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CRITIC'S PICK - "The often tongue-in-cheek/often poignant slant on the holiday classic is enough to make this an annual event!" ---Back Stage West Los Angeles, California
November 14th through December 20, 2003
Hollywood Forever
6000 Santa Monica Blvd.
(Enter at the Gower Avenue Gate - at Willoughby)

Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 p.m.
EXTENDED BY POPULAR DEMAND:
Sundays at 8:00 p.m., (December 7th & 14th)

  • Critic's Choice: Los Angeles Times
  • Recommended: LA Weekly
  • Critic's Pick: Backstage West (and Best of 2003)
  • Critic's Choice: ShowMag.Com

  • This world premiere production of MARLEY'S GHOST tells the story before the story. How did Jacob Marley come to haunt Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' immortal classic A CHRISTMAS CAROL? MARLEY'S GHOST will create a dream world in which our audience members are literally bound together as "fellow passengers to the grave"--and beyond --as they take hold of a huge chain not unlike that which envelops Marley, and are pulled from location to location in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery by the spirits that inhabit this world. Although, staged readings have occurred at the famed cemetery, this is the first production that will be utilizing the entire space as the canvas for the telling of this tale. As much ingenious, low-tech theme park attraction as it is theatre, the design team is creating a cyber-Victorian aesthetic that draws upon familiar, period imagery but also subverts it in keeping with the satirical quality of the text. The acting ensemble will be responsible not only for the stage pictures, but also for creating and directing the lighting of the show - all open flame and practical battery operated elements - as well as the sound - fully acoustic "foley" work done in full view of the audience. All the cogs and gears of this boldly theatrical event will be exposed for the delight of the audience, with visible puppeteers operating eerie, giant puppets with live human heads. Mysterious. Exciting. Poignant. And hilarious. Jeff Goode has managed to capture the core values of A Christmas Carol while simultaneously poking fun at it. This Circle X production will magnify both effects, leaving the audience thoroughly entertained, but also deeply moved. Ultimately, the work will be a tribute to the many souls who made their livelihoods in entertainment whose home at the cemetery we will be sharing for a time. Each night of the show, the inhabitants of that space will be "not another race of creatures bound on other journeys" but one pocket of humanity traveling together toward a better understanding of ourselves.
    CIRCLE X THEATRE COMPANY
    Tara Flynn and Tim Wright, Co-Producing Artistic Directors

    Presents the World Premiere of
    MARLEY'S GHOST
    by Jeff Goode

    Directed by Matthew Bretz
    Produced by Ken Metz & Stan Weightman, Jr.
    Production Design by Gary Smoot
    Lighting Design by Geoff Korf
    Soundscape by Paul Hepker
    Costume Design by Cynthia Herteg
    Stage Managed by Christi Vadovic

    CAST
    Richard Augustine .......................................... Phantom
    Rebecca Avery ............... Housekeeper · Friend  ·  Mrs. Cratchit
    Anthony Backman .............................. Tuttle  ·  Right Hand
    Emma Barton .................. Gravedigger's Wife · Belle · Passerby
    Bob Clendenin .............................. Scrooge · Young Scrooge
    Ahmad Enani .......................... Gravedigger · Friend · Beggar
    Kevin Fabian ..................................... Diminutive Spirit
    Keythe Farley ................................ Marley · Young Marley
    Matt Ford ............................................. Bob Cratchit
    Jennifer Kays ............... Pawnbroker · Widow · Maggie · Passerby
    Ally LoPrete ................................. Jenny · Mrs. Fezziwig
    Ross Mackenzie ................................. Wilkins · Left Hand
    Johanna McKay ...................................... Gigantic Spirit
    Todd Sible ....................... Reverend · Businessman · Passerby
    David Paul Wichert ................... Laundress · Friend · Tiny Tim
    
