A Christmas Carol (Musical)

The Chatham Community Players keeps their longstanding holiday tradition alive with its production of Philip Wm. McKinley's musical adaptation of Charles Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL opening Friday, December 3.  Returning to the Chatham Playhouse, Bob Cline directs the show, Judy Stanton is the musical director and Joe DeVico is the assistant musical director.

In this version, produced exclusively at the Chatham Playhouse, Dickens serves not only as narrator, but also as a character that befriends Scrooge and walks beside him during his life-changing journey through memories and premonitions.   While the script remains true to the original story, the playwright also pulled from letters that Dickens wrote to family and friends.  The story of Ebenezer Scrooge has become one of the most beloved of all holiday tales, and this unique production also reminds us that Dickens' inspiration for penning the story goes much deeper.

Performance dates are December 3, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18 at 8:00PM and December 4, 5, 11, 12, 18 & 19 at 3:00PM.  All performances are at the Chatham Playhouse, 23 North Passaic Avenue, in Chatham.  Tickets are $25 for adults and $23 for youth/senior.

To access the theater's online ticketing service, simply go to http://www.chathamplayers.org/tickets.htm and click on the "TicketLeap" logo.  The service is available 24 hours a day.  Tickets can be purchased online up until three hours prior to curtain on the day of a performance.  The box office will begin accepting phone reservations on November 16 at (973) 635-7363.  For information regarding box office hours, please call the box office number listed above.

The theater expects this show to sell out and encourages people to reserve their tickets early.

The cast includes: Adriana Cooper, Adrienne Reuss, Alan Semok, Barbi McGuire, Ben Gillespie, Benjamin Errig, Brian Vetter, Cara Heary, Chance Friedman, Charlie Thomson, Danielle Pennisi, Emily Como, Gianna Scolamiero, Jaron Cole, Jessica Kundla Lauren Farnell, Lionel Ruland, Liz Royce, Luke Wroblewski, Matt Kougasian, Mikey LoBalsmo, Pat Wry, Patrick Field, Paul Rivers, Todd Shumpert, Will Hackett.

A Popular Holiday Tradition 

This marks the 15^th time that the Chatham Players has produced this show.  From 1988-1995, the group produced the show every December, and it now produces the show on a biennial basis.  This unique production has become a popular family tradition for many in the area – entertaining more than 30,000 audience members since 1988.

After presenting the show essentially the same way since 1988, Chatham Players re-staged the show in 2005 and in 2008 gave it a new look and feel.  Our current production focuses on the joyous uplifting message that Dickens intended, with all the music that our audiences have found so enchanting over the years. The show will have audience members leaving the theatre with the "true Christmas spirit," and will remind each and every one of them to embrace the joy and happiness associated with the holiday season.