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The Christmas Carol Rag

Nov 12 – Dec 12, 2002
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Dickens' classic tale gets a ragtime spin in rough-and-tumble, turn-of-the-century New York. With Joplin-like syncopation, the ghosts of Christmas past, present and future carry the miserly Mrs. Scrooge from the rebellious energy of immigrant tenements to the amber glow of the Gilded Age. The world's best-loved Christmas songs find new life in this toe-tapping, heart-soaring Dickens of a tale. Emmy-winning playwright Norman Allen (Nijinsky's Last Dance, In the Garden) and Artistic Director Eric Schaeffer join forces to bring a touch of Signature magic to this Christmas classic.

Conceived & Adapted by Norman Allen
Based On Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
Musical Arrangements by Howard Breitbart
Directed by Eric Schaeffer

The Cast

Donna Migliaccio

Donna Migliaccio

Scrooge

SIGNATURE: Co-founder; Sweeney Todd, A Little Night Music, Gypsy, The Highest Yellow, Urinetown, Assassins, The Threepenny Opera, Sunday in the Park with George, Girlstar, Kid Victory, Silver Belles. BROADWAY: War Paint, Ragtime (2009 revival). NATIONAL TOUR: Guys & Dolls (50th anniversary production). REGIONAL: John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts: Sunday in the Park with George, Oliverio: A Brazilian Twist, Katie Couric’s The Brand New Kid; Ford’s Theatre: Liberty Smith, Sabrina Fair; Olney Theatre Center: Cabaret, Bakersfield Mist, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella, The Sound of Music; Arena Stage: Guys & Dolls, The Music Man; Alabama Shakespeare Festival: The Little Mermaid. AUTHOR: The Gemeta Stone series. AWARDS: Two-time Helen Hayes Award winner, twelve additional nominations. www.donnamigliaccio.com

Eleasha Gamble

Ruthie, Ghost of Christmas Present

SIGNATURE: First You Dream, Les Misérables (Helen Hayes Award Winner, Best Ensemble), Into the Woods, My Fair Lady, Urinetown, Follies, Grand Hotel, Gospel According to Fishman, The Christmas Carol Rag, The Rink, Company. OFF-BROADWAY: Zipper Theatre: Under the Bridge. DC AREA: Ford’s: Civil War (Helen Hayes Award Winner, Outstanding Supporting Actress), Little Shop Of Horrors, A Christmas Carol, Meet John Doe; Kennedy Center: Broadway: Three Generations; Arena Stage: The Women of Brewster Place; Round House: Once On This Island (Helen Hayes nomination); Toby’s: Ragtime (Helen Hayes nomination). REGIONAL: Alliance Theatre: The Women of Brewster Place; Perseverance Theatre: Hair. CABARET: Partial Eclipse, Ebony & Ivory. RECORDINGS: Euan Morton’s NewClear. EDUCATION: Catholic University.

Will Gartshore

Fred, Tim Fezziwig

SIGNATURE: A Little Night Music, The Fix, Show Boat, Merrily We Roll Along, My Fair Lady, Assassins, Sex Habits of American Women, Urinetown, Pacific Overtures, Elegies, Allegro, Twentieth Century, Follies, Grand Hotel, Side Show, Floyd Collins, Anyone Can Whistle in Concert. BROADWAY: Parade. OFF-BROADWAY: The Last Session, Encores!: Ziegfield Follies of 1936. DC AREA: Round House: Caroline, or Change; Ordinary Days; This; %(underline)Becky Shaw%; Orson’s Shadow; A Year with Frog and Toad; The World Goes ‘Round; Kennedy Center: The Great Gatsby, Passion; Theatre J: The Religion Thing; Woolly Mammoth: The Velvet Sky; Olney: Monster; Studio: Privates on Parade, A New Brain. Library of Congress: West Side Story 50th Anniversary, Stephen Sondheim's 70th Birthday. REGIONAL: Philadelphia Theatre Co: Elegies; Prince: Myths + Hymns, 3hree; Ahmanson: 3hree; Goodspeed: Fanny Hill, Lucky in the Rain. AWARDS: Three Helen Hayes Awards, nine nominations.

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