Viking Players Bring New Musical Wonderland to Stage March 20-22

The Viking Players of Vinton County High School are stepping into new territory this month, staging Wonderland, a freshly written musical that reimagines Lewis Carroll's classic story for a grown-up Alice making her way back down the rabbit hole. The group notes it is among the first schools in the country approved to produce the show.

Performances run Friday, March 20 and Saturday, March 21 at 7 p.m., and Sunday, March 22 at 3 p.m. at Vinton County High School, 63910 US-50 in McArthur. Doors open 45 minutes before each curtain, and the production runs approximately two hours.

This version of the story does not retread familiar ground in familiar ways. As the Viking Players describe it, "This story turns the world of Wonderland on its head but is still filled with familiar and memorable characters, with a few new ones in the mix." The production leans into the strangeness of Carroll's original while carving out its own narrative identity through an older Alice navigating a Wonderland she once knew.

Tickets are priced at three levels: $20 for front-row reserved seats, $15 for floor-level reserved seats, and $7 for general admission. General admission tickets are available now at the Vinton County High School front office weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Reserved seats can be purchased in the school's front lobby from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. daily. Any tickets that remain unsold will be available at the door before each performance.