reichman, Paulina Sandoval, Luke Thomas, Matt Thomas, Madeline Tucker, Emalie Turner, Casey Williams, and James Woodward.

Director Ilene Moore says “Wonderland” is an unabashedly silly adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s “Through the Looking Glass.” With hip-hopping music, it is an upbeat, coming-of-age story that audiences of all ages will adore. Viewers will recognize some of their favorite familiar characters of Alice’s Wonderland, along with meeting dozens of new ones: a baseball team, a gospel group called The Responsibilities, a train conductor, star-struck tourists, plastic light-saber wielding knights and much more.

“Wonderland” presents an eclectic mix of music that ranges from gypsy swing to doo-wop to bluegrass, with toe-tapping musical renditions of “Jabberwocky,” “The Walrus and the Carpenter,” “Anything’s Possible,” “Step by Step” and the hysterical “I Was a Good Egg But Then I Done Went Bad,” sung by Humpty Dumpty and the Dixie Chickens!

For more information, contact Producer Heather Gotoski at 951-204-1968 or Jaimie Woodward at 951-377-6861, or email canyonlaketheatre@gmail.com.