DUE TO A COVID-RELATED INCIDENT, ALL REMAINING PERFORMANCES ARE CANCELLED.
By Mark Shanahan
Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens
DIRECTED BY Tom Quaintance
December 1-24, 2021
You’ll love this re-imagining of Dickens’ timeless classic as it brings to life the Spirits of Christmas on the historic Wells Theatre stage. Watch Ebenezer Scrooge’s haunting journey unfold with inventive theatricality incorporating traditional holiday music harmonizing to produce a tour de force of laughter, hope, and the magic of the season. Don’t miss this heartwarming tale that reminds us that it is never too late to become our best selves.
VSC Patrons will remember playwright Mark Shanahan’s turn as the director of Season 39’s The Hound of the Baskervilles, a masterpiece of hilarious stagecraft and tricky transitions. During Season 42’s virtual offerings, members were invited to watch a streamed reading of his “Murder at Fernly Hall”, an Agatha Christie adaptation.
DUE TO A COVID-RELATED INCIDENT, ALL REMAINING PERFORMANCES ARE CANCELLED.
CAST & CREATIVE TEAM
DIRECTED BY
Tom Quaintance†
SET DESIGNED BY
Dahlia al-habieli
COSTUMES DESIGNED BY
JENI SCHAEFER
LIGHTING & Projections DESIGNED BY
Maranda Debusk
SOUND DESIGNED BY
STEVEN ALLEGRETTO
MUSIC DIRECTED BY
Refiye Tappan
CHOREOGRAPHY BY
JORDAN DUNLAP
NY CASTING BY
BINDER CASTING, CHAD ERIC MURNANE, CSA
STAGE MANAGED BY
Rafi Levavy*
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