Come out and support Life Schools OAP Performance of Alice in Wonderland. The performance will be at Waxahachie Public High School Theater Arts Center.

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Life School Red Oak’s production of Alice in Wonderland was chosen as one of the top two plays at the Region II-AA One Act Play competition and will advance to the UIL State Meet in Austin.

Marking only the second time in UIL history a charter school has advanced to the state meet in One Act Play, the award-winning cast and crew will perform May 21-22 in Austin.

Senior Gracie Lott, who portrays Alice, received the Best Actress award at all 3 levels of post-season competition. Fellow cast members Joshua Reed, Averil Royal and Shawn Foulks received All-Star Cast awards and Priscilla Valdez was awarded Best Stage Manager.

The play’s director, Candace Cockerham, said that all the cast members have been involved in costume and set design. “This show is a crazy work of art. It has been pieced together from recycled materials, friendly donations, scraps and hand me downs, junk, our closets and living rooms, new materials and repurposed materials. The girls sewed more than half of the costumes and others designed the makeup and styled the wigs.”

The production has physical demands which require extra work by the cast. “We worked doing stretching and yoga to promote our flexibility, Cockerham said. “Our show is movement and stunt intensive, so this helped us go far.”

Cockerham said Life School’s vision of training leaders can be seen in the cast’s actions as well.

“Our schools promotion and vision of leadership is playing out in these OAP students’ lives. I see it in rehearsals, as they share ideas and problem solve. I see it off stage, when they say “thank you” and “yes ma’am” to the site crew or waitress. I see it onstage as they problem solve in the moment when the music doesn’t work or a prop can’t be found.”

Cockerham added that keeping everything in perspective has also been a focus for the cast and crew.

“I tell the students all the time that our joy should be in the process, not just the product, because the lessons we learn, the memories we make, and the impressions we leave will outlive and trophy or medal we receive”

The students have also seen the growth in themselves through the months of rehearsals.

“We stand out as a cast because of the way we conduct ourselves on and off stage. We have learned from our director both leadership and humility and have taken that on as a cast,” said Josh Reed.

Best Actress winner Gracie Lott added, “With the teamwork involved, we are so adaptable, we can perform on any stage, room, backyard. It’s not like any other play.”