Alex in Wonderland

Now this is cool--one of the theater troupes at my school is putting on Alice in Wonderland, with a modern twist!
I sure want to see it. People call it a kids' classic, but it's really just as trippy as when you read it when you're older. I didn't read it until last summer. I think the reason people call it a kid book is because you can probably appreciate the scattered storyline better when you're a kid. When you're a geezer like me, you start trying to make sense of it, and the mind-altering nature of the book takes its hold on you. I read both Alice and Through the Looking-Glass this summer in about three days. They're so good, but trippy as all get out.
But what a following it has. Even though the Disney version didn't do it justice in the least bit, it has amassed its own culture and following. So much artwork and music and characters and kitsch-culture has been inspired by it. The Beatles reference it in "I am the Walrus" (ever wonder who the egg man is?). The band Jefferson Airplane has several songs inspired by it, and their singer, Grace Slick, is now a painter who makes lots of fanciful, Alice-esque pictures. Made me realize why they took all the drugs they did--they probably needed them to make that book seem normal! Guess the hallucinogenic effects of one cancel out the hallucinogenic effects of the other.
So for the play, the theater troupe had better keep it faithful to the story and find a way to make it as warped as possible! I can't wait till they're showing it.