{"id":21742,"date":"2024-11-27T01:30:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-27T08:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/?p=21742"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T22:50:53","slug":"down-the-rabbit-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/woodriverweekly.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/27\/down-the-rabbit-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"Down the Rabbit Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"

Alice In Wonderland<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BY ISAIAH FRIZZELL<\/span><\/p>\n

The ever inventive programmers at the new Liberty Theater in Hailey (shoutout Pete Vallimarescu and crew) are doing a limited showing of Lewis Carroll\u2019s Alice in Wonderland \u2013\u00a0 <\/span>in both English and Spanish!<\/p>\n

This Alice in Wonderland is billed as a Live Radio Show; conjuring images of 1940\u2019s families gathered around the radio using their mind\u2019s eyes to paint images with words. It won\u2019t actually be on the radio but on the stage of the Liberty. The play is being directed by Veronica Moonhill who you may remember from Hammond\u2019s Castle.<\/p>\n

Naomi McDougall Jones, who adapted the original Carroll story, was the mind behind Hammond\u2019s Castle adaptation which was done in similar fashion last year. \u201cWe brought in a Foley artist to come on stage with the actors and make all the sound effects in real time. So the actors are at music stands on the stage playing a bunch of different characters. It\u2019s exactly how they used to make old radio plays, but it\u2019s like you\u2019re getting a behind the scenes look at that on stage.\u201d<\/p>\n

So yes, in something of a meta inception you\u2019ll be watching the creation of the classic story while your mind\u2019s eye is open to fantasize and draw characters along with the sound.<\/p>\n

The original, timeless, classic penned by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1865 hits harder than ever in 2024. The very phrase associated with Alice\u2019s adventure \u201cgoing down the rabbit hole\u201d has become a slang moniker for doing research on anything or simply becoming interested in a topic, especially if done on the internet. YouTube rabbit holes, anyone?<\/p>\n

As we all likely remember, Alice at the behest of a harried white rabbit, falls down a rabbit hole. As time and space distort she meets a motley cast of characters including the Cheshire Cat, the Mad Hatter and the Queen of Hearts. Any number of interpretations of the book\u2019s meaning can be found on a YouTube search (rabbit hole) including intriguing conspiracies and interesting connections to mathematics as it is generally well known that Carroll was a mathematician. One interesting bit is how, in the Disney cartoon, it is Alice\u2019s cat Dinah who causes her to fall into the rabbit hole. And that\u2019s also where the beauty and ingenuity of this production shine.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s fun is that the Disney movie kind of watered down the Lewis Carroll story. You know, it took out a lot of the weirder parts, obviously because of the era it was in and, of course, because it\u2019s Disney. So in writing the adaptation, it was really fun to get to put some of the stranger and more fantastical parts of the Lewis Carroll story back in. So I think it\u2019s going to be a really good blend for families and kids who have seen the Disney movie. There will be the parts that they recognize and expect, but then there will be these other parts that they may not have ever known about or will get to be surprised by.\u201d<\/p>\n

Very exciting stuff!<\/p>\n

Ever forward thinking, the producers have upped the ante. Jones explains, \u201cWe have two separate casts, one is an English speaking cast and one\u2019s a Spanish speaking cast. The first three performances on Friday night, Saturday matinee, and Saturday evening are going to be in English with the first cast.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt 2 p.m. on December 8th our Spanish cast is going to perform it entirely in Spanish and that performance is free and open to the public. It\u2019ll be kind of a holiday festival and that performance will have free refreshments, cookies and drinks afterwards.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Liberty Theater is quickly becoming the most interesting venue in all of the Valley. Their music programming with the Battle of the Bands and wild, underground acts along with unique,independent films play brilliantly with retrospective classic films and modern fare like Dune.<\/p>\n

REMINDER:<\/b> People do have to sign up for tickets ahead of time through the website but the December 8th Spanish performance\/party is totally free!<\/p>\n

Be sure to visit libertytheaterhailey.com to sign up for either the paid or free Spanish version. Tickets must be acquired to inform the theater of occupancy.<\/p>\n

Por La Madriguera Del Conejo<\/b><\/h1>\n

Los siempre inventivos programadores del nuevo Liberty Theatre en Hailey (agradecimiento a Pete Vallimarescu y su equipo) est\u00e1n haciendo una proyecci\u00f3n limitada de Alicia en el pa\u00eds de las maravillas de Lewis Carroll, \u00a1tanto en ingl\u00e9s como en espa\u00f1ol!<\/p>\n

