Finding Alice
Cast: 14 actors (min. with doubling)
Run time: 90 minutes
from Lewis Carroll’s trilogy
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Alice Through the Looking Glass, The Hunting of the Snark and Alice’s Adventures Underground
Today is Alice’s birthday.
Her mother has invited their noisy, eclectic family to a tea party to celebrate, but Alice would rather play on her own, building a house of cards. And Dad would just rather play chess.
How can Alice avoid her annoying brothers?
Will her strange family even notice that she’s missing?
And will she ever get to meet the Topsy Turvy Alice in the mirror?
Suddenly, Alice finds a way to enter a world of adventure – a Wonderland.
Ideal for family entertainment or youth theatre production.
First performed in Virginia, USA in May 2026.
Cast:
Large cast with opportunities for ensemble scenes.
14 with doubling as suggested, or flexible as appropriate for school/youth groups
Characters:
DAD / HATTER - M
ALICE - F
MUM / CHESHIRE CAT / SEVEN OF SPADES / Lobster - F
BLACK QUEEN / also plays AUNT JET - F
WHITE QUEEN / also plays AUNTIE BLANCH - F
WHITE RABBIT / HUMPTY DUMPTY - any
GRYPHON / TWEEDLEDEE / DEREK / Frog Footman - Any
MOCK TURTLE / TWEELEDUM / DUGGIE / Hedgehog - Any
MARCH HARE / FIVE OF SPADES / Flamingo / Lobster - Any
DUCHESS / Cousin JESS / CATERPILLAR / Lobster - F
KING OF HEARTS / Also plays UNCLE REX - M
QUEEN OF HEARTS / Also plays AUNTIE ROSE - F
KNAVE OF HEARTS / Also plays JACK / Lobster - M
TWO OF SPADES / DORMOUSE / Hedgehog / Lobster - Any
Additional ensemble roles:
Lobsters, Fish, Flamingoes, Hedgehogs, Playing cards, Courtroom jury/audience.
May be performed on a black box stage, with ‘frames’ used as mirrors/fire places, and easily movable furniture.
