Cast List Announced for Winter Musical, "Alice by Heart"

Auditions for the Archmere winter musical, Alice by Heart, wrapped up this month. The musical will run the first weekend in April. Alice by Heart is a modern spin on the Alice in Wonderland story with music and lyrics by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik (Spring Awakening). The play takes place during World War II in London. Teenagers are trapped in an underground bunker after the bombings of London. Alice (who loves the Alice in Wonderland novel) takes her friend Alfred to Wonderland to escape the trauma of the war.
Character List for Alice by Heart

Alice - Bridget McNamara
Alfred / White Rabbit - Colin Mosley
Tabitha / Cheshire Cat - Caileigh Crane
Clarissa / Queen of Diamonds - Gretchen Tonn
Angus / Caterpillar - Vivian Lehman
Nigel / Dormouse - Don Bogey
Dodgy / Duchess - Caeli McAlonan
Harold Pudding / Mad Hatter - Benjamin Yi
Dr. Butridge / King of Hearts - Luke Merritt
Red-Cross Nurse / Queen of Hearts - Brianna Cubbler
Nurse / Time - Natalie Skelly
Young Alice /Dodo - Reagan Gardiner
Young Alfred /Eaglet - Oskar Ploszaj

Nurses / Mock Turtles
Nurse /Magpie /Mock Turtle - Annie Shaposky
Nurse/Canary /Mock Mock Turtle - Isabelle Kim
Nurse/Duck /Mock Mock Mock Turtle - Genevieve Lunger
Nurse/Pigeon /Mock Mock Mock Mock Turtle - Katie Savitsky
Nurse ensemble – Lilyanna Kuchler, Anabelle Demosthene, Lily Domenico, Nyla Nkemta

Patients / Court
Underground Patient / Caterpillar 2 - Maya Granda
Underground Patient /Knave of Spades - Alice Trainer
Underground Patient /Knave of Clubs - CC Kittila
Underground Patient / Knave of Hearts - Kate Venditti
Underground Patient / Knave of Diamonds - Izzy Sanchez
Patient Ensemble – Madison Gates, Zora Zhang, Evelyn Goodrick

Understudy for Alice – Genevieve Lunger
Understudy for Cheshire Cat – Isabelle Kim
Understudy for Queen – Annie Shaposky

Swings – Lilyanna Kuchler, Madison Gates
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Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.