PORT ANGELES — There’s been a lot of drama this summer at the Clallam County YMCA, and it’s about to culminate in a public performance this afternoon and evening.
“Looking Glass Land,” a contemporary take on “Alice in Wonderland,” is the YMCA Drama Camp show to take the stage at 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Friday in the Port Angeles High School auditorium, 304 E. Park Ave.
Admission is free to the play, which has a cast of 23 youngsters from 8 to 18 years old.
James DeVita wrote this short romp; he takes Lewis Carroll’s classic and runs with it, said drama coach and director Kelly Lovall. For example, “Looking” has a baseball team, a peanut salesman, a Miss America pageant, star-struck tourists and a gospel group called the Responsibilities, among other things — all inside of 50 minutes.
“The kids really rock,” said Lovall, who also led campers through improvisational drama games and an introduction to theater arts.
“Looking Glass Land’s” cast includes 8-year-olds Nia Catlett, Julian Jones and Emma Lindberg; Hannah Washke, Maizie Tucker, Amelie Atwater and Jordon Trautwein, all 9; Samantha Weinert and Emily Sirguy, both 10; Brianna Yacklin, Lauren Hope, Elijah Chapman and Madelynne Jones, all 11; Raylie Hartman, Rose Alexander, Charles Krause, Kelly MacIntosh-Ryan and Milo Atwater, all 12; Cassidy Tamburro, 13; Megan Mundy, 15; Robert Stephens, 17; and Jacob Woods, 18.
For more details about the summer youth programs at the Y, which also include “Master Painting” and “Weird Science” camp, phone 360-452-9244.
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Features Editor Diane Urbani de la Paz can be reached at 360-452-2345, ext. 5062, or at diane.urbani@peninsuladailynews.com.
