The Christmas Carol Farce (Featuring the Five-Minute Christmas Carol)

Overview

Charles Dickens’s ghost arranges for a high school production of A Christmas Carol to be broadcast on TV. The cast is ecstatic, until they learn their performance must be cut to one hour. At the TV studio, they discover it must be cut to 40 minutes for commercials. Just before they go on-air, an overtime football game forces them to cut again. When all that’s left is 5 minutes, they perform an hilariously fast holiday classic.

Casting & Production

Casting

Character List:
Approximately 17F/8M, but can be doubled to 10F/6M

Setting:
Various locations at Slowdance High School and the production studio at KCAT TV. The time is the present.

Authors

Jon Jory

As the Producing Director at Actors Theatre of Louisville, Jon Jory directed over 125 plays and produced over 1,000 during his 32-year tenure. He conceived the internationally lauded Humana Festival... read more

Michael Bigelow Dixon

Michael Bigelow Dixon retired as an Associate Professor from the Theater Program at Transylvania University in 2017. He also taught for three years at Goucher College in Baltimore, and he... read more

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