& present

44-02 23 rd Street, Long Island City, NY 11101

Tel: 718 392 0304 Email: info@secrettheatre.com

For Immediate Release

The Queens Players & The Secret Theatre present…

Written by Charles Dickens - Adaptation by Richard Mazda

DIRECTED BY AMANDA FRIOU

Tickets $15 adults $10 Kids u13

$2 discount advance Credit Card Sales through www.theatermania.com

Evening performances @ 8pm on December 6,7,8,9,12,13,14,15,16,19,20,21,22

Matinee performances @ 2pm on Saturday December 15 & 22

Directions: Take the 7 to 45th Rd/Courthouse or the E, V or G to 23rd St/Ely,

The Secret Theatre is two blocks from The Citibank building, 3 blocks from PS1 and 2 blocks from Silvercup Studios

Please contact Richard on 718 392 0304 or email info@thequeensplayers.com

for further Information or industry comps

Cast List

Scrooge - Annie Ragsdale

Chris Cornwell – Ben/Guitar

Rebecca Carton – Faith/Violin

Ken Driesslin – Jacob Marley/Tim

Meredith Cody – Roberta Cratchit

Gillian Hurst – Brenda Cratchit

Christian O’Brien – Carter

Janna Kefalas – Scrooge’s Mother/Business Woman

Kristen Anderson – Caroler/Theif

Meredith Dillard – Jo/Charity worker

Lauri Berritta – Ignorance/Voice of Christmas Past

Katie Brown – Want/Voice of Christmas Present

Danielle Devine – Martha Cratchit

Director - Amanda Friou

Producer - Richard Mazda/The Secret Theatre

Set Design - Amanda Friou

Puppet Design - Matt Leabo and Amanda Friou

Sound and Projection Design - Megan Henninger

Lighting Design – Kristin Carlson

Summary

In this multi-media contemporary adaptation of A Christmas Carol, a young woman in corporate America has lost sight of the meaning of Christmas.  As Christmas Eve approaches she is haunted not only by the ghosts of Christmas but by the ghosts and shadows in her own life.  The Ghosts of Jacob Marley, Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come are all played by puppets and the production features live music and Christmas carols. Through this use of puppets and projections Scrooge is forced to confront the love and music she walked away from and the bleak and fatal future she is chasing in the name of success.  This Christmas Eve, Scrooge is given one chance to change the course of her life, and therefore the lives of all those around her.

Scrooge as well as the majority of the cast is female. Christmas Future takes place almost exclusively in shadowed projections.

There is a major contrast between the cold, callous, and metallic world that Scrooge lives in and the warm, vibrant and musical world of those around her.