ALICE follows a curious, imaginative girl who feels out of step with the rigid expectations of the world around her. At a garden tea party, Alice’s vivid inner life collides with social norms, and she is mocked by the guests for her apparent wildness. Alice is distracted from their taunts by a White Rabbit. She follows him into the forest where she falls into Wonderland, a topsy-turvy world with its own inscrutable creatures and customs.

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In Wonderland, Alice encounters a series of surprising characters: a condescending Caterpillar who demands definition, a volatile Duchess with a penchant for pepper, playful creatures terrorized by an army of playing cards, a wise and mysterious cat, and an infinitely Mad Tea Party. Alice searches for belonging and meaning in a Wonderland governed by fear, spectacle, whimsy, and nonsense. As Alice journeys deeper into Wonderland she adapts, absorbs, and disappears into the worlds of others, her own voice surfacing only in fragments before slipping away.

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Casting a shadow over Wonderland, the tyrant Queen of Hearts humiliates her subjects and demands obedience with constant threats of “off with your head!” Alice empathizes with the terrified populace, and she challenges the Queen’s unjust rules during a game of croquet. When the outraged Queen condemns Alice to a trial for her insubordination, Alice’s fate is seemingly sealed.

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Under pressure to submit, Alice finds clarity and the courage to resist the Queen’s arbitrary injustice. Alice refuses the labels imposed on her, and encourages Wonderland itself to awaken. Through courage, humor, wit, and self-knowledge, Alice upends the Queen’s power and affirms a deeper truth: identity cannot be dictated by force - it originates from within. ALICE is about reclaiming individual agency, trusting one’s inner voice, and self-empowerment through imagination and joy.