ALICE 2025 - CAST RESOURCES
Our 11th Annual Production of Alice will be performed at Bedford Middle School on the weekend of May 17th & May 18th!
All dancers enrolled in our program and who are in Grade 1 or above are eligible for the show. And all dancers who audition will be part of the show! Note that particularly for our younger dancers, the auditions are merely a formality — all dancers will be cast right along with their age group.
Alice Cast List is posted HERE
In-Studio Dress Rehearsal Schedule
All rehearsal will be in costume unless otherwise noted below.
All rehearsal times below include time for dancers to get in and out of costume or change costumes if both parts are rehearsing back to back.
Dancers rehearsing in costume - upon arrival dancers should report to Studio C to change into their costume. All dancers should have their required costume items with them (see costume requirement list below) and have performance quality hair.
Dancers NOT rehearsing in costume - should report to the studio listed below for rehearsal. Dancers should wear their regular class attire with required shoes.
Saturday, 5/3:
11:00 - 12:15pm - Gardeners (B)
11:00 - 12:15pm - Daisies (B)
11:30 - 12:30pm - Dum/Dee Clones, Tweedle (B)
11:50 - 12:45pm - Dodo Birds & Alice (B)
12:00 - 1:15pm - Roses, Daisies, Flamingos, Hedgehogs, Jesters, Cards, Jokers (D)
12:30 - 1:45pm - Sprinkles, Cupcakes, Tea Party Princesses (A)
12:45 - 1:20pm - Broken Pieces & Humpty (D)
12:50 - 1:15pm - Dormouse (A)
1:00 - 1:15 - March Hare, Mad Hatter (A) NOT IN COSTUME
1:00 - 1:30pm - Little Alice & Big Alice, Caterpillar, White Rabbit (D)
1:15 - 1:40pm - Dormouse (D)
1:00 - 2:15pm - Butterflies & Question Marks (D)
1:30 - 2:30pm - March Hare, Tea Time Treats & Tapping Treats (D)
2:00 - 2:50pm - Reflections, Queen of Hearts & White Rabbit (D)
2:10 - 3:15pm - Little Birds & Song Birds (A)
2:15 - 3:10pm - Hatterettes & Mad Hatter Scene (D)
2:40 - 3:25pm - Silhouettes & Lead Silhouette (D)
3:00 - 4:00pm - All 3rd & 4th Grade Dancers - Tapping Treats, Cupcakes, Tea Party Princesses, Reflections & Royal Guards (Big Noise) (A) NOT IN COSTUME
3:00 - 3:30pm - Queen’s Hearts & Queen of Hearts(D)
2:45 - 4:00pm - Big Noise - Cards, Jokers, Clones of Alice, Hatterettes, Queen’s Hearts, Silhouettes & Song Birds, All Sr. Company Leads (D)
4:00 - 4:15pm - White Rabbit (D)
Sunday, 5/4:
12:30 - 1:30pm - Clones of Alice, Queen of Hearts & White Rabbit (D)
1:10 - 2:00pm - Cheshire Kittens & Cheshire Cat (D)
1:30 - 2:30pm - Oysters & Pearls (D)
2:00 - 3:00pm - Teardrop Scene (D)
2:30 - 3:15pm - Wake Me & Believe - All Sr. Company Leads (D)
2:50 - 4:00pm - Seeing Red Scene (D)
3:15 - 4:30pm - Welcome to Wonderland (D)
COSTUME REQUIREMENTS
Please see the following costume requirements by part:
PARTICIPATION FEE
There is a $475 participation fee per dancer
For families with more than one dancer participating in the show, there will be a sibling discount - each family's additional dancer's participation fee will be $435
The online sign-up must be completed prior to auditions on Saturday, January 11th for your dancer to be cast in the show
Payment must be received by your dancer's audition day (Saturday, January 11th)
Your dancer can bring a check (written out to Westport’s Academy of Dance) to the audition or your credit card on file will be charged at the end of the audition day. Please put your check in a sealed envelope with your dancer's full name and grade on the outside of the envelope
If paying by check: siblings must bring separate envelopes with separate forms of payment, each labeled with name and grade
Credit card transactions will be subject to the 3.5% processing fee
Registration Details for Parents with Dancers in Grades 1 or 2 or Parents with a Dancer New to the Production:
In order to sign your dancer up, please complete the following three steps:
1. Sign your dancer up for Alice Participation Online
This online sign-up must be completed prior to auditions on Saturday, January 11th for your dancer to be cast in the show
2. Attend the mandatory parent meeting on Saturday, January 11th
One Parent from each family must attend the 10:00am meeting on Saturday, January 11th
There is a lot of important information regarding the production (new Parent Information Sheet) and volunteer commitment from the parents that will be explained, so again, it is mandatory that any new parent or parent of a dancer in Grades 1 or 2 attend.
If your dancer is returning to the show and he/she is in Grade 2 or below - parent attendance at one of these meeting sessions is still required
3. After the parent meeting, complete the Online Parent Survey
Registration Details For all Parents with Returning Dancers in Grade 3 and Above who are NOT new to the production:
There are two steps necessary in order to sign your dancer up, both need to be completed by Friday, January 10th at 6:00pm:
1. Sign your dancer up for Alice Participation Online
This online sign-up must be completed prior to auditions on Saturday, January 11th for your dancer to be cast in the show
2. Please complete the Online Parent Survey
Please read all carefully as there are changes from previous years
REHEARSAL INFORMATION
Rehearsals for the show will take place on weekends during the following time slots:
• Grades 1 thru 4: Saturdays between 11:00am - 4:00pm
• Grades 5 and up: Saturdays between 11:00am - 5:00pm & Sundays between 12:30pm - 5:30pm
Note: these times are only windows of times we ask that parents leave open for rehearsals - dancers will not be called for five hours! Rehearsals are announced each Tuesday evening for the upcoming weekend, and your dancer might be called for one hour one week, not called the next, etc. We will also do our best to work around conflicts such as soccer, etc. The times that dancers are called for any dress rehearsals or tech rehearsal (May 3 and beyond) may be outside of the windows listed above.
*Rehearsal schedule will be posted each week on Tuesday evening on this resources page and at the office window at the studio.
IMPORTANT DETAILS
In-Studio Dress Rehearsal - Full Cast - Saturday, May 3rd and Sunday, May 4th (specific times TBD)
Tech rehearsal on Friday, May 16th - Bedford Middle School
Mandatory Dress Rehearsal on Saturday, May 17th - Bedford Middle School
Performances are on Sunday, May 18th at 1pm & 5pm - Bedford Middle School
Click here for a brief instruction video on how to apply stage make up (scroll ahead from the how to make a Ballet Bun section)
OUR ALICE HISTORY
More About Our Alice Performance
Student and Teacher Commentary
Watch the Full 10th Anniversary Production (1pm Showing)
Watch the Full 10th Anniversary Production (5pm Showing)
New to our Alice Performance?
Please visit our Performance and Gallery pages for more information, photos and video!