Saturday, June 7 | 2:00 PM

 

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director ASHLEY WHEATER MBE
Conducted by ROBERT MCCONNELL
Live Accompaniment by members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra
 
Choreography by © CHRISTOPHER WHEELDON
Music by JOBY TALBOT
Orchestrated by CHRISTOPHER AUSTIN and JOBY TALBOT
Scenario by NICHOLAS WRIGHT
Costume and Scenic Design by BOB CROWLEY
Lighting Design by NATASHA KATZ
Projection Design by JON DRISCOLL and GEMMA CARRINGTON
Puppet Concept and Design by TOBY OLIÉ
Staged by JASON FOWLER, MICHELE GIFFORD, and JILLIAN VANSTONE
Lighting Recreated by SIMON BENNISON
Projection Programming by TROY FUJIMURA
Tap Coaching by MARK YONALLY
 
World Premiere: February 28, 2011 at the Royal Opera House in London, England, performed by The Royal Ballet
Joffrey Premiere: June 5, 2025 at the Lyric Opera House in Chicago, IL
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland sets and costumes courtesy of Royal Danish Ballet and Royal Swedish Ballet.
Presented under license by G. Schirmer, Inc., o/b/o Chester Music Ltd., copyright owners.
 
Alice Jeraldine Mendoza
Jack / The Knave of Hearts Hyuma Kiyosawa
Lewis Carroll / The White Rabbit Dylan Gutierrez
Alice's Sisters, Edita and Lorina Yumi Kanazawa, Natali Taht
Mother / The Queen of Hearts Lucia Connolly
Father / The King of Hearts David Gombert 
Magician / The Mad Hatter Jonathan Dole
Rajah / The Caterpillar Scott Reed
Vicar / The March Hare Jackson Miles
Verger / The Doremouse Nae Kojima
The Duchess Fernando Duarte
The Cook Ao Wang
Butler / Executioner Valentino Moneglia Zamora
The Footmen, Frog and Fish Hansol Jeong, Reed Henry

Act I

Maids
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Anabelle de la Nuez, Minjoo Kim
The Rajah's Entourage
Olivia Duryea, Basia Rhoden, William Hanford**
Falling Alice 
Jacob Anderson**, Gael Arturo Andrade Rodriguez**, Caleb Holt**, Andrew Sackett**
Guards
Jake Lapham*, Rowan Lindamood*, Jory Luther*, Paul Rivard*
Auditorium Waltz
María José Esquivel Losada, Audrey Nelson, Demi Trezona, Dayla Bowman*, Seehyun Kim*, Alexiane Fivaz**, Cassidy Leishman**, Sophia Longid**
Caucus Race
Dara Holmes, Yumi Kanazawa, Lindy Mesmer, Lauren Quinn, Natali Taht, Edson Barbosa, Evan Boersma, Blake Kessler, Xavier Núñez, Davide Oldano, Rowan Lindamood*, Ethan Maas*, Preston Walker*
Court Couples
María José Esquivel Losada, Minjoo Kim, Audrey Nelson, Cassidy Leishman**, Jacob Anderson**, Gael Arturo Andrade Rodriguez**, Caleb Holt**, Andrew Sackett**

Act II

The Cheshire Cat
Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Xavier Núñez, Paolo Randon, Ryo Sasaki, Sage Wilson, Jory Luther*, Paul Rivard*, Derek Wippel*
Caterpillar Soloists
Anabelle de la Nuez, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Julia Rust
Caterpillar Legs
María José Esquivel Losada, Audrey Nelson, Dayla Bowman*, Seehyun Kim*, Alexiane Fivaz**, Cassidy Leishman**, Sophia Longid**, Sydney McAllister-Bowen**
Flower Soloists
Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Gayeon Jung, Yumi Kanazawa, Edson Barbosa, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Derek Drilon, Blake Kessler
Flowers
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Tenley Connors, Amanda Illuminati, Lindy Mesmer, Natali Taht, Demi Trezona, Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Xavier Núñez, Paolo Randon, Ryo Sasaki, Sage Wilson, Derek Wippel*

Act III

Gardeners
Maxwell Dawe, Davide Oldano, Wictor Hugo Pedroso
Tart Suitors
Edson Barbosa, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Derek Drilon, Blake Kessler
Flamingos
Anabelle de la Nuez, Lauren Quinn, Basia Rhoden, Julia Rust, Seehyun Kim*
Playing Card Soloists
Olivia Duryea, Dara Holmes, Gayeon Jung, Yumi Kanazawa, Edson Barbosa, José Pablo Castro Cuevas, Derek Drilon, Blake Kessler
Playing Cards
Coco Alvarez-Mena, Tenley Connors, Amanda Illuminati, Lindy Mesmer, Natali Taht, Demi Trezona, Guillem Cabrera Espinach, Xavier Núñez, Paolo Randon, Ryo Sasaki, Sage Wilson, Derek Wippel*
Hedges
Sofia Gonzalez, Emily Jakola****, Oliver Reeve Libke****, Mia Carina Prado, Madelyn Rendak, Chloe Torices
Hedgehogs
Cora Hakim, Katherine Kitching, Jordan Roloff, Jaziel Peralta

 

*Joffrey Studio Company | ** Joffrey Academy Trainee | *** Joffrey Conservatory Student | ****Joffrey Academy Pre-Professional