ALICE

ALICE was my thesis production at the Yale School of Drama, my largest work yet in terms of budget, personnel, and institutional support, and an experience filled with joy and learning for me. I discovered this work through the Tom Waits album of the same name, which my dad played for me growing up. Though the story in the album is left mysterious, in combination with the libretto from Paul Schmidt it shares Alice Liddell’s life-long voyage of healing from childhood trauma. Working from a spare script, suggestive score, and the imaginations of my collaborators at Yale, we created the first English-language performance of ALICE.

Creative Team: Dan Pardo (Music Director / Arranger / Orchestrator), Anna Grigo (Secnic Design), Meg Powers (Costume Design), Rival Fairhall (Lighting Design), Dakota Stipp (Sound Design), Brittany Bland (Projections Designer), Bekah Brown (Stage Manager), Evan Hill (Dramaturg), HaoEn Hu (Technical Director)

Featuring: Robert Lee Hart, Sola Fadiran, Adrienne Wells, Ilia Isorelys Paulino, John Evans Reese, Jackeline Torres Cortez, Daniel Liu, Julian Sanchez, Jessy Yates

Musicians: Dan Pardo, Eponge Ekille, Calvin Caleel, Nate Huvard, Jillian Emerson, Leonardo Starck von Mutius, Jose Key

Production Photos: T Charles Erickson

Press: Hartford Currant Yale Daily News New Haven Independent New Haven Review