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Comedy
Short, 30-40 minutes
4 females, 7 males, 13 either
(10-24 actors possible: 5-18 females, 5-20 males)
$45.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
A whimsical reinvention of Dickens' most beloved Christmas story in wacky rhymed couplets. With zoot fruited juices and binka bird geese, from Bed-Headed Fred to Timmy Loo Hoo, this tale of glorious holiday cheer is similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with -- if he ever had his way with the story... (A full-length version of this play is also available.)
"A Seussified Christmas Carol" is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
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Comedy
Full-length, 65-85 minutes
6 females, 11 males, 22 either
(11-39 actors possible: 5-28 females, 6-33 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A whimsical reinvention of Dickens' most beloved Christmas story in wacky rhymed couplets. With zoot fruited juices and binka bird geese, from Bed-Headed Fred to Timmy Loo Hoo, this tale of glorious holiday cheer is similar to something Dr. Seuss might have come up with -- if he ever had his way with the story... (A one-act version of this play is also available.)
"A Seussified Christmas Carol" is not affiliated, endorsed, or sponsored by Dr. Seuss Enterprises.
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Seasonal Comedy
Full-length, 60-100 minutes
1 male, 3 either (4-18 actors possible: 0-18 females, 0-18 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A narrator's retelling of Christmas tales quickly unravels into an action-packed adventure when the Xmas, a malicious force of holiday ruination, sweeps in to destroy all things red and green. Classic holiday characters are the only hope to stop it: reluctant Ebenezer Scrooge, intrepid Frosty the Snowman, and timid Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer among them. This dream team embarks on a journey to restore the Spirit of Christmas to the mysterious Ice Palace -- but can they do it before the Xmas demolishes every last candy cane, sugarplum, and shred of Christmas cheer?
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| "...an irreverent twist on some of the most beloved stories of the Christmas canon." |
| --Tim Dunleavy, talkinbroadway.com |
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Drama
Full-length, 90-100 minutes
7 females, 9 males, 9 either
(20-36 actors possible: 8-21 females, 6-20 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A lean, entertaining, and faithful adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
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A Christmas Carol adapted by Jacqueline Goldfinger
from the novella by Charles Dickens |
 
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Family drama/comedy
Full-length, 70-85 minutes
3 females, 7 males (10-44 actors possible: 3-17 females, 4-27 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This swift adaptation of the Christmas classic remains true to the original story by incorporating portions of the Dickens' novella not usually seen on the stage or screen. Infused with a myriad of popular Christmas carols and a subtle twist of contemporary humor, the morality tale of Ebenezer Scrooge is once again alive with holiday spirit.
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| "CRITIC'S CHOICE! Pure and moving and true... What's startling about Jacqueline Goldfinger's new adaptation, commissioned by the theater, is the way it hews so closely to the original 1843 novella, yet finds a way to make it feel naturally, gracefully theatrical...the genius of Goldfinger's approach is in how she uses [the carolers] to tease out the shadings of humor, anger and irony in the first-person narrator's voice...it's a sweet affirmation of life." |
| --San Diego Union-Tribune |
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Holiday Drama
Full-length, 110-130 minutes
6 females, 10 males (12-60 actors possible: 4-30 females, 8-30 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Faithful to Dickens' beautiful language, this flexible adaptation of the beloved Christmas classic tells the heartwarming story of miserly Ebeneezer Scrooge. Mr. Scrooge is always cold-hearted, and Christmas is no exception -- that is, until the ghost of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley, comes to warn him about the consequences of living a life of greed and materialism. Over the next three nights, Scrooge is visited by three other spirits who try to convince him that his selfishness will be his downfall. Is this enough to make the selfish old miser change his ways?
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| "This version is true enough to the classic, real enough for today, and done with enough care and sensitivity to bring even the most dour of holiday sufferers into the right mood." |
| --John Addyman, The Village News (Oxford, PA) |
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Radio Play
Full-length, 70-90 minutes
1 either
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
It's Christmas Eve, and with the actors snowed in and unable to make it to the studios of WXMS for the live radio performance of A Christmas Carol, the sound effects person decides to take the audience through the classic tale himself. In an impressive and amusing feat, this telling is performed as a 1940s radio play with one person providing all of the characters' voices and sound effects. This rollicking, creative adaptation of Dickens' classic work is sure to warm the hearts of even the chilliest audience members.
