CREATIVITY AT PLAY SHADOW

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The opening scene in Alice and the New Wonderful is shown through Shadow Play. Have you ever turned a flashlight on in a dark room and made shapes with your hands to create cool shadows on the wall? That’s Shadow Play! Shadow Play likely originated in China, but it’s a style of puppetry used all around the world. It often involves cut out shapes held by puppeteers in between a bright light and a screen to create moving shadows, but sometimes (like in this play) shadow plays are made with humans!

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REFLECTION QUESTIONS (K-6TH GRADE)

1. Have you ever made a shadow puppet? What was it like?

2. What do you know about how shadows are created?

3. What shapes or movements did you see the actors doing in the shadow play in Alice?

REFLECTION QUESTIONS (7TH-12TH GRADE)

1. Why do you think the director chose to show the opening scene of Alice in shadow play?

2. What emotions or tone did the shadow play bring about?

3. How did the opening shadow scene feel different from the ending? Why?