The unique sights and sounds of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol return to New York after sold-out
runs in both 2004 and 2005. Personal
Space Theatrics continues its fifth Season with the largest Carol to be presented in New York City this
Holiday Season. The production runs
December 8 – 22 at TBG
Arts Center
(312 West 36th Street,
3rd Floor).
Adapted and directed by Stephen Wargo with musical
arrangements by Dianne Adams McDowell this "A
Christmas Carol is more than just a holiday standard. Stripped of the flying machines and hoop
skirts associated with other stage versions, this piece focuses on ensemble
storytelling of Dickens' words coupled with an expansive score of traditional
carols and hymns. This year's production
promises new surprises as adapter/director Stephen Wargo has incorporated two
new songs to the score and will be staging the piece in-the-round, making for
the most intimate Christmas Carol
experience available to New York audiences
this Holiday season. This one-of-a-kind take on Dickens' story has
had audiences cheering since PST first presented it in concert form in 2002,"
explain press notes.
The show's score, which consists of new choral arrangements
of both traditional and rarely-heard carols and hymns, has been assembled and
arranged by ASCAP, BMI, Helen Hayes and Barrymore-award-winning composer and
orchestrator Dianne Adams McDowell. Rounding out the creative team are musical
director/conductor Jamie Reed, choreographer Kate Vallee, scenic designer
Taline Alexander, lighting designer Timothy Swiss, costume designer Kathleen
Leary, sound designer Chris Rummel and properties master Casey Smith.
Reprising his tour de force, fierce and terrifying turn as
Ebenezer Scrooge is New York and West End veteran Robert Ian Mackenzie, recently seen
off-Broadway in India Awaiting at the Samuel Beckett and regionally in
Stageworks Hudson's Underneath the Lintel.
Joining him are Paul Aguirre (Fezziwig), Frank Anderson (Marley's Ghost),
Antonio Copeland (Ghost of Christmas Present), Stephanie Ferro (Fan), Kelly
Francis (Elizabeth), Nathan Freeman (Young Scrooge), Justin Hall (Tiny Tim),
Carol Hickey (Mrs. Cratchit), Kathleen Hinders (Mrs. Fezziwig), Andrea
McCullough (Charwoman), Adair Moran (Belle), Nicholas Alexiy Moran (Bob
Cratchit), John McCarthy Moriarty (Turkey Boy), Allyson Pace (Ensemble),
Shelley Rae Phetteplace (Ensemble), Justin Randolph (Topper), Daniel Scott
Richards (Ensemble), Steven Douglas Stewart (Peter Cratchit), Caitlin Thurnauer
(Martha Cratchit), Michael Turay (Fred), Ryan Wagner (Ghost of Christmas
Future), Emily Wright (Catherine), and Katie Zaffrann (Ghost of Christmas
Past).
Charles Dickens' A Christmas
Carol opens on Saturday December 8 at 8PM and will perform on the following
schedule at TBG Theatre (312 West
36th Street 3rd Floor): Thursday – Saturday at 8PM,
Tuesday and Wednesday at 7PM, Saturdays and Sundays at 2PM, and Sunday the 16th
at 7PM.
Tickets are $19 general admission, $17
seniors/students/children, $15 groups of ten or more, $10 – All Seats! Tuesdays
December 6 and December 13. Tickets may be purchased by calling SmartTix at
212-868-4444 or online at www.smarttix.com.
For more information, logon to www.personalspacetheatrics.org
or call (212) 802-4537.
