This year's school play was called Wonderland, performed on April 13 and 14. It was sort of Alice in Wonderland but with additional characters and centered around a chess game theme. Susannah landed one of the lead roles as Alice, and she was on stage for virtually the entire play. She sort of stayed put and the 'scenes' evolved/revolved around her with minimal props and scenery. It almost felt stream of consciousness and didn't always seem to make full sense.
The other characters were entertaining and it was fun to see them interact with Susannah's Alice. A few times, Susannah guided her fellow actors to their correct lines and kept the play going smoothly. It was a pleasure to see her leadership and her two solos were beautiful.
Of course (by this mom's measure), the most entertaining 'side' character was Hatta, played by Moriah. She thought it would be a bigger role, like the Mad Hatter, and she had some momentary angst when comparing Alice's stage time with her character's stage time. Even though the role was smaller than she would have liked, Moriah totally played up her scenes and was a definite highlight of the play.
I will try to update this and put some photos on, but all I have right now is the video I took of the play. I'm not sure I'll post the songs they sang, but I might. The girls may have some photos from the play on their cameras, too....
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