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Comedy
Full-length, 80-100 minutes
1 female, 1 male, 1 either (3-4 actors possible: 1-3 females, 1-3 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Sarah and Charlie, a married couple, run a small theatre that's presenting A Christmas Carol -- until Charlie shows up backstage to say the cast and crew are snowed out. Charlie is planning to split up with Sarah tonight, but he's snowed in. Sarah, furious, capitalizes on Charlie's remarkable memory, and blackmails him into doing the play with her as a duo, relying on scripts when they need to. He plays Scrooge; she plays everyone else. As the performance proceeds, Charlie gets drawn back into his relationship with Sarah. They actually manage to perform much of the play, with their personal story invading the Dickens tale, informing it with dual levels of meaning.
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| "It's a funny, lighthearted show, filled with joyous silliness, mysterious happenings and a warm Christmas glow. Dickens would be pleased." |
| --Marie D. Galyean, Boise Weekly |
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Holiday drama
Full-length, 80-90 minutes
9 females, 13 males, 6 either
(17-50 actors possible: 7-20 females, 10-30 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This adaptation of the Dickens holiday classic follows Ebenezer Scrooge on his exhilarating and terrifying journey to discover the true meaning of Christmas -- with a twist at the end of the journey.
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| "Like a breath of fresh air ... A different delightful production of A Christmas Carol ... Elwell's script injects a keenly appreciated sense of anticipation into the weary old yarn ... This A Christmas Carol is fun, fast-moving, albeit a tad shadowy. In other words -- an unmitigated delight." |
| --Larry L. Kubert, Lincoln Journal Star |
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Comedy
Full-length, 70-85 minutes
20 females, 15 males (15-50 actors possible: 8-25 females, 7-25 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Cast out your cockneys and leave that stale fruit cake at home -- enter a world of grits and gravy, red velvet cake, and the occasional glass of sweet tea. This modern spin on a timeless classic captures the sights and sounds of contemporary life in today's South, while maintaining the spirit of Dickens' beloved tale of greed and redemption.
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| "Fast becoming a Jacksonville tradition!" |
| --Florida Times-Union |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 60-70 minutes
1 male
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Charles Dickens' 1867 American Reading Tour is off to a rough start. Due to an inexplicable loss of his luggage, he regretfully announces that he will be unable to read from his beloved classic, A Christmas Carol. All is not lost however; Dickens delivers what he promised by performing from memory the magical story of Ebenezer Scrooge's journey from miserliness to redemption with warmth and humor. This one-man play is based on the condensed version Dickens himself used on his historic reading tours of the United States.
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| "Mr. Bodine's script follows closely the condensed Christmas Carol Dickens created for his readings, whose cuts include the schoolroom scenes... Children ready for a Dickens introduction, however, will be captivated." |
| --Laurel Graeber, The New York Times |
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Drama
Full-length, 90-100 minutes
4 females, 8 males, 4 either (6-30 actors possible: 2-15 females, 4-20 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
Based on Dickens' classic story of a young orphan, Pip, who comes into a mysterious fortune. Rejecting the love and squalor of his childhood, he attempts to win the heart of snobbish Estella, who was raised by her Aunt Miss Havisham "to wreak revenge on all the male sex." A concise and accessible adaptation for both adults and young audiences.
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| "An excellent adaptation... Delightful family fare!" |
| --Back Stage |
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Drama
Full-length, 75-80 minutes
2 females, 5 males, 1 either
(8-40 actors possible: 2-10 females, 5-30 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This exhilarating adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel tells an epic story of vengeance and sacrifice poetically described in the famous first lines as "the best of times and the worst of times." When the French emigrant Charles Darnay returns to his native Paris to help a friend, his aristocratic past is cause for the new regime to imprison him in the infamous Bastille, where he is sentenced to death by guillotine. With time running out, Darnay's friends and family desperately try to free him before the iron falls.
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| "Concise but powerful adaptation... It cuts through the narrative complexities of this tale of the French Revolution and foregrounds its deeper truths." |
| --Chicago Tribune |
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A Christmas Carol
adapted by Janet Allard and Michael Bigelow Dixon
with Commonweal Theatre Company, from the novella by Charles Dickens |
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Holiday Classic
Full-length, 70-75 minutes
3 females, 5 males (8-35 actors possible: 3-17 females, 5-23 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This timeless holiday classic is creatively retold with a unique twist by having every actor -- both male and female, young and old -- take turns playing Scrooge. Jacob Marley's ghost and three other spirits take Scrooge on a journey through time and space, as Scrooge confronts his misdeeds and awakens to a deeper purpose in life. All of the dialogue is taken directly from Charles Dickens' novella in this interpretation of Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation from a cruel and miserly curmudgeon to a joyous and generous soul.
