Dean Poling | The Valdosta Daily TimesA full court of characters greets 'Alice@Wonderland' in the Gingerbread Players production. 

VALDOSTA – The White Rabbit may be late but Alice’s cell phone has died.

While Wonderland remains stuck in the 1800s when Lewis Carroll first created the beloved children’s story, the title character is a thoroughly modern Alice in Gingerbread Players of Theatre Guild Valdosta production of “Alice@Wonderland.”

Gingerbread Players is the children’s theatre arm of the Guild. “Alice” features 35 area children and youths, said Bethanie Bass, the show director.

“Alice is in Wonderland and her cell phone is not charged,” Bass said. “She’s asking about the internet. And the Wonderland characters do not know what she’s talking about.”

Or singing about.

The show is a musical created by Jonathan Yukich, Bill Francoeur and Scott Deturk.

The Gingerbread Players synopsis: “The folly of the 21st century collides with the madness of Wonderland in this rocking musical adaptation that remains faithful to Lewis Carroll’s original tale. Alice is a texting, tweeting and Googling girl of the modern digital era, yet she finds herself in the Wonderland of old. With all of the characters you know and love including the Mad Hatter, the White Rabbit and the Queen of Hearts, this musical imagines a present-day Alice encountering the Wonderland so many of us treasure.” 

THE CAST: Ella Barrett, Holly Shoemaker, Kaitlyn Allbritton, Lauren Greer, Alexis Walker, Anna Cozart, Jacks Dean, Dalton Bell, Kayden Candelario, Souad Dennis, Miriam Dennis, Mia Betlow, Meagan Ritter, Rylee Hill, Victoria Sibley, Amariah Bush, Sarah Grace Puckett, Lydia Barnes, Amelia Covington, Jayda Clay, Sadie Covington, Georgia Luechtefel-Russell, Weston Dickson, Kinnon Dickson, Sam Butler, Bryson Schlachter, Lyam Schlachter, Brookelynn Repsher, Brenley Ginn, Gracie Matthews, Ariana Francis, Addison Walker, Zayn Covington, Ava Grace Bradford, Millie Browning.

DIRECTION, PRODUCTION: Bethanie Bass, director; Jackson Butler, Joseph Betlow, David Dennis, Kimberly Lammons, technical crew.

 

SHOWTIME

Gingerbread Players of Theatre Guild Valdosta presents “Alice@Wonderland.”

When: 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 29-30; 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 1; 7:30 p.m., Oct. 6-7; 3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 8.

Where: The Dosta Playhouse, 122 N. Ashley St.

More information: Call (229) 24-STAGE or visit www.theatreguildvaldosta.com.