NTC’s Musical Adaptation of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” Opens at St. Vincent‘s School for Boys November 24th
(San Rafael, CA) The Novato Theater Company (NTC) musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ classic, “A Christmas Carol,” now in its third year, will open Saturday, November 24th at St. Vincent School for Boys in San Rafael.
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Based closely on Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, this musical version hews closely to the original story. Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge cares for money over human relationships and believes Christmas is nothing but an excuse to pick a man’s pocket once a year.
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On Christmas Eve, he is visited by the ghost of his former business partner, Jacob Marley. Marley warns Scrooge that unless he changes his ways, Scrooge will be bound by chains of his own making, doomed to walk the world thus throughout eternity. Scrooge is then visited by three Ghosts—Past, Present and Future—who remind him of his happy youth, show him the misery he creates for others in the present and force him to contemplate the bleak prospect of his own unremarked death. Scrooge, now a changed man, wakes on Christmas Day to the true spirit of Christmas—the redemption that charity to others brings. As Scrooge sings at the end, “how grace redeems”.
Blanca Florido returns to NTC as writer and director for this annual holiday tradition. Andrew Klein is Musical Director. The entire cast with one exception is from Marin and includes 22 cast members including children. This year’s show will have a new Scrooge, played by Johnny DeBernard. He has previously played the Ghost of Christmas Past and Jacob Marley. Tiny Tim will be played by 9 year old Rocco Tramonte Novia-Reed from Cloverdale.
St. Vincent’s, long a family tradition with its holiday tree lots and other festivities, is the perfect place to see the Dickens’ classic and will be welcoming donations during all performances. The Gold Rush era school is now a residential treatment center for boys.
TICKETS:
Tickets: $20 General Admission; $18 Seniors; $12 Children; Purchase season subscription $95.00 (Prorated) and support the NTC.
Space is limited. Please RESERVE YOUR TICKETS TODAY.
Date: November 24th-December 15th 2012
Time: Opening Night Weekend is Saturday, November 24th at 9pm, Sunday, November 25th at 3pm;
Performances of A Christmas Carol:
November: Sat 24, Thu 29, Fri 30 at 8 p.m.
December: Sat 1, Thu 6, Fri 7, Sat 8, Thu 13, Fri 14, Sat 15 at 8 p.m.
Matinees Sundays, Nov. 25 and Dec. 9 at 3 p.m.
Show Dates- November 24-December 15th
Location: St. Vincent’s School For Boys
One St. Vincent Drive
San Rafael, CA 94903
About St. Vincent’s School For Boys
St. Vincent's School for Boys
San Rafael, Marin County, California
Once a Gold Rush orphanage, the school is now a non-profit residential treatment center for boys.
At St. Vincent's School, protection of the boys is paramount. Some areas of the school are open to the public but not the areas the boys use. Call in advance if you want to see the public areas. St. Vincent's School for Boys has been doing good work for over a century and a half. It needs your kind support.
About The Novato Theater Company
Recognized for their award-winning productions of musicals, dramas and comedies, NTC has been producing quality theater for Bay Area audiences for more than 90 years.
The NTC 2012-2013 Season includes: Last of the Red Hot Lovers 8/30-9/23; Nunsense 10/18-11/11;A Christmas Carol 11/24-12/15;Steel Magnolias 2/4-3-10;Gypsy 4/4-4/28; and The Foreigner 5/23-6/16;
This vibrant little theater company has not let losing their lease twice in the past eight years stop them from producing quality theater for Bay Area audiences. To paraphrase one theater critic about NTC’s dilemma, “This semi-professional theater company deserves a standing ovation for persistence.”
Please join us for our shows and the rest of our fabulous season, because the show must go on.
We welcome donor, volunteer, audition and other inquiries. For more about how to get involved visit www.novatotheatercompany.org or call 415 883-4498 or info@novatotheatercompany.org. Press and media inquiries contact: sandra@seandassoc.com or 415 887 9230.
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