Event

Mad as a Hatter

A world premiere by Michigan playwright Michael Alan Herman.

Theophilus Carter is content with his small tailors shop on High Street, thank you very much. But when his best friend publishes a nonsense book called Alices Adventures in Wonderland and uses him as the inspiration for The Mad Hatter, his sensible shop becomes a mad house of Londoners trying to get a peek at the real Mad Hatter. As Theo struggles to maintain his simple life, and Lewis Carroll roars to success as one of Englands greatest authors, a puckish young woman named Alice finds her way back into the Hatters life. As a real world look into the lives that made Wonderland, Mad as a Hatter explores the burden of nostalgia, the whimsy of madness, and the undeniable power of play.

Tickets: $24 for adults, $15 for students, $22 for seniors over 60.

Can't buy online? Tickets are available in-person at the door 30 minutes prior to each performance.

Directed by Joey Albright, this world premiere by Michael Alan Herman has never before been produced. Come experience Wonderland in Ypsilanti.

Starring: Allyson Miko as Alice, Russ Schwartz as Theo, and Jeffrey Miller as both Charles Dodgson (pen name Lewis Carroll) and The Mad Hatter!

Set and props design by Jennifer Maiseloff. Lighting design by Alex Gay. Costumes by Emily Betz. Sound by Anna Simmons.