DCPA Announces Full Casting For A CHRISTMAS CAROL and THE SANTALAND DIARIES

The Denver Center for the Performing Arts (DCPA) announces full casting for the Theatre Company's production of A Christmas Carol and Off-Center's production of The SantaLand Diaries. The 2018 production of The SantaLand Diaries will mark the final year of the annual collaboration between Off-Center and Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company (BETC).

A Christmas Carol will feature the following cast (listed alphabetically):

• Samuel Bird (DCPA's The Who's Tommy) as Boy on the Street/Ensemble.
• Latoya Cameron (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Mrs. Cratchit/Ghost of Christmas Past/Ensemble.
• Kevin Curtis (DCPA's Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol) as Dick Wilkins/Peter Cratchit/Ensemble.
• Michael Fitzpatrick (DCPA's Animal Crackers, A Christmas Carol) as Mr. Fezziwig/Ensemble.
• Michael Doherty (DCPA Debut) as Topper.
• Peyton Goossen (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Beggar Child/Ensemble.
• Sam Gregory (DCPA's Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Hamlet, All The Way, A Christmas Carol) as Ebenezer Scrooge.
• Darrell T. Joe (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come/Ensemble.
• Chas Lederer (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Swing.
• Kyra Lindsay (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Martha Cratchit/Ensemble.
• Gustavo Márquez (DCPA's Native Gardens) as Ensemble.
• Chloe McCleod (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Swing.
• Timothy McCracken (DCPA's Smart People, A Christmas Carol) as Ebenezer Scrooge understudy.
• Chris Mixon (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Old Joe/Ensemble.
• Leslie O'Carroll (DCPA's Benediction, A Christmas Carol) as Mrs. Fezziwig/Ensemble.
• Erik Pinnick (DCPA debut) as Ghost of Christmas Present/Ensemble.
• Jim Poulos (Broadway's Rent, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Fred/Young Ebenezer/Ensemble.
• Tristan C. Regini (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Boy Ebenezer/ Ensemble.
• Augie Reichert (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Edward/Ensemble.
• Helen Reichert (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Fan/Ensemble.
• Jeffrey Roark (DCPA's Sweeney Todd, All The Way, A Christmas Carol) as Jacob Marley/Ensemble.
• Christine Rowan (DCPA's Sweeney Todd, Animal Crackers, A Christmas Carol) as Ensemble.
• Hanley Smith (DCPA debut) as Belle/Fred's Wife/Ensemble.
• Shannan Steele (DCPA's Sweeney Todd, A Christmas Carol) as Ensemble.
• Lucas Turner (DCPA debut) as Tiny Tim.
• Jackie Vanderbeck (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Charwoman/Ensemble.
• Brian Vaughn (DCPA's A Christmas Carol) as Bob Cratchit/Ensemble.
• Owen Zitek (DCPA's A Christmas Carol, The Who's Tommy) as Ensemble.

Melissa Rain Anderson returns to direct this holiday classic, with music direction and orchestrations by Gregg Coffin. A Christmas Carol will feature designs by Vicki Smith (Scenic Designer), Kevin Copenhaver (Costume Designer), Don Darnutzer (Lighting Designer), Craig Breitenbach (Sound Designer), Kathryn G. Maes, PhD. (Voice and Dialect), Grady Soapes, CSA and Grady Soapes, CSA (Casting), and stage management by Heidi Echtenkamp (Stage Manager) and Michael Morales and D. Lynn Reiland (Assistant Stage Managers).

A Christmas Carol

By Charles Dickens

Adapted by Richard Hellesen

Music by David de Berry

Directed by Melissa Rain Anderson

Nov 21-Dec 24 (Opens Nov 29) | Stage Theatre

Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol promises to "warm your heart and renew your holiday spirit" according to the Examiner. Based on Charles Dickens' classic novel, this joyous and opulent musical adaptation traces money-hoarding skinflint Ebenezer Scrooge's triumphant overnight journey to redemption. A Christmas Carol illuminates the meaning of the holiday season in a way that has resonated for generations.

The SantaLand Diaries, will again feature Michael Bouchard as David and Luke Sorge as Other David.

The SantaLand Diaries, directed by Stephen Weitz, will feature designs by Nicholas Renaud (Scenic Designer), Lily Bradford (Lighting Designer), Andrew Metzroth (Sound Designer), and stage management by Malia Stoner (Stage Manager).

Off-Center and Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company present
The SantaLand Diaries
by David Sedaris
Adapted for the stage by Joe Mantello

Directed by Stephen Weitz

Nov 23-Dec 24 (Opens Nov 24) | The Jones

Crumpet the Elf returns for more hilarious holiday hijinks in this acclaimed one-man show. Looking for a little more snark in your stocking this year? David Sedaris' offbeat tales from his stint as a Macy's elf in New York City are the sure cure for the common Christmas show.

Tickets for both productions may be purchased at denvercenter.org, 303-893-4100 or in person in the Helen Bonfils Theatre Complex at 14th and Curtis

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