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Charles
Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
Rob Papineau directs a highly inventive adaptation of
the Dickens' classic. You'll encounter a company of traveling
players about to enact the Dickens' story. As the on-stage
trunk of supplies opens, actors and clowns spill out and roll
on. The gruff stage manager and prop boy check the show's
props, which are shabby and third rate, but the troupe improvises by
creating a magical world of make-believe.
The troupe soon discovers that the actors playing Scrooge and Tiny
Tim have abandoned the tour; but the show must go on, and the prop
boy eagerly volunteers for the part of Tim while the cynical stage
manager must be forcibly drafted to play the old miser.
They proceed to work their way through the tale, creating fog, snow,
fire and ghosts through mime, imagination and visual effects.
The rag tag players quickly become the characters of the story, and
you'll be pulled into the life of Ebenezer Scrooge. The
Christmas Spirits work their magic. Will they warm the heart
of Scrooge, as well as the old stage manager?
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Trinity House Theatre |
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December
5-21, 2008 |
Fri 8:00pm,
Sat. 8:00pm
Sun 2:00pm
$15, $12 for members
Sunday Matinees $12 for seniors and students |
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"A Christmas Carol...is certainly the
most gaily wrapped and most clever presentation of these
holidays." - Arizona Republic
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