2nd Rehearsal of "Alice" ROCKED!

Christopher (Left) and Logan (Right) Worked extremely well together and shared MANY ideas for the script with Director Erin Byrne!

Director Erin Byrne (Far Left) assisted the actors in this scene about Alice's Little Brother, played by Jackson (Left) meeting the 3 Princesses (from Left to Right, Shelby, Amber & Alivia)

Amber (center, with arms up) was hard for the camera to catch, but her antics were hilarious!

Here, we see actors (from Left to Right: Brendan, Logan, Christopher & Chloe) reading a scene where the Queen of Hearts catches her "playing card-servants" painting her roses red.

Chloe was a comical and insanely scary "Queen of Hearts," and the boys in the scene didn't know whether to laugh or run away!

Uh-oh!  Nowhere left to run or hide from this mean Queen!

As we see here, Chloe is actually a very nice young lady, and her reading of the Scary Queen was pure Acting, at its finest!

This was a GREAT reading of Alice meeting the Cheshire Cat done by Kaley (Left) and Katie (Right).

They both displayed tremendous ATTITUDE with their roles, and I'm thinking both girls can EASILY play a "DIVA" very well!

And speaking of playing the part of a "Diva" well, here we see Mr. Kolin P. in full Cheshire Cat Attire, who was asked by director Erin Byrne to play the Diva Cheshire Cat so we could all "see how it's done!" 

We couldn't quite capture the magic of it all, but Kolin (Left) read a FABULOUS Cheshire Cat with all the Diva attitude in the world.  Partnered with him (Right) is Sydney, who read an extremely proper "Alice" and did not break character despite Kolin's wild antics.

Kolin (left) had to giggle a little, and who can blame him, but Sydney held the scene together.  After the reading, Kolin marched right up to Director Erin Byrne and said, "YOU OWE ME!"  Dually noted, dear Kolin.  Great job!

This scene, although read VERY well by (from Left to Right) Amber, Kolin & Kaley, will likely be cut from the final script.  It was part of the tea party, and they could hardly stay in character while entertaining us with their portrayals.  

Sydney (Left) and Kaley (Right) pose for a hug.

THESE GUYS WERE DOWNRIGHT HILARIOUS!!  From Left to Right, Brendan, Christopher & Jackson read this funny tea party scene & got a HUGE response from the audience!  Great Job, Guys!

"Clean Cup!  Move Down!"  And they all change seats.  HAHAHAHA!  Too funny!

Here, Director Erin Byrne (Left) is caught in a funny moment of "Hmmm" while Logan (center) and Katie (Right) read the same funny Tea Party scene as the 3 boys listed above.  Again, HUGE audience response!

MAD HATTER:  "I've Got a Wonderful Idea!" MARCH HARE:  "What is it?"  HATTER: "Let's change the subject!"

Shelby (right) EXPLODED with stage presence as the Diva Cheshire Cat!  She is pictured here with Chloe (center) and Alivia (right).

A cute showing of "helping your fellow cast members out," Chloe (center) helped the girls with the difficult words in the script.  Alivia (Right) did a wonderful reading of "Alice!"

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1st Rehearsal of "Alice & The Lonely Hearts Club Band"

1st  Day of "Alice & The Lonely Hearts Club Band" Rehearsals Were a Success!!  WOW-what a STRONG group of performers!

Bronwyn read a frightening Queen of Hearts in this scene with (from left to right) Kolin, Joe, Bronwyn and Chloe there in the back to the far right.

Kaley getting into character for a very dramatic and silly role.  Not a big stretch for this talented starlet! :)

Here, we have a scene that was read well by these girls, but we all agreed it probably won't make the final cut of the script.  From left to right, pictured are: Deandra, Sydney, Kaley & Taylor.

"He did it, your majesty!"

"No, HE is to blame, my Queen!"

"ENOUGH has been said!  OFF with BOTH of your HEADS!"

Chloe (left) and Bronwyn (right) worked so well together, you'd think they'd been friends for years!

Their comedic timing together was perfect, although this will be the first Theatrikids production they've worked on together.

See what I mean?  They had us rolling on the floor with laughter!

Speaking of having us rolling on the floor with laughter...Is it obvious that these 2 "Veteran" Theatrikids students (Kolin on left, Joe right) have worked together before? :)

Kolin (left) appeared as "Dewey Finn" and "Theo" in Theatrikids' "School of Rock-The Musical!" while Joe was the very animated "Spyder, " or as he often said, "Spyderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!"  Chloe did a great job not breaking character to laugh at this comedic duo when they read this scene.

Veteran Theatrikids' Students Kaley (left) & Taylor (right) love working together, as we can see here :) Awwwwwwww...

We were happy to meet new Theatrikids student Deandra, whose reading of the Cheshire Cat was priceless! 

Kolin & Joe, caught at a moment of "Wait, what was that line?"  Director & Playwright Erin Byrne relies on the ideas of the students to build the plot and develop the characters into a Masterpiece of a show!

"What was that, my Queen?"

Sydney (left) and Kaley (right) are quite poised and proper for this tea party scene. 

We're not quite sure why Taylor (right) chose to wear the wolf-head for this scene, but it did add a certain flair!

Deandra (far left) had a great time with the "Cheshire Cat's tail" prop!  We almost couldn't get it back from her!

Here's Taylor trying the scene without the wolf hat.  I am still trying to figure out what the heck is pictured on her shirt...

After this reading of the tea party scene, which I made them do sitting, then again standing, it was Sydney (pictured center, green shirt) that made the comment "sitting or standing, that scene doesn't really work."  We all agreed, and they took lots of time thanking me SO much for making them run through it twice, especially since it was rather confusing.  You're welcome, ladies--That's what Directors are here for--making you do everything over & over! :)

And Finally...
Below Are Some Videos We Took in Class, but Miss Erin's phone was so low on memory, the tea party scene came out choppy.  DON'T MISS KOLIN'S VOCAL AUDITION OF "LET IT BE"--That young man has some PIPES!  I also want to note that it is his own Original rendition of the song, and an extremely IMPRESSIVE INTERPRETATION for someone of his age!