THE CHARACTERS & PLAYERS IN THEIR FAMILIAL ORDER

SOMMER CARBUCCIA* as The Narrator, a poet and artist; the teller of this ghostly tale.

THE SCROOGES

DAVID COFFEE* as Ebenezer Scrooge; A tight-fisted hand at the grindstone. A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner. DEREK LUSCUTOFF as Young Scrooge; A clever chap, filled with enormous potential until his great passion, greed, engrosses him. GRAHAM LAYTON as Boy Scrooge; a sad boy, rejected by his father and sent far away to school. BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY* as Fred; Handsome nephew of old Scrooge, with a cheerful voice and a sparkling laugh. TURNER RILEY* as Belle; Young Scrooge’s betrothed; a fair maiden, honorable and pure, also as Meg; Fred’s bride, very pretty, with a dimpled, surprised look. ADDY DALY as Fan; Scrooge’s sister, brimful of glee.

THE CRATCHITS

RUSSELL GARRETT* as Bob Cratchit; A clerk in the service of Ebenezer Scrooge and the loving father of a fine family. LEIGH BARRETT* as Mrs. Cratchit; Bob’s wife, poor in possessions but rich in family. EMILIA TAGLIANI as Martha Cratchit; Oldest of the Cratchit children. WADE GLEESON TURNER as Peter Cratchit; A kind, serious boy, devoted to his brother and sisters. GRACE OLAH as Belinda Cratchit; Second of the Cratchit daughters and a happy lass. QUINN MURPHY as Tiny Tim Cratchit; Thoughtful and brave with his little crutch and his goodly heart.

THE SPIRITS

RYAN KNOWLES* as Jacob Marley; Scrooge’s first and only business partner; dead as a doornail. LEIGH BARRETT* as The Ghost of Christmas Past; The first of the three spirits, she is of the air – resplendent in stars. JAELLE LAGUERRE* as The Ghost of Christmas Present; A giant of harvest and plenty, glorious to behold. GRAHAM LAYTON and QUINN MURPHY as Ignorance & Want; sad stricken things seen with The Ghost of Christmas Present. DEREK LUSCUTOFF as The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come; Scrooge’s subterranean nightmare of himself at the turning point of his life. FLORA DICKENS* and DREW PORRETT* as The Pearlies; Versatile tumbler/acrobat/poltergeists, inspired by 19th century London’s Cockney buskers — street entertainers who performed for donations. These street performers typically wore topcoats covered with pearl buttons; hence, the name. In our story, these spirits are visitors from the realm of imagination and are allies of the Narrator in the telling of his tale by attending the Spirits and otherwise moving the action of the play forward.

THE FEZZIWIGS

J.T. TURNER* as Mr. Fezziwig; Voluminous in his great jovial benevolence. CHERYL McMAHON* as Mrs. Fezziwig; One vast substantial smile.

REVELERS, TOWNSFOLK, PARASITES & OTHERS

CHERYL McMAHON* as Mrs. Dilber; Scrooge’s housekeeper, a martyr and, later, a disreputable seller of goods. BILLY GOLDSTEIN as Joe Miller; Keeper of the poultry shop and, later, a nefarious pawnbroker. JAELLE LAGUERRE* and J.T. TURNER* as Philanthropists 1 & 2; Prosperous London merchants, both extremely charitable. ALEXIS NICOLE GEARY and JOSHUA McKENNA as London Children; Rambunctious street urchins. CALEB WILSON SCHAAF as Dick Wilkins; Scrooge’s best childhood friend, who died young. BILLY GOLDSTEIN, SARAH KOURY, BRADY MURPHY, ELLEN PETERSON, CALEB WILSON SCHAAF, DAN TEIXEIRA, EMILY SONG TYLER, and SIERRA WILSON as Residents of London; Representing the various sorts and conditions of inhabitants.
 
Musicians, including those playing trumpet, flute, English horn, French horn, trombone, violin, cello, woodwinds, bass, harp, keyboard and percussion. Occasionally, some may join in the action of a scene. MILTON GRANGER as Conductor and also playing Keyboard. ROBERT L. RUCINSKI playing Keyboard. WILLIAM VINT playing Flute, Clarinet and English Horn. JAY DALY playing Trumpet. MICHAEL BELLOFATTO playing French Horn. KEVIN VIRGILIO playing Trombone. EMILY HALPERN LEWIS playing Harp. ZOIA BOLOGOVSKY playing Violin. JOHN BUMSTEAD playing Cello. SAHIL WARSI playing Bass. The musicians in North Shore Music Theatre’s Orchestra are members of the American Federation of Musicians.
 
STEPHEN MacDONALD* as Production Stage Manager. DAKOTAH WILEY HORAN* as Assistant Stage Manager. ROBERT L. RUCINSKI as Assistant Music Director / Rehearsal Accompanist. ADAM BATES as the Sound Design Associate. BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY* and DREW PORRETT* as Co-Dance Captains. BRIANA FALLON* as Assistant to the Director/Choreographer. RYAN KNOWLES* as Understudy for Ghost of Christmas Present and Fezziwig.  BRONSON NORRIS MURPHY* as Understudy for Bob.  J.T. TURNER* as Understudy for Ebenezer Scrooge & Jacob Marley. BILLY GOLDSTEIN as Study Cover for Philanthropists 1 & 2. DEREK LUSCUTOFF as Study Cover for The Narrator & Fred. ELLEN PETERSON as Study Cover for Mrs. Dilber/Mrs. Fezziwig. CALEB WILSON SCHAAF as Study Cover for Joe Miller. DAN TEIXEIRA as Study Cover for Young Scrooge/Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. EMILY SONG TYLER as Study Cover for Meg/Belle. SIERRA WILSON as Study Cover for Ghost of Christmas Past/Mrs. Cratchit. ALEXIS NICOLE GEARY as Study Cover for Belinda. SARAH KOURY as Study Cover for Peter and Martha. GRAHAM LAYTON as Study Cover for Tiny Tim. BRADY MURPHY as Study Cover for Boy Scrooge & London Children. GRACE OLAH as Study Cover for Fan. Understudies & Study Covers are never substituted unless a specific announcement is made at time of show.
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
 Special thanks to Ricola natural herb cough drops, the official cough drop of North Shore Music Theatre

ABOUT THE PLAY

The initial setting is London in the early 1860s, roughly 20 years after Dickens wrote his story. As the story unfolds and the Narrator takes us back in time, settings include a London street, Scrooge’s chambers and Counting House, and locations which appear in Scrooge’s dream. Fantastic images of clocks are everywhere. Three are quite large, and figure prominently at the beginning and end of each stave. Scrooge’s magnificent transformation comes about as a result of three spirits who visit him in his dream. In the first street scene, which takes place in London on December 24, 1843, we meet all of the dream characters as their mortal counterparts. For example, Mrs. Cratchit, symbol of memory, home, motherhood and love, will become the Ghost of Christmas Past in Stave II. A philanthropist collecting money for the poor, will become the Ghost of Christmas Present, symbol of generosity and abundance in Stave III. In his Stave IV nightmare, Scrooge sees the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come personified as his younger self at the pivotal point in his life, when he rejected his only love, Belle.