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| "...intelligent, creative and unique. It draws inspiration directly from Dickens' words, rather than from rehashed sentimentality, and confronts the audience with an uncomfortable truth: We are all Scrooge." |
| --Tom Weber, Post-Bulletin (Minnesota) |
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Drama
Full-length, 60-70 minutes
3 females, 5 males (8-12 actors possible: 0-8 females, 0-8 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
An inspired adaptation of the holiday classic, reimagined through highly theatrical storytelling. Actors whimsically transform from narrators into characters, and beloved carols are sung to alternately joyful and sinister effect, giving this familiar Christmas story a fresh and energetic feel.
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Musical Comedy
Full-length, 90-100 minutes
6 females, 3 males (9-15 actors possible: 6-11 females, 3-5 males)
$8.99 per book
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In a spunky take on the Dickens classic, the story of Scrooge's redemption is set in the exciting, ragtime world of New York, circa 1911. Evelyn Scrooge runs her sweatshop with an iron fist but slowly
opens her heart as she is visited by a Yiddish-spouting Ghost of Christmas Past and a gospel-wailing Ghost of Christmas Present. The score, which includes work by Victor Herbert and George M. Cohan,
brings the age old Christmas story to life with rousing production numbers set to familiar songs from "Hello, My Baby" to "The Streets of New York." Wildly funny and deeply moving, The Christmas Carol Rag brings a new twist to an old chestnut.
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| "...a wholly delightful affair with the potential to become a recurring seasonal favorite." |
| --Michael Toscano, The Washington Post |
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Suzie Scrooge by Don Zolidis
based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
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Christmas comedy
Short, 45-50 minutes
3 females, 7 males, 3 either (7-20 actors possible: 3-12 females, 4-15 males)
$35.00 per performance; $7.99 per book
In this modern-day adaptation of the beloved Dickens classic, it's one year after Scrooge's miraculous transformation. Now everyone is out to take advantage of him, including the unscrupulous Cratchits. Scrooge's niece, Suzie, tries to look out for him, but instead of saving her uncle, she's visited by a series of well-meaning spirits: the ghost of her old lab partner, her dead driving instructor, and other oddities who insist on teaching her the true meaning of Christmas. But they don't quite get what they bargained for.
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Comedy
Short, 12-15 minutes
2 females, 2 males
$30.00 per performance; $9.99 per book
NOTE: This play is part of an anthology called Great Short Plays: Volume 9.
Molly Parsons, the proprietor of a quality ladies' dress shop, discovers to her horror that her hair is rapidly receding from the nape of her neck and proceeding down the front of her face. As disaster creeps down her forehead, Molly decides she must tell a certain man she loves him before it's too late.
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A Queer Carol by Joe Godfrey
Based on A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens |
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Drama
Full-length, 85-90 minutes
2 females, 6 males, 1 either
(9-10 actors possible: 2-3 females, 6-7 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
A contemporary gay re-telling of the Dickens classic that delves into the downward spiral of Ben Scrooge and Jake Marley, who were partners in life as well as in their interior design business. With Marilyn Monroe as the Ghost of Christmas Past, and Bob Cratchit's partner Tim living with HIV, there are twists aplenty. And yet, this honest and moving adaptation remains surprisingly faithful to the spirit of the original with its sense of wonder and Christmas spirit.
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| "A reason not to pass up the fruitcake this holiday season! A realistic and sensitive depiction of gay life that honors Dickens' message of love, goodwill and charity. It's welcome entertainment for anyone who just can't sit through another airing of A Christmas Story or It's a Wonderful Life!" |
| --Adrienne Onofri, CurtainUp |
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The Ghost's Bargain
A Christmas Ghost Story
adapted by Jacqueline Goldfinger
from the novella The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain by Charles Dickens |
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Comedy/Drama
Full-length, 75-90 minutes
6 females, 5 males, 4 either (8-15 actors possible: 3-10 females, 5-9 males)
$75.00 per performance; $8.99 per book
This stirring new adaptation of the Dickens Christmas novella is a redemptive tale of the world-weary Professor Redlaw, who is offered the gift of forgetting all of his bad memories. This "gift" becomes a contagious curse that spreads to all those around him, creating a harsh, memory-less society that the Professor can only save through an act of self-sacrifice.
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