Winter 2004: A Gilbert & Sullivan Christmas Carol
Synopsis
A Christmas Carol is one of the most resonant stories ever written in the English language, and its by-now-mythic tale of loss and redemption is to some degree affecting in every version ever done, from Mickey Mouse or the Muppets to the original book and, of course, in innumerable stage versions.
This play is no powerful psychodrama, but rather a light-hearted blending of two forms of Victorian storytelling which I love. Not a parody or a tongue-in-cheek knockoff, it's a festive holiday show with all the drama of the Dickens original and all the buoyant spirit of Gilbert & Sullivan — an excuse for a jolly old Christmas party in the best Victorian fashion.
After all, if there's one thing that Dickens stood for, and that Gilbert & Sullivan embodied, it's good, clean fun. Merry Christmas, everybody!"
Director: Jad Jordan
Music Director: Robert Blake
Cast
- The Balladeer (A Wandering Minstrel)
- Sarajane Fondiller
- Pooh-Bah (Lord High Everything Else)
- Terry Benedict
- Ebenezer Scrooge (A Greedy Banker)
- Ted Benedict
- Bob Cratchit (Scrooge's Clerk)
- Tracy Burdick
- Tiny Tim Cratchit (Cratchit's Son)
- Sarah Farr
- Nephew Fred (Scrooge's Impoverished Nephew)
- Stephen Gullo
- Mr. Kindheart (A Philanthropist)
- Joel Hume
- Mr. Goodman (Another Philanthropist)
- Edward Medina-Torres
- The Ghost of Marley (A Former Greedy Banker)
- Bill Hammond
- Ghost of Samuel (A Piratical Visitation)
- Chris Haller
- Ghost of Christmas Past (A Spectral Visitation)
- Kim McDonald
- Ghost of Christmas Present (Another Spectral Visitation)
- Micky Molongoski
- Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Ditto)
- Tania Ring
- Old Fezziwig (A Memory)
- David Schafer
- Mrs. Fezziwig (Wife of A Memory)
- Suzanne Rath
- Belle (Another Memory)
- Holly Thérèse Corcoran
- Young Scrooge (A Future Greedy Banker):
- David Brown
- Titus Burton (A Future Ungreedy Banker)
- Sam Nelson
- Young Marley (A Future Former Greedy Banker)
- Stuart Beck
- Dora Lincoln (Fred's Fiancee)
- Suzanne Bell
- Angelina (Dora's Friend)
- Laurel Schneiderman
- Peter Cratchit (Cratchit's Eldest Son)
- Jared Steinmiller
- Aunt Esther (Emily's Brother's Wife)
- Lynette Blake
- Belinda Cratchit (Cratchit's Daughter)
- Stacy Homola
- Uncle Tim Hazlitt (Emily's Brother)
- Chris Brown
- Emily Cratchit (Cratchit's Wife)
- Paula Gullo
- Grave Digger (a grave digger)
- Bob Weeks
- Jackie Cheapside (A Young Boy)
- Ethan DePuy
- The Narrator (a Jolly Old Soul)
- Helen Haller
Chorus
Christina Arden, Julia Ferreira, Penny Fram, Nancy Galletto, Amanda Kish, Patti Anne Montrois, Helen Moore, Kathy Moore, Marty Nott, Kelsey Schmid, Karin Staples
Crew
- Props
- Suzanne Bell
- Set Construction
- Christopher Bazzie, Stuart Beck, Tracy Burdick, Penny Fram, Micky Molongoski, Kathy Moore, Fred Scipione
- Costume Manager
- Paula Gullo
- Lighting Designer
- Mike Molongoski