Alice by Heart

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Above the concrete of the London streets, war has broken out.

As the British join the allied powers to fight against the Nazi regime, a whole other world lies below their feet. The London Tube has been transformed into a bunker where, for five years, millions and millions of people seek shelter. People lived, breathed, worked, slept, died, and survived in the underground, but most importantly, children grew up.

Join young Alice Spencer as she escapes from her London bunker in the center of World War II and into her favorite book: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Amid her literary adventure, she discovers that the line between fantasy and reality has blurred, forcing her to confront the world around her. What was once an escape becomes reality, as she uses the story to come to terms with love, loss, dreams, and death in war.

Alice by Heart makes us question why we turn to stories in times of grief—and if we can ever truly get lost within them. When the story begins to slip away, what remains?

CAST FOR THIS PERFORMANCE

SAMANTHA CHU as ALICE

SAM CUSSON as ALFRED/WHITE RABBIT/MARCH HARE

ISABELLA SCOLARO as NURSE/QUEEN OF HEARTS

BRAIDEN LEE as HAROLD/MAD HATTER/MOCK MOCK TURTLE

KEIRA BOTJER as TABATHA/ CHESIRE CAT

AIDAN RYAN as DODGY/DUCHESS/MOCK MOCK MOCK MOCK TURTLE

MIA ROSE WILLIAMS as CLARISSA/MOCK MOCK MOCK TURTLE | HUDSON QUINN as NIGEL/DORMOUSE/KNAVE OF SPADES | ELIJAH DOR as ANGUS/CATERPILLAR | MICKEY WIRTZ as DR. BUTRIDGE/KING OF HEARTS/JABBERWOCK/MOCK TURTLE | NATALIA KANTNER as CATERPILLAR 2 | JOSIE AXELSON and AYDEN MAYA CHACKO as ENSEMBLE

*Please note that the cast is subject to change

PRODUCTION TEAM

Produced by LEAH FRANTZ in association with TISCH NEW THEATRE | Production Managers BENOIT ELIAS-ROBERGE AND MOLLY LITVIN | General Manager RACHEL LEE | Production Stage Manager JESSE YOUNGSTEIN

Technical Directors NAVEEN BANGALORE and ALEXANDRA NATION | Scenic and Props Designer WENDY ZHANG | Hair and Makeup Designer EMMA LI | Lighting Designer BENOIT ELIAS-ROBERGE | Costume Designer CAMILLA CARRASCO | Dialect Coaches JOSE ROMERO and LUKERIA PETRUNINA | Intimacy Director SOFI LOPEZ ARRENDONDO | Dramaturg LAKE MERITT | Head of Development JULIA LIPZSTEIN | Marketing Director ASPEN NARAIN | Assistant Director ASTA TRIVEDI | Assistant Music Directors ZOË FARAJIAN, MAYA KILE, and NYA HOLMES | Assistant Choreographers JAIDE MALONE and AUDREY RICHARDS | Assistant Producers SIGNY ACKERMANN and JAYLA EBANKS | Assistant Production Manager ESME CUATLE | Stage Manager ARYANA PIROS | Assistant Stage Manager ISABELLE ORMSBY | Assistant Lighting Designer and Lightboard Operator SARAH CLARKE | Associate Scenic Designers DYLAN DUGORUD and Z WECHSLER | Props Designers TAYLOR WILLIAMS and ELI KAN | Assistant Costume Designer MAXWELL GUTIERREZ | Wardrobe Supervisor KADY NANKIVEL | Development Assistant MULTI MCMACKIN | Marketing Assistant HANNAH STOBER | DEIA co-chairs RACHEL LEE and HANNAH STOBER | Photographers ARI ISENBERG, MASON JIN, JESS EICHEN, and AYDA BAHRAMPOUR | Videographers MARIA RENKAS and LUCY TIAN | Graphic Designers JINGWEI MU and RITZ FAN | Assistant Artistic Director IFE DAVIS | Sound Board Operator TINA QIU | Assistant Wardrobe CARTER NARANAJO

Choreographed by ERIN AMSTEIN | Music Directed by CHELSEA MELNICK

Directed by JULIETTE MARKMAN | Artistic Director JULIA FREITAS-GORDON

Book by STEVEN SATER and JESSIE NELSON | Lyrics by STEVEN SATER | Music by DUNCAN SHEIK

Orchestrations by Duncan Sheik Additional Orchestrations by Vocal Arrangements by Simon HaleJason Hart Alice by Heart was first commissioned and produced by National Theatre Connections in 2012 Developed with the Assistance of Theatre Aspen, Aspen, Colorado A workshop production of Alice by Heart was presented by New York Stage and Film & Vassar at The Powerhouse Theater, Summer 2018 New York Premiere at the MCC Theater February 26, 2019 Artistic Directors: Robert LuPone, Bernard Telsey, & William Cantler Executive Director: Blake West. Alice by Heart Is presented through a special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Theater For the New City, 155 1st Avenue, New York, United States