The Gamm Stages New Adaptation Of A Child's Christmas in Wales 12/9-26

The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre (The Gamm) is pleased to stage a brand-new production of Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales, a play with music, adapted and directed by Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella. Based on the legendary author's timeless holiday story and other iconic works, this Child's Christmas weaves prose, poetry and live, traditional Welsh music into a tapestry of nostalgia and celebration befitting the season.

A Child's Christmas in Wales runs from December 9-26 only at The Gamm Theatre, 172 Exchange St., Pawtucket, RI. Regular tickets are $25 and $30 (depending on day/time), ages 4-17 just $15 all performances. (Children under age 4 not admitted to the theater.) Discounts for subscribers, groups of 10 or more, seniors and students. For tickets call 401-723-4266 or go to gammtheatre.org.

Play Synopsis
"I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six."

Celebrate the season with a brand-new adaptation of legendary Welsh poet Dylan Thomas' classic holiday story, A Child's Christmas in Wales. Traveling seamlessly between wistful man and wide-eyed boy, the author himself takes you on a journey back in time, where mirthful aunts and uncles, and mischievous playmates inhabit a wondrous, wintery world. Infused with traditional Welsh song and snippets of Thomas' other famous works, this Child's Christmas in Wales is a heart-warming, humor-filled treat for the entire family!

Having opened the theater's then-new space in Pawtucket in 2003 with a hugely successful run of A Child's Christmas in Wales, Gamm Artistic Director Tony Estrella is delighted to present his own take on this widely loved work.

"I spent a wonderful summer immersed in the sonorous, brilliant, one-of-a-kind artistry of Dylan Thomas while developing this adaptation of A Child's Christmas in Wales," Estrella said. "Thomas' legendary short story, which has been called the 'Christmas Carol of the 20th Century,' forms the spine of the work; but we've mined the rich vein of his other stories, poems and letters to allow Dylan himself to walk us back in time and, with a hard-earned and rough-hewn sentimentality, to satisfy our annual yearning to recapture that elusive perfection of the 'bright white snowball of Christmases gone.'

"Dylan was a born performer who recited many of his most-loved works for the radio and in lecture halls the world over," Estrella added. "His singular artistry demands to be heard out loud and feels nowhere more at home than when it is brought to life on stage."

About this Production of A Child's Christmas in Wales

By Dylan Thomas
Adapted and directed by Tony Estrella

Set Design & Properties by Katryne Hecht
Costume Design by Amanda Downing Carney
Lighting Design by Matthew Terry
Music & Sound Design by Charles Cofone
Technical Direction by Dade Veron
Stage Management by Kate Ferdinandi*

CAST
Dylan, Tom Gleadow*
Young Dylan, Max Gleadow
Mrs. Prothero/Auntie Hannah, Wendy Overly*
Miss Prothero/Mother/Edith, Karen Carpenter
Boy 1/Jim/Uncle Arnold, David Rabinow
Girl 1/Nancy/Patricia, Amanda Ruggiero
Boy 2/Fireman/Father/Arnold, David Tessier
Mr. Prothero/Uncle Jim, Cliff Odle

*Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.

Dramaturge, Jennifer Madden; Assistant Stage Manager, Helen Brennan

CALENDAR OF PERFORMANCES
Thursday, Dec. 9, preview performance at 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 10, press performance at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 11, regular performance at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 12, matinee performance at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 12, regular performance at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 14, regular performance at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 15, regular performance at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 16, regular performance at 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 17, regular performance at 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 18, regular performance at 8 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 19, matinee performance at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 19, regular performance at 7 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 21, regular performance at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, Dec. 22, regular performance at 7 p.m.
Thursday, Dec. 23, regular performance at 8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 24, regular performance at 5 p.m.
(Saturday, Dec. 25, No Show)
Sunday, Dec. 26, matinee performance at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 26, regular performance at 7 p.m.
About The Gamm Theatre
Founded in 1984 as Alias Stage, the non-profit Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre creates the finest of live theater, engaging the audience intensely in current and recurrent issues of consequence. The Gamm further serves the public with educational outreach programming designed to support the theatrical experience, and help sustain and enhance the intellectual and cultural life of its community. The Gamm is a member of New England Area Theatre (NEAT), a bargaining unit of the Actors Equity Association.

 

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