WONDERLAND: Alice Adventures  Summer 2026 in Seattle and Kent!
Bring your parasol and picnic and join us for an Adventure unlike any other!

   UPCOMING! August 16, 2:15-ish in Morrill Meadows, Kent, WA (main lawn)

    PLEASE! If you take/have any photos - consider sharing them with us! (or via Instagram or facebook @theatersimple)

DONE! :July 25, 2:15-ish    Westcrest Park, in the delightful Highland Park neighborhood, south West Seattle. WA 
                                  (in the meadow just south and below the playground, west of the dog park)

“Oh, my ears and whiskers! WHAT CAN HAPPEN?”
               well - one could -
FOLLOW White Rabbits! 
PLAY croquet with the Queen of Hearts!
SING and SKIP with the Tweedles!
MEET the Gryphon and the Mock Turtle
DANCE the Lobster Quadrille!
EXPLORE a tiny house or a giant flower garden! 
DRAW what you see, and see what you draw! 
COME. PLAY ~ and have some serious fun.
 (No age or ability limitations, limited obstacles.)
 

LET US KNOW YOU ARE COMING! 

CAST 7/25/26 : Westcrest Park, Seattle, WA
Katherine Andersen, Walden Barnett, Stacey Bush, Gavin Cummins, Hope Fyffe, Mike Hall, Llysa Holland, Sue Hyunh, Emma Klevan, Eric Klevan, Nicole LaFollette, Olivia Lee, Shaunibah Morfin,  K.Brian Neel, Jennifer Thames,  Sanskruti Tomar, Amber Wolfe.

Jumping Rabbits - Mya Bailey and Cassidy Ballew, of RopeWorks, West Seattle
Flower Beds - Red Path  Flower beds created by Jennifer Ewing
                            Red King ‘Napping’ Pansies created by Yazzy

Costume Design and Construction Doris Black
Costume Assistant /Dresser Fiona Black
Music composed by Robertson Witmer
Cheshire Cat created by Gavin Cummins
Volunteers: Kethry Boettcher and Danielle MItchell

Photographers: Zandi Carlson and Damien Zuver
 

WONDERLAND: Alice Adventures was originally created with the support of 4Culture in 2011.
In July 2026, with the support of 4Culture Sustained Support and a 4Culture Public Free Access Grant, we will be installing WONDERLAND in Kent and West Seattle! (Really - they are the most remarkable civic partners.)

WONDERLAND is a priceless theatrical park adventure inspired by and adapted from Charles Dodgson’s (Lewis Carroll) Alice stories, as well as his rhymes, wordplay, games and  puzzles.

WHAT IS THIS ABOUT? HOW DOES THIS 'PUBLIC ART' WORK? 
This immersive interactive event weaves together theater, music and giant games, intersecting with fanciful theatrical encounters.
Installed in a public park or community space, WONDERLAND plays with the whimsy and genius of Dodgson’s work as well as the audiences' imaginations and perspectives.
Weaving together large-scale events (think of an oversized croquet set or giant tictactoe game), theater (circus arts, puppetry, music and more) and interactive art, a quilt of experiences is created.
The goal is to conflate ‘play’ and ‘art’ together, and to remind viewers of all ages of the power of childlike, playful thinking and celebrate the upside-down logic inherent in Dodgson’s 'nonsense' works. By following characters down a performance path, getting clues from gossipy flowers, or seeing tiny private performances, participants - like Alice- will see their world with fresh eyes, and by following their own ‘adventure’ as it were, audiences become creators themselves.
Additionally, audience members are encouraged to bring picnics, take photos, create drawings, sculptures or poems based on their adventure. These can be shared via social media, a webpage or texted to anyone anywhere in the world to view.
An adventure in WONDERLAND will continue to engage the creative imagination long after the sets have been struck.