Esta Alicia en el pa\u00eds de las maravillas se anuncia como un programa de radio en vivo; evoca im\u00e1genes de familias de la d\u00e9cada de 1940 reunidas alrededor de la radio usando sus ojos mentales para pintar im\u00e1genes con palabras. En realidad, no ser\u00e1 en la radio sino en el escenario de La obra Liberty. Est\u00e1 dirigida por Veronica Moonhill, a quien quiz\u00e1s recuerdes del Castillo de Hammond.<\/p>\n

Naomi McDougall Jones, quien adapt\u00f3 la historia original de Carroll, fue la mente detr\u00e1s de la adaptaci\u00f3n de Hammond\u2019s Castle, que se hizo de manera similar el a\u00f1o pasado: \u201cTrajimos a un artista de Foley para que subiera al escenario con los actores y hiciera todos los efectos de sonido en tiempo real. \u201cAs\u00ed que los actores est\u00e1n en los atriles del escenario interpretando un mont\u00f3n de personajes diferentes. Es exactamente como sol\u00edan hacer las viejas obras de radio, pero es como si estuvieras viendo eso detr\u00e1s de escena en el escenario\u201d.<\/p>\n

Entonces s\u00ed, en una especie de meta inicio, observar\u00e1s la creaci\u00f3n de la historia cl\u00e1sica mientras tu mente est\u00e1 abierta para fantasear y dibujar personajes junto con el sonido.<\/p>\n

El cl\u00e1sico original y atemporal escrito por Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) en 1865 tiene m\u00e1s fuerza que nunca en 2024. La misma frase asociada con la aventura de Alicia \u201cbajando por la madriguera del conejo\u201d se ha convertido en un apodo del argot para referirse a investigar sobre cualquier cosa o simplemente interesarse en un tema, especialmente si se hace en Internet, en las madrigueras de Youtube, \u00bfalguien?<\/p>\n

Como probablemente todos recordemos, Alice, a instancias de un conejo blanco acosado, cae en una madriguera de conejo mientras el tiempo y el espacio se distorsionan y se encuentra con un elenco variopinto de personajes que incluyen al Gato de Cheshire, el Sombrerero Loco y la Reina de Corazones. Se pueden encontrar interpretaciones del significado del libro en una b\u00fasqueda en Youtube (madriguera de conejo), incluidas conspiraciones intrigantes y conexiones interesantes con las matem\u00e1ticas, ya que en general es bien sabido que Carroll era un matem\u00e1tico. Una parte interesante es c\u00f3mo, en la caricatura de Disney, es la gata de Alice, Dinah, quien la hace caer en la madriguera del conejo. Y ah\u00ed es tambi\u00e9n donde brilla la belleza y el ingenio de esta producci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n

\u201cLo divertido es que la pel\u00edcula de Disney diluy\u00f3 la historia de Lewis Carroll. Ya sabes, elimin\u00f3 muchas de las partes m\u00e1s extra\u00f1as, obviamente por la \u00e9poca en la que estaba y, por supuesto, porque es Disney. Entonces, por escrito en la adaptaci\u00f3n, fue muy divertido volver a incluir algunas de las partes m\u00e1s extra\u00f1as y fant\u00e1sticas de la historia de Lewis Carroll. As\u00ed que creo que ser\u00e1 una combinaci\u00f3n realmente buena para las familias y los ni\u00f1os que han visto la pel\u00edcula de Disney. ser las partes que reconocen y \u201cEsperen, pero luego habr\u00e1 otras partes que tal vez nunca hayan conocido o que les sorprendan\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u00a1Cosas muy emocionantes!<\/p>\n

Siempre con visi\u00f3n de futuro, los productores han subido la apuesta. Jones explica: \u201cTenemos dos elencos separados, uno que habla ingl\u00e9s y el otro que habla espa\u00f1ol. Las tres primeras funciones ser\u00e1n el viernes por la noche, el s\u00e1bado por la noche y el s\u00e1bado por la noche. Estar en ingl\u00e9s con el primer elenco.<\/p>\n

A las 2 p.m. del 8 de diciembre, nuestro elenco espa\u00f1ol lo presentar\u00e1 completamente en espa\u00f1ol y esa presentaci\u00f3n ser\u00e1 gratuita y abierta al p\u00fablico. Ser\u00e1 una especie de festival navide\u00f1o y despu\u00e9s de la presentaci\u00f3n habr\u00e1 refrigerios, galletas y bebidas gratis. \u201c<\/p>\n

El teatro Liberty se est\u00e1 convirtiendo r\u00e1pidamente en el lugar m\u00e1s interesante de todo el Valle. Su programaci\u00f3n musical con la Batalla de Bandas y actuaciones clandestinas y salvajes junto con pel\u00edculas independientes \u00fanicas se reproducen de manera brillante con pel\u00edculas cl\u00e1sicas retrospectivas y platos modernos como Dune.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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