The Carolinian [November 23, 2010]

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Wren~s Alice puts modern spin on a classic tale
Michael Hamm~rsly
StaffWriter
Jim Wren's adaptation of Alice
in Wonderland rendered a new
breed of theatre based on the clas­sic
books 1hrough The Looking
Glass and Alice's Adventures In
Wonderland by Lewis. CaJroll.
So what did audien~es have to
e:Xpect of Wren's urban techno
adaptation of the play? There .is
an immense amount of ground­breaking
creativity fit into a small
sixty ffiinute time frame. "Alice"
is a program that must be viewed
multiple times in order ~o catch all ·
that Wren lias done.
Maiya Reaves perlQrm~ the
modern form of Alice, the charac­ter
to which the. play centers it§elf.
Instead.of sitting on a riverbank
with her sister · and stumbling
·upon bottles labeled "Drink Me"
an~ cake labeled "Eat Me;' Alice
finds herself asleep at her desk
while attempting to complete her
suinmer teading.
Wren ·consistently incorporates
lines and ideas from the original
'l\lice" while ·still · .q}aintaining
modern originality. · Alice com­plains
about the book she has to
rea:d and states out loud, "What·
is the use of a book, without pic­tures
or conversations:' Alic~
then starts a webcam conversa­tion
with her sister and is inter­rupted
by pop-ups of the "White
Rabbit" character. After three or
four Jnterruptions, the conv.er~
sation comes to a ,close and the
screen is left by a message stating,
"Click Me:' Ali~e "clicks" the mes­sage
·and the adventure begin,s.
She is -taken to a world where
- the. Mad Hatter is a DJ played by
·Ramon Perez, Tweedledum and
Tweedledee are rival dance 'cre~s
and the body of the Caterpillar,
played by Chris Mayo,_ is made up
of glow-in-the-dark expandable
balls. Wr~n really broke the mold
. and made a spectacle a.ccessible to
both children arid adults with this
modern take on Alice in Wonder­land,
complete with $ilk climbers,
fire-eaters, strobe lights, dribstep
and techno. ._
When asked what Lewis Carroll
would have said of his adaptation,
Wren laughed and said, " I think
Carroll would say 'I don't recog­nize
this,' but with the. technol-
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SEE ALICE, PAGE 2
; ->z:·~?fi?~tJ"N.CG -holds vigil in memory of Kyle Harris ·
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Logan Joldet~ma ·
StaffWriter
. Qll ers freshman year at UNCG, she was
-,. ~- _.:,;-~ St-;urw;ri:t~r ·' _,_ having a han;l time adjusting to .
oq:_~~e even~g of Th~sd:ay, the schedule and life away from
NoveJbe_r. 18, IJ1Wtitudes of peo- home. "Kyle was always there for
pltq $f!;\t"ered oil--the lawn of the · me when I needed him - ~ven· at
· qu_a-:q:~{0' hofl'o%<a 'recently slain' two in the morning. · If I was hav.:
. UNG§,;stude~~fKyle Hru;rts. Har- ing.a bad day, ~e would always:be
· rls ~~-9rutally sljot to. death on •· there as a shoulder to cry on:.O.t:t<i
. Novetp-~f! 6 at a local Fayetteville offer advice:' She. later n;J.entioh'eg
pawnslrop .whert;!.)le workeq . . At · that the-two of them often shared'
only n:ltieteen: Harris was a soph- late-night runs. to Walgreens_.!gld -
omore; majoririg ill SoCiology, would always goof off and.Pl~y(iQ
·With more than 500 million with a concentra,tion on crimin<U the toy section. . .. · -·
active . users, ·having a "friend" justice::the asprred to earn his law· Among the others who spoke
has. taken bn new meanirig. An <;legree~ ~Student~ who attended the was Kyle's German tutor who de­ever
growing 'rate .o£ patrons on vigil W!'!re asked-f6 wear Carolina scribed him ·as "always eager and
Facebook causes obvious societal blue··er :e.orange f~two of Harris's willing to learn ... and even more
trends, but als'o a 'technological , favorf~e. colors. ieading the vigil willing to offer a helping hand
enormity; the -l).ewest evidence of were ':SGA President, Katie Mar- wherever it was needed:' Mem­this
in Ruther~ord County, Nojth shall,?~d VP ~f administrati~n of. hers of Kyle's family also attended
Carolina. Faceboo~ is plapning _R;f.P\j_Matt Moss. "We're all gath- the-Vigil, where his sister'spoke of
to build a $450 million dollar' data: ere9,:~])ere tonight to honor the his stubbornness. with humor, and
center in this location ana 'it is life <i?.d memory· of Kyle Harris;' also shared his warm aur~ and
only the second of its kfud under _Marl!hall declared, in her opening truly positive, gleeful spirit with
construction. refi'ia~kS. "This loss is a tragic one everyone h~ cam~ into contact
Data centers are, "Facilities built for J.{y1e~s friends, family and the with - whether he knew them or
and tooled sp~cifi.callyfor the pur- UNCG student community:' . not. Another student that shared
pose of housing equipmen"t that After the opening remarks, her memory with Kyle reminisced
must maintain high-bandwidth each student held a· candle in about their love of 'Family Guy'
connectivity to the Internet, and memory of Kyle. Those who at- . and described the mood of the
experience a minimum.of down- tended .were encouraged to come meals they shared together in the
time for such reasons as power forward if they had any fav~rite Caf as being."filled with laughter,
failure. Security measur~s are em- memories or stories to share with silly, and ·ridiculous:'
·_ SEE FACEBOOK, PAGE 2
Inside:
On the Journey: Anthony
James Meadows
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Index
·th~ rest of the group. · One stu-dent
·recollected that during her SEE VIGIL, PAGE 2
Campus 2
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Harris' German tutor was one of many people to share memories and stories at
the vigil.
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