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North Haven Arts & Enrichment and North Haven Community School

One of the 2010 Imagination Intensive Community sites is North Haven Community. I was thrilled to hear from music teacher Courtney Naliboff about their fall presentation of Alice in Wonderland. Thank you to Courtney for providing the information for this blog post.

This fall, North Haven Arts & Enrichment and North Haven Community School presented Alice in Wonderland!  Adapted from the Florida Freibus and Eva La Gallienne script, this production featured live music by eighth grader Megan Goodell, performed by an orchestra of middle and high school students and community members, many of whom also acted in the play.  The scenery, masks and puppets were designed and constructed by local artist David Wilson, using newspaper and foamcore as the primary materials.  The goal was to use common objects to create a feeling of impermanence in the dreamworld of the show.  Kat Manock Alexander designed and constructed the costumes, building from a theme of black and white and expanding into rich color for Alice and her sister.  Flying objects in and out of scenes, as well as Louis Carrier’s high-contrast light design contributed to the surreality of the production.  All the performances were well attended, and the community response was terrific!