A CHRISTMAS CAROL Takes Omaha Community Playhouse Stage, Now thru 12/23

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The Omaha Community Playhouse (OCP) will produce A Christmas Carol Tonight, Nov. 16-Dec. 23, 2012.

It just isn’t Christmas without A Christmas Carol. Experience Omaha’s favorite holiday tradition as Ebenezer Scrooge takes us on a life-changing journey filled with beautiful costumes, exquisite music, perfectly crafted sets and special effects second to none. Perfect for the whole family!

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, adapted by Charles Jones, features musical orchestration by John J. Bennett.

Director: Carl Beck, Susan Baer Collins and Amy Lane
Music Director: Jim Boggess
Choreographers: Michelle Garrity and Courtney Stein

CAST
Jerry Longe - EBENEZER SCROOGE
Matthew Hemmingway - FRED
Robert Stone - JAKE/DICK WILKINS
Sara Planck - NELL
Ablan Roblin - BOB CRATCHIT
Michael Farrell - 1ST CHARITY MAN/GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT/BAKER
Gregg Learned - 2ND CHARITY MAN/MR. FEZZIWIG
Kevin Mikuls - PETER CRATCHIT
Danny Denenberg - FRANCES CRATCHIT/2ND SCHOOL BOY/MARLEY MINION
Hannah-Kate Kinney - BELINDA CRATCHIT
Kian Roblin - TIM CRATCHIT
Don Keelan-White - JACOB MARLEY/Fiddler
Julie Huff - GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST/MYRTLE CROW
Jonathan Carlson - 1ST SCHOOL BOY/MARLEY MINION
Will Cook - 3RD SCHOOL BOY/GREENERY VENDOR
Noah Jeffrey - EBBY/MARLEY MINION
Lauren Brownrigg - FAN
Danielle Smith - MRS. FEZZIWIG/MRS. DILBER/BAKER’S WIFE
Adam Haverman - YOUNG SCROOGE
Jesse Hager - BELLE FEZZIWIG
Emily Neve - MRS. CRATCHIT
Sara Kreski - MARTHA CRATCHIT
Courtney Stein - MILLIE
Ashton Taylor - LUCY
Austin Learned - TOPPER
Julie Huff - MYRTLE CROW
Keanu Ellefson - BOY WITH SLED/MARLEY MINION
Camille Adair - LITTLE BO PEEP
Brooke Gustafson - LITTLE BOY BLUE
Ted Lane - POULTRY VENDOR
Jason DeLong - BEGGAR
Samantha Brown - CHESTNUT VENDOR
James Spain - ORGAN GRINDER
Kelli Schilken - ENSEMBLE

CHILDREN’S ENSEMBLE
Donovan Lane
Gwendolyn Corcoran
Eva Ellefson
Riley Rasmussen
Morgan Ryan
Pyeper Thompson
Grace Titus

The show plays tonight, Nov. 16-Dec. 23, 2012; Wednesday–Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. at the Omaha Community Playhouse, Howard and Rhonda Hawks Mainstage Theatre 6915 Cass Street in Omaha, NE.

Tickets can be purchased at the OCP Box Office, by calling (402) 553-0800 or online at www.OmahaPlayhouse.org or www.TicketOmaha.com. Before Dec. 15, single tickets are $35 for adults, $24 for students. Dec. 15-23, single tickets are $39 for adults, $28 for students. For groups of 12 or more, tickets are $32 for adults, $18 for students. Note: The Friday, Nov. 30 performance is the 1,000th performance of A Christmas Carol. Previous cast and crew of the show are invited to attend for $25 ($10 ticket savings).