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MARQUETTE -- The Kauffman Auditorium will turn into Wonderland this weekend.

You may be familiar with Lewis Carroll's childhood favorite and its musical adaptation, Alice in Wonderland.  But as the Marquette Arts and Culture Center's Youth Theater program tackles the classic, there's nothing traditional about it.

"You can expect really anything to come out of this show," said Nic Thompson, who plays the French mouse.

"Our adaptation is a little bit different," said director Nikke Nason.  "We're combining a lot of circus acts, we're combining a little bit of avante guard theater, music, dance and technical effects to provide an Alice in Wonderland that you may not have seen before."

Expect to see things like high tech special effects, such as performers flying and climbing on silks.

"I think people will be pleasantly surprised at what the youth of Marquette can do," Nason said.

"It's everything, I mean we've got people singing, we have tap dancers, we have a little bit of ballet, I mean you can find almost anything you want to in Wonderland, so there's a lot to look forward to," said Grace Feliz, who plays the Cheshire cat.

The curtain opens this Friday at 7 p.m., with shows continuing on Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m.  Tickets are $13 for adults, $11 for seniors, and $8 for youth and students.

All of last year's youth performances sold out at the door, so the Culture Center recommends you pick yours up on the bottom floor of the Peter White Library before the performance.