ALICE Research Topics

Each member of the company was given a special research topic to delve into during the winter break between the Fall and Spring semesters. Everyone will share what they have discovered with the rest of the company when we return to rehearsals in January. We will also post information on this blog.

Belle Adams  (Alice)

Special Research: Alice Liddell and fictional Alice

Megan Duncan  (Tiny Alice/Cook/Seven)

Special Research: Victorian Party Games

Kirstie Newman (Walrus/Queen of Hearts)

Special Research Topic: Royal behavior (also Bloody Mary)

Michelle Pavao (Duchess)

Special Research: A bit about Vaudeville (Also about performance style of Janis Joplin for Duchess)

Kelli Plaisted (Giant Alice/Mock Turtle/Knave)

Special Research: Mathematics, The tradition of Nonsense Stories, Verses, and Riddles

Katie Rich (White Queen/Tweedledum)

Special Research: The rules of Chess (Also Dickens's Miss Havisham informing White Queen?)

Priscilla Mellado (Cook/ Dormouse/Five)
Special Research: English High Tea, Afternoon Tea

Austin Book (White Rabbit, White Knight)

Special Research: The evolving concept of Time in Victorian England

Jack Holdeman (Lewis Carroll and Mad Hatter)

Special Research Topic: Lewis Carroll, Oxford, Nonsense Verse, Mathematics

Allen Hopkins  (Caterpillar/March Hare, Two)

Special Research: Victorian Card Games

Juan Salvador (Table/Jabberwock, Carpenter)

Special Research: The tradition of Nonsense Stories, Verses, and Riddles

Chris Yarrow (Tweedledee/King of Hearts)

Special Research: Victorian Societal Rules 

Kellen Gold 
Special Research: Knights' Battle Conventions, Jousting, Tournaments, etc.