Following the success of last year’s co-production, New Rep, the Arsenal Center for the Arts, and Watertown Children's Theatre revive their popular adaptation of Dickens’ classic holiday story, which has all the trimmings of a lavish Victorian Christmas. The production offers a feast for the senses, ranging from a pre-show caroling concert to luxurious period costumes, from singing and dancing – the performers accompany themselves on over a dozen different instruments – to ghosts that fly through the air and evaporate into the London fog. For audience members of all ages, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is the perfect holiday celebration.

Adapted and directed by Rick Lombardo**
Original music by Anna Lackaff & Rick Lombardo
Musical direction and Traditional music arranged by Anna Lackaff
Original lyrics by Rick Lombardo
Choreography by Ilyse Robbins

Suzanne Bixby, assistant director
Peter Colao, scenic design
Christine Alger and Frances Nelson McSherry***, costume design
John R. Malinowski, lighting design
Rick Lombardo, sound design
Matthew CW Page, properties design
Cheryl D. Olszowka*, production stage manager
Carola Morrone*, assistant stage manager

CAST (in alphabetical order)
Steven Barkhimer*, Collecting Man 1, Mr. Fezziwig, Ghost of Christmas Present, Business Man 2, Ensemble
Brett Cramp*, Bob Cratchit, Lighthouse Man 2, Ensemble
Spencer Evett, Tiny Tim, Ensemble
Paul D. Farwell*, Scrooge
Rebecca Haines, Ensemble
Eric Hamel, Collecting Man 2, Dick Wilkins, Topper, Ship’s Watch, Business Man 3, Ensemble
Peter Edmund Haydu*, Jacob Marley, John (Belle’s husband), Miner Father, Business Man 1, Old Joe, Ensemble
Isabelle Holt, Martha Cratchit, Ensemble
Charlotte Horan, Belinda Cratchit, Ensemble
Will Keary, Young Scrooge, Lighthouse Man 1, Undertaker’s Man, Ensemble
John Lazenby, Boy Scrooge 2, Peter Cratchit, Ensemble
Cristi Miles, Belle, Mrs. Dilber, Hermione, Ensemble
Terrence O’Malley*, Fred, Ship’s Pilot, Ensemble
Ilyse Robbins*, Ghost of Christmas Past, Elizabeth, Ensemble
Patrice Tiedemann*, Mrs. Fezziwig, Edna, Molly, Ensemble
Dawn Tucker, Mrs. Cratchit, Miner’s Wife, Ensemble
Cameron VanderWerf, Boy Scrooge 1, Willie Cratchit, Turkey Boy, Ensemble
Talia Weingarten, Fan, Alice Cratchit, Ensemble

Time & place: Victorian London

*member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States
**member of Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc., an independent national labor union
***member of United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829