Written by Tom Mula. Produced by special permission with Dramatists Play Service.
CAST:
ACTOR I - Billy Worboys
JACOB MARLEY
CHRISTMAS PAST
CHRISTMAS PRESENT
A BOY
YOUNG MARLEY
ACTOR 2 - Clayton Elliot
BOGLE
A LITTLE GIRL
ACTOR 3 - Scott Conley
SCROOGE
YOUNG SCROOGE
A DAMNED SOUL
ACTOR 4 - Chris Stevens
RECORD KEEPER-
FEZZIWIG
A DAMNED WOMAN
FRED
MARLEY'S FATHER
THE SHADOW
CREW:
Director:
Billy Worboys
Stage Manager:
Brenda Poteet
Assistant Director:
Christie Elliot
Lights/Sound:
Terry Bivens
Director
Billy Worboys
Stage Manager
Brenda Poteet
Assistant to Director
Christie Elliott
Set Design
Billy Worboys
Lights/Sound
Terry Bivens
Set Construction
Billy Worboys, Jeff Howell, Patrick Kehoss, Bruce Boone, Kenny Newsom, Clayton Elliott, Rob Beebe, Dan Spangle
Props
Christie Elliott
Box Office
Kristen McKenney
Preview Party
Dodie Worboys, Flatiron Grille, Lana Suite, Jeff Howell, Allie Suite, Mary Varner
House Manager
Katie Raper
Acknowledgements:
Frank Arcuri, King Jewelers, Carriage House Antique Market & Cafe, J. Kent Freeman, John Perkins Photography, Younger Associates, DET Distributing, Tennessee Industrial Printers, David Lungren, BellaTex, Todd Swims-Leaders Credit Union, Madison-Haywood Developmental Services
SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL OF OUR VOLUNTEER USHERS!
THE STORY: "Marley was dead, to begin with…"—and what happens to Ebenezer Scrooge's mean, sour, pruney old business partner after that? Chained and shackled, Marley is condemned to a hellish eternity. He's even given his own private tormentor: a malicious little hell-sprite who thoroughly enjoys his work. Desperate, Marley accepts his one chance to free himself: To escape his own chains, he must first redeem Scrooge. So begins a journey of laughter and terror, redemption and renewal, during which Scrooge's heart, indeed, is opened; but not before Marley—in this irreverent, funny and deeply moving story—discovers his own.
"…Nothing less than an anthem to human nature, to imagination, and to the wonder of a compelling story told by a wondrous storyteller…among the best evenings of the theatrical year…As the tale slips down the throat like a hot chocolate, it also reveals new truths about the human condition…in Mula's warm and inviting hands, Marley becomes a tortured but poignant and ultimately redeemed soul who personally stage-manages Scrooge's reformation and finds his own redemption therein…an inspired and moving story that makes all that old stuff about ghosts and graves seem both immediate and revelatory…a splendid and invigorating evening!" —Chicago Tribune. "
"Delectably zany…inspired theatre…gives the audience cause to ache, and to laugh, and in the end, to exalt." —Citybeat.
"Of all the holiday shows dotting the theatrical landscape, none shines brighter than JACOB MARLEY'S CHRISTMAS CAROL." —The Life.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN PERKINS