    UNDERSTUDIES
    Anthony Backman · Beatrice Casini · Tom Elliott · Joe Tyler Gold · Chris LoPrete · Ross Mackenzie · Tara Platt · Jessica Toth
    PRODUCTION TEAM
    Jeff Goode ............................................... Playwright
    Matthew Bretz .............................................. Director
    Betsy Chapman .................................... Assistant Director
    Ken Metz ................................................... Producer
    Stan Weightman, Jr. ........................................ Producer
    Gary Smoot ...................................... Production Designer
    Genevieve Anderson .......... Puppet manipulation & Design Consultant
    Geoff Korf ........................................ Lighting Designer
    Jonathan Klein ................................... Lighting Associate
    Paul Hepker .............................................. Soundscape
    Cynthia Herteg ..................................... Costume Designer
    Rosemary Boyce .................................... Costume Associate
    Heather Hisserich ................... Wardrobe Assistant/Running Crew
    I-Ching Lao .......................................... Puppet Builder
    Alexandra Hisserich ........................................... Props
    Christi Vadovic ....................................... Stage Manager
    Jen Haire ........................ Assistant Stage Manager/Light Crew
    Jessica Toth .......................... Production Assistant/Run Crew
    Mark Crowell ................................. Production Hairstylist
    Todd Silver ........................ Assistant Production Hairstylist
    Rachel Flannagan ................................... Graphic Designer
    Anthony Backman .......................................... Web Master
    Kevin Fabian ......................................... Program Design
    Jennifer Skinner ................................. Technical Director
    Melanie Hermann ....................................... House Manager
    Sarah Hartmann .......................................... Vocal Coach
    Tom Raymont ................................ Coach Builder/Light Crew
    Ilana Kira ............................................. Running Crew
    Kellie Waymire ....................................... Movement Coach
    Erin Fiedler ................. Movement Coach/Production Photographer
    
    

     


    Columbus, Ohio
    November 28th - December 20th, 2003
    "To all a Goode Night"


    3979 Parkway Lane
    Hilliard

    Marley's Ghost
    at 8:00 p.m.

    The Eight: Reindeer Monologues
    at 10:00 p.m.


    November 28th & 29th...Jeff in Columbus!


    Directed by
    Dale Gregory
     
    Production Manager
    Arnie Thies
     
    Stage Managers
    Isaac Nippert
    Courtney DeCosky
    and Eric Ewing
     
    House Manager
    Joyce Thies
    CAST:
    Rev. Hedges/Ghost of Christmas Future (1) ........... Richard Isbell
    Ebenezer Scrooge .................................... Michael Wilson
    Gravedigger's Wife/Mrs. Fezziwig .................... Megan Cooper
    Gravedigger/Pawnbroker/Businessman .................. Richard Napoli
    Jacob Marley ........................................ Rene Saxton
    Dick Wilkins/Beggar/Ghost of Christmas Future (2) ... Eric Ewing
    Benjamin Tuttle ..................................... David Belskie
    Bob Cratchit ........................................ Justin Moon
    Jenny/Belle/Laundress/Widow ......................... Courtney DeCosky
    Housekeeper/Mrs. Cratchit ........................... Yvonne Isbell
    Ghost of Christmas Present .......................... Michael Parsons
    Ghost of Christmas Past ............................. Kendra Lynn
    Young Jacob Marley .................................. James Logan
    Young Ebenezer Scrooge .............................. Isaac Nippert
    Margaret Marley ..................................... Christie Pitko
    Tiny Tim ............................................ Amanda Ciani
    Cratchit Children ................................... Brianna Biffath
                                                          Devin Isbell
                                                          Katelyn Whitted

    Immediately following the opening night performances of the two comedies on Friday, November 28, Pantheatrics will be hosting an opening night reception/mixer where attendees can celebrate after the Thanksgiving holiday (or relax after a long day at the malls!) and meet Jeff Goode. The entertaining evening will also feature a live DJ, hors d'oeuvres, desserts, and a chance to party with Pantheatrics performers. A $5 cover charge applies.

     



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