It’s ACT’s 43rd production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, adapted by Gregory A. Falls. Directed by Kurt Beattie, this celebrated adaptation follows the original Dickens tale taking audiences along on Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformational journey through time. Three ghostly visitors help Scrooge get into the holiday spirit, leading him on a trip through Christmases past, present, and future.
“A Christmas Carol is one of the greatest stories ever told,” Director Kurt Beattie says. “It moves me every year, and it reminds me of how essential human love and kindness are to civilization—things that, it seems, are very lacking in our national conversation at the moment. It’s a great privilege to live in this story, and attempt to communicate it to others once again, and I can’t wait to share our production with our wonderful Seattle audiences.” Ian Bell, who will be making his Scrooge debut and David Pichette will alternate as the curmudgeonly miser Scrooge.
“How wonderful it is to return again to Dickens and his authentic impulse which calls to the best parts of ourselves. This tradition, 43 years in the making, grows in power with each new rendition, infused not only by the actors and artisans who work with an open heart, but also reinvigorated by those who have loved this story, and love to share it,” Artistic Director John Langs says.
NOTE: No one under the age of five will be permitted.
