Presented by Breckenridge Backstage Theatre

THE LOOOONG FALL

Name: THE LOOOONG FALL
Start: 2026-08-23T16:00:00-06:00
Location: Breckenridge Theater

GA – Seated (First come first serve seating)

Breckenridge Theater

$25 + $4 fee

THE LOOOONG FALL: An Unabridged Reading of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll Spoken Aloud On Stage by Several People Who Happen To Be Actors but This Isn’t a Play It’s a Book No Really We Promise It’s Not a Play It’s the Book The Whole Book

In the first sentence of Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, the titular character wonders, ‘“And what is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations?”

This original premiere performance created and directed by Aileen Wen McGroddy seeks to ask that question in real time, out loud, together. Inspired by the verbatim theatre practices of the seminal theatre company Elevator Repair Service, this is a full-text, unedited read of the novel that many of us have met primarily in adapted forms. Here, we’ll gather to meet the words and let them work their magic, the hallucinatory drug of storytelling. With tea and snacks and a flexible, interactive environment, this ensemble-based show will begin to bloom with live theatricality as we go deeper down the rabbit hole.

WHAT TO EXPECT:

This is a full, unedited reading of the novel and will run approximately 3.5 hours. The performance takes place in an intimate, flexible environment, with just 50 audience members seated onstage alongside the actors. You are welcome to move in and out of the theater throughout the performance to use the restroom, grab a drink or snack, or simply take a break. Come prepared to settle in, get comfortable, and experience the story unfolding up close and in real time.

Aug 23, 2026 • 4:00pm, Sunday
Doors open at 3pm

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About Aileen Wen McGroddy

Aileen Wen McGroddy is a Chinese- and Irish-American theatre director based in New York. Her work is rigorous, playful, and alive. She is a co-artistic director of TUTA Theatre Chicago and on faculty at Brown University. Upcoming work includes the world premiere of Talene Monahon’s Wonder! A Woman Keeps a Secret at Northern Stage. Past work includes: Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt… (Woolly Mammoth), Cold War Choir Practice and A Christmas Carol (Trinity Rep); Tom and Eliza and Attempts on Her Life (TUTA Theatre Chicago); The Chinese Lady (Kitchen Theatre and Geva Theatre Center); Sisters and Sense and Sensibility (Northern Stage); Airness (Breckenridge Backstage Theatre); The Glass Menagerie, Or,, Dani Girl (Winnipesaukee Playhouse); Knuffle Bunny and The Snowy Day (Emerald City Theatre); Ulysses (The Plagiarists); The Late Wedding, The Dumb Waiter, Summer and Smoke, and The Tempest (Brown-Trinity); Kingdom, Cold War Choir Practice, Throwback Island, On The Y-Axis, Akira Kurosawa Explains His Movies and Yogurt (Writing is Live); Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play (Adelphi); Montauciel Takes Flight (Lifeline Theatre); Ulysses (The Plagiarists); A Hero’s Journey, The Hunting of the Snark, Robin Hood, and The Pied Piper (The Forks & Hope Ensemble); The Whiskey Radio Hour, Wake: A Folk Opera, Kodachrome Telephone and Sign of Rain (The Whiskey Rebellion). She has developed work at New York Theatre Workshop, The Bushwick Starr, Clubbed Thumb, The Playwright’s Realm, NY Classical Theatre, The Yale Drama Prize, Ars Nova, and Northern Stage. Fellowships: Roundabout Directors Group, 2050 at NYTW, Beatrice Terry Fellow at the Drama League, and BOLD Resident Director at Northern Stage. MFA in Directing from Brown-Trinity.