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...Law Disorder will now be seen in over 100 countries worldwide. This Is Wonderland, co-created by Walker and screenwriter Dani Romain, follows neophyte lawyer Alice De Raey as she bops her way through the bizarre trials and tribulations of the Canadian justice system. Meeting a veritable United Nations of clients in the Gothic confines of Toronto's Old City Hall, Alice struggles against what Walker calls "the mess, complexity, sadness"--even the "stupidity"--that runs rampant in the lower court system.
Take soloists Walker and Romain, with the cadence of Dickens, Kafka and Chekhov, set to Lewis Carroll's whimsical accompaniment, and you've got the cross-cultural jazz of This Is Wonderland. Lead solo in this human mess is Cara Pifko as Mice. Named in tribute by Walker for New York director Daniel De Raey, the quick-witted legal novice is backed up by a talented ensemble cast including three "supporting Michaels": Michael Healey as the hypersensitive defense counsel James Ryder, Michael Riley as the excitable attorney Elliot Sacks and Michael Murphy as cynical judge Maxwell Fraser. Michaels Healey and Riley are theatre pals from Walker's old Factory Theatre days in the 1970s and 1980s.
Michael Murphy (Year of Living Dangerously, Barman Returns), a newly-landed immigrant and husband of actress Wendy Crewson, says Walker, was "a great surprise, and a huge amount of luck." Siu Ta completes the quirky, quartet playing acid-tongued soon-to-be-lawyer Nancy Dao. Walker and Romain dub Cara Pifko the "smart, klutzy captain of the ship." Similar to...
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