according to bengalurubased theatre artiste supriti sujay her debut directorial the mad hatters tea party isnt an adaptation of lewis carrolls classic tale alice in wonderland its an original story inspired by the characters in alice in wonderland says surpriti who founded the theatre group like monkeys last yearlasting oneandahalf hours the groups debut production features a team of 11 actors that include avantika rikhye sidharth raman saanvi komarla reetom rakshit and nahshon dominic roche among othersalice in wonderland touched me as a child i lean towards abstract theatre a lot and alice in wonderland is very abstract and interesting the character of the hatter inspired me a lot says suprita who has been in the field for the past five years the plot of the play revolves around a party that goes wrong because the person hosting it the mad hatter is not in a good state of mind as he is dealing with some problems things soon go out of hand witten by herself supriti says the story deals with mental health and how society views it this is an abstract play inspired by the concept of absurd theatre it deals with themes like loneliness isolation and existential crisis i would say its a metastory as it has many layers only when you watch it will you realise which mental illness we are talking about and what its denoting she says adding that the play which will be staged on april 1 at 730 pm at ranga shankara features original music by tresa mary jose and yaosh nowrojeesupriti adds in the play we talk about how society views madness the word mad is used loosely by people everywhere but its not a joke especially for someone who suffers from a mental illness dismissing them by calling them mad or mental doesnt feel like a joke in the play thats the triggering point for our protagonist the characters around him including alice are people who represent the society and none of them completely understand the hatters situation so we aim to create that awareness through the play