Delaware Arts Info: The Wonder of "Wonderland" in Wilmington

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

The Wonder of "Wonderland" in Wilmington

Wonderland at Delaware Children's Theatre.
Photo by Mike Malaney.

By Guest Bloggers Traci Murphy and Mallory Murphy. Traci Murphy is editor & co-founder of Brandywine Buzz, a free weekly email and blog for parents in the Brandywine Valley. Her daughter Mallory, age 12, is a theatre enthusiast, actor and 6th Grader at Brandywine Springs School.

Fighting siblings. A dog that only listens sometimes. Questionable food and drink. Insane acquaintances. Picking your battles. A leader that has no patience left. If there was ever a theatre metaphor for parenthood, this mom thinks it’s Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure, running at Delaware Children's Theatre February 24 through March 18.

Wonderland reminds us that "children and unicorns are fabulous monsters” — and together they have fabulous fun together onstage. Perfect for the "curiouser and curiouser” kids and tweens you’re corralling, Wonderland has fun music, plenty of dancing and audience participation to engage even the youngest theatre-goers (some parts are a smidge dark), and clever lines will amuse the adults that are tagging along. After all, we are all the Queen of Hearts sometimes — particularly when she tells Alice to “...best do what I say just because I said” — who can't relate to that? And while Alice and the Queen command your attention, your heart will be stolen by the little Dormouse who naps the scenes away.

Wonderland: Alice’s Rock & Roll Adventure raps and rhythms its way into stealing your heart while it rocks your socks off.

The 'flowers' in the cast of Wonderland at Delaware Children's Theatre.
Photo by Sheena Brooker.

-Traci

I really enjoyed going to see Wonderland at the Delaware Children’s Theater! I was an actor in Madagascar at this theater this season, so it was very fun to get to see people that I work with performing in a new show.

The show was really fun, and the actors were very talented. I think my favorite part of the show was the music — it made the play a lot different than the animated movie. The costumes were beautiful, especially the flowers. Good job, cast and crew!

- Mallory

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Delaware Arts Info Contributors

Michelle Kramer-Fitzgerald, blogmother. Originally from Pittsburgh and a die-hard Penn Stater, Michelle is the Owner of Arts in Media, a Delaware-based arts promotion firm, which launched this blog in June 2009. She enjoys and tries to support every genre of Arts. In her (rare) spare time, she loves to read, cook and occasionally, paint. She lives in Wilmington with her husband, Scott, and Dewey the Art Dog.

Charles "Ebbie" Alfree, III, blogbrother. Ebbie is ecstatic to be the “little brother” of Delaware Arts Info. He was voted Delaware Arts Info’s sexiest male blogger! When not performing his daily duties of development/marketing for a local non-profits, he’s in a theater somewhere on the East Coast watching a play, musical, concert or visiting a museum. If not there, look for him at the stage door waiting to meet actors. He's a "stage door whore!"

Regular "Guest" Bloggers
Christine Facciolo, Ken Grant, Chuck Holdeman, Mike Logothetis, Julia Mason, Carol Van Zoeren

Margaret Darby, founding blogsister. Margaret majored in music in college and has continued to play for decades - trying to measure up to skills her diploma claims she already has. She is a librarian by day, enjoys theatre and arts, and wakes up every morning hoping to improve her musical listening and playing abilities.

Jessica Graae, founding blogsister. Jessica is a singer, writer and teacher, now living in Pennsylvania. She is passionate about all things Arts: music, theatre, literature, photography, painting, food and anything else fun and interesting. Jessica has written for Community News, Sodexho and STAGE Magazine. In her spare time, she is photographing her two cats, Cenny and Bianca.

Holly Quinn, founding blogsister. Holly is a Delaware native with a degree in Fine Arts from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. After returning to Delaware, she got her start covering local and national music scenes for Big Shout and What It Is magazines. She currently works as a freelance writer for sites including Holidash, Parent Dish and Pop Eater. Holly lives in Wilmington with her husband and son.