Director Megan Garcia paces in front of the stage. Third- through fifth-grade students move swiftly around her in a whirlwind of chaos and excitement. The shuffling of tennis shoes, clicking of heels, and chatter from the last-minute run-through of lines fill the auditorium. Seven different Alices and a Mad Hatter periodically traverse rows of brown metal folding chairs. The lighting and sound crews, made up of students, go over their cues. In the bathrooms, PTA moms apply lipstick to two Queens of Hearts and carefully paint whiskers on a Cheshire Cat.
Garcia is a teaching artist with Seattle Children’s Theatre, which aims to transform young people’s lives through theater
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