Alice’s Adventures In Wonderland
Available roles for the production are as follows:
ANNOUNCER
Female/Male
DESCRIPTION: The voice for this and future SCP audio productions.
LINE 01:It’s time for the Santa Clarita Playhouse’s production of Lewis Carroll’s fantastical tale Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.
LINE 02: Making literature come alive, the Santa Clarita Playhouse is ON THE AIR.
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NARRATOR
Female
DESCRIPTION: She is the storyteller, sets the mood for the entire show.
LINE 01: It was a beautiful spring day. Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading.
LINE 02: As they walked hand-in-hand together through the tall blades of summer grass, Victoria pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her years, the simple and loving heart of childhood.
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White Rabbit
Male
DESCRIPTION: Nervous and always in a hurry. However, he is confident enough about himself to contradict the King of Hearts.
LINE 01: Oh! The Duchess, the Duchess! Oh! Won’t she be savage if I’ve kept her waiting!
LINE 02: (SHRILL VOICE) Their majesties’ court calls ALICE!
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Mad Hatter
Male
DESCRIPTION: Occasionally is very rude and provokes Alice during the tea party. When he is called upon by the Queen, he is very nervous and frightened.
LINE 01: Not the same thing a bit! You might just as well say that “I see what I eat” is the same thing as “I eat what I see”!
LINE 02: (PLEADING THOUGH SOBS) I’m a poor man, your Majesties!
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King of Hearts
Male
DESCRIPTION: The Queen of Hearts’ incompetent husband. She completely dominates him. The King doesn’t have much notion of how a trial works, but is rather stubborn.
LINE 01: Of course twinkling begins with a T! Do you take me for a dunce?
LINE 02: You ought to have finished before coming to court, it might spill. When did you begin?
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Gryphon
Male
DESCRIPTION: An ancient mythical beast. He takes Alice to the Mock Turtle. With him he explains the Lobster Quadrille to Alice.
LINE 01: It is the King. You can see it’s him under the wig, which is under the crown, which is on the King, who sits on the throne.
LINE 02: What! Never heard of uglifying! You know what to beautify is, I suppose?
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Mock Turtle
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: He seems to be very sad and constantly sobs. He tells Alice about his schooldays.
LINE 01: Ancient and modern, with Seaography: then Drawling–the Drawling-master was an old conger-eel, that used to come once a week: HE taught us Drawling, Stretching, and Fainting in Coils.
LINE 02: Two lines! Seals, turtles, salmon, and so on; then, when you’ve cleared all the jelly-fish out of the way-
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Dormouse
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: Another member of the tea party and witness. He constantly falls asleep and is mistreated by the Hare and the Hatter.
LINE 01: (TALKING IN SLEEP) Of course, of course; just what I was going to remark myself.
LINE 02: Yes, but I grow at a reasonable pace, not in that ridiculous fashion!
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March Hare
Male
DESCRIPTION: He is holding a tea party with the Hatter and the Dormouse. The party will continue forever, as they live in a frozen time. Later on, the March Hare is a witness during the trial.
LINE 01: (ENCOURAGING) Have some wine? There isn’t any!
LINE 02: It wasn’t very civil of you to sit down without being invited.
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Mouse
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: One of the creatures that fell into the pool of Alice’s tears. He tries to dry the others by telling them the driest story he knows.
LINE 01: Not like cats! Would YOU like cats if you were me?
LINE 02: Sit down, all of you, and listen to me! I’LL soon make you dry enough!
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Duck
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: Fell into Alice’s pool of tears.
LINE 01: I know what “it” means well enough, when I find a thing.
LINE 02: It’s generally a frog or a worm. The question is, what did the archbishop find?
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Lorry
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: Also fell into the pool of tears.
LINE 01: I am older than you, and must know better.
LINE 02: Well what? (BEAT) I refuse to answer to a child.
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Dodo
Male
DESCRIPTION: Another creature that fell into the pool.
LINE 01: Alright! The course is around this rock. One, two, three, and away!
LINE 02: Of course. (GRAVELY TO ALICE) What else have you got in your pocket?
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Eaglet
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: Also fell into the pool.
LINE 01: Speak English! I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!
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Mother Crab
Female
DESCRIPTION: Part of the party that fell into Alice’s pool of tears.
LINE 01: Ah, my dear young crab, let this be a lesson for you never to lose YOUR temper.
LINE 02: Next time I WILL!
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Young Crab
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: Part of the party that fell into Alice’s pool of tears.
LINE 01: Hold your tongue, Ma! (SNAPPISHLY) You’re enough to try the patience of an oyster.
LINE 02: Ouch! You almost cracked my shell!
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Pigeon
Female
DESCRIPTION: She mistakes Alice for a serpent because of her long neck. She tries to protect her eggs.
LINE 01: As if it wasn’t trouble enough hatching the eggs, but I must be on the look-out for SERPENTS night and day! (SOB) Why, I haven’t had a wink of sleep these three weeks!
LINE 02: (DEEPEST CONTEMPT) A likely story INDEED! I’ve seen a good many little girls in my time, but never ONE with such a neck as that. No, no! You’re a serpent; and there’s no use denying it. I suppose you’ll be telling me next that you never tasted an egg.
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Knave of Hearts
Male
DESCRIPTION: He carries the crown and is later accused of stealing tarts.
LINE 01: Please your Majesties! I didn’t write it, and they can’t prove I did: there’s no name signed at the end.
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Bill
Male
DESCRIPTION: A lizard and also employed by the White Rabbit. He has to go down the chimney to get Alice out. Later he is a member of the jury during the trial.
LINE 01: Well, I hardly know–No more, thank ye; I’m better now–but I’m a deal too flustered to tell you–all I know is, something comes at me like a Jack-in-the-box, and up I goes like a sky-rocket!
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Pat
Male/Female
DESCRIPTION: An employee of the White Rabbit. The Rabbit orders him to get Alice’s arm out of his window.
LINE 01: Sure then I’m here! Digging for apples, yer honour!
LINE 02: Sure, it’s an arm, yer honour! (PRONOUNCE IT ARRUM.)
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Fish Footman
Male/Female
LINE 01: (SOLEMN TONE) For the Duchess, an invitation from the Queen to play croquet.
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Frog Footman
Male/Female
LINE 01: (SOLEMN TONE) From the Queen. An invitation for the Duchess to play croquet.
LINE 02: (VARYING TONE) I shall sit here, on and off, for days and days.
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Five, Seven and Two
Males
DESCRIPTION: They are playing cards and the Queen’s gardeners. They’re painting roses red because they planted white ones by mistake.
LINE 01: Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a RED rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our heads cut off, you know. So you see, Miss, we’re doing our best, afore she comes, to-
LINE 02: Miss, you aught to lie face down, less the Queen should see ya!
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Executioner
Male
DESCRIPTION: Does the Queen’s beheading.
LINE 01: I’m not about to cut off a head unless there is a body to cut it off from.
LINE 02: I’ve never had to do such a thing in my entire career and I’m not going to begin at THIS time of my life!
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Auditions due by September 30, 2008.
FORMAT: Record and deliver all lines in CD-quality mono MP3.
FILENAME: charactername-lastnamefirstname.MP3
EMAIL TO: alice at thesantaclaritaplayhouse dot org
AGREEMENT: If you get the part, you will be required to sign SC Playhouse’s standard Voice Actor Agreement, in which case all copyright is centralized to SC Playhouse. There will be no compensation whatsoever and your involvement in this SCP production will be entirely out of your own interest.
All participants will be required to sign and submit the participation agreement upon submission of their audition. Follow the link an it will be submitted electronically.
Thank you.
