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Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge

Presented by Playhouse on the Square at The Circuit Playhouse

November 25-December 23, 2011

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When the Ghost of Christmas Past can’t quite get her supernatural powers to send herself and Mr. Scrooge to the right place in time, they wind up at the home of a boozy and disgruntled Mrs. Cratchit. It’s just one of many twists in this Christopher Durang comedy that turns every Christmas cliché on its head. This parody of A Christmas Carol and It’s a Wonderful Life is “modern, funny, refreshing, and filled with spirit: the sassy kind.”- NY Theatre.com

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    The Circuit Playhouse

    51 S Cooper
    Memphis, TN 38104

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    $15-$35

    Info Phone: 901-726-4656

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    Dates:
    November 25-December 23, 2011

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    Thurs. - Sat. 8pm Sundays 2pm

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    • Event Name: Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
      "Review by Glenda Mace - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver"
      Comment posted by: Glenda Mace - Artsmemphis Rants & Raver from Memphis, TN, Nov 29, 2011
      

      Friday night, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, written by Christopher Durang, opened at Circuit Playhouse. Directed by CopelandWoodruff, a wild and funny outing it is. Based on A Christmas... Expand

      Friday night, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, written by Christopher Durang, opened at Circuit Playhouse. Directed by CopelandWoodruff, a wild and funny outing it is. Based on A Christmas Carol that most of us know so well, Christopher Durang has turned it on its ear and upside down. Perhaps it is best described as Ebeneezer Scrooge’s nightmare of the original Charles Dickens’ nightmare. A musical nightmare invented as only Christopher Durang could dream it. No one is conforming to our expectations. The expected visitations are skewed. Due to a very ditzy, ineffectual spirit, played spiritedly and effectively by Calire D. Kolheim, Scrooge keeps winding up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Visited by the ghost of Christmas past they wind up in Bob Cratchit’s house a bit earlier than planned to find Mrs. Cratchit in a mood we have never experienced in the well known version. Mrs. Cratchit, played by Alice Berry with sparkling ill humor, makes it plain from the start that she is living in a time and place she is ready to leave. Her disdain for the Victorian sentimentality and overplayed pathos makes her immediately likeable to Scrooge. Not to give away the plot, as if I could in this wacky story, but Scrooge, played by Jim Palmer, has an unexpected change of heart. Palmer underplays the role to perfection. A script that gives every opportunity to chew the scenery a bit, Palmer has kept Scrooge emotionally honest in each scene. It is all fun to watch. In this wild ride written in 2002, Durang pointedly references: Kenneth Lay and The Enron Scandal which happened in 2001 and Harry and Leona (The Queen of Mean) Helmsley which may have been even a bit dated in 2002. Then we venture into the more universally known (due to continued production and reruns) Oliver Twist, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Touched by an Angel. I may have failed to mention a couple. Others in the cast are Tripp Hurst as Bob Cratchit, JoLynne Palmer as Little Nell, Phillip Hugen as Tiny Tim and the ensemble, most of whom play several roles, John Dylan Atkins, Jarrad Baker, Jon Castro, Luca Conti, David Geoffrey Hammons, Chandler Keen, Ryan Patterson, David Rhea, Cheryl Wolder, and Tamara Wright. All take the challenge of keeping the audience entertained and on track in this riotous ride. Mrs. Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge plays at Circuit Playhouse most evenings Thursday- Sunday through December 23. It is sharing the stage with Aesop’s Fables opening December 3, so check the schedule to confirm play dates. Collapse

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    • Event Name: Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge
      "Review by Glenda Mace - ArtsMemphis Rants & Raver"
      Comment posted by: Glenda Mace - Artsmemphis Rants & Raver from Memphis, TN, Nov 29, 2011
      

      Friday night, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, written by Christopher Durang, opened at Circuit Playhouse. Directed by CopelandWoodruff, a wild and funny outing it is. Based on A Christmas... Expand

      Friday night, Mrs. Bob Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge, written by Christopher Durang, opened at Circuit Playhouse. Directed by CopelandWoodruff, a wild and funny outing it is. Based on A Christmas Carol that most of us know so well, Christopher Durang has turned it on its ear and upside down. Perhaps it is best described as Ebeneezer Scrooge’s nightmare of the original Charles Dickens’ nightmare. A musical nightmare invented as only Christopher Durang could dream it. No one is conforming to our expectations. The expected visitations are skewed. Due to a very ditzy, ineffectual spirit, played spiritedly and effectively by Calire D. Kolheim, Scrooge keeps winding up in the wrong place at the wrong time. Visited by the ghost of Christmas past they wind up in Bob Cratchit’s house a bit earlier than planned to find Mrs. Cratchit in a mood we have never experienced in the well known version. Mrs. Cratchit, played by Alice Berry with sparkling ill humor, makes it plain from the start that she is living in a time and place she is ready to leave. Her disdain for the Victorian sentimentality and overplayed pathos makes her immediately likeable to Scrooge. Not to give away the plot, as if I could in this wacky story, but Scrooge, played by Jim Palmer, has an unexpected change of heart. Palmer underplays the role to perfection. A script that gives every opportunity to chew the scenery a bit, Palmer has kept Scrooge emotionally honest in each scene. It is all fun to watch. In this wild ride written in 2002, Durang pointedly references: Kenneth Lay and The Enron Scandal which happened in 2001 and Harry and Leona (The Queen of Mean) Helmsley which may have been even a bit dated in 2002. Then we venture into the more universally known (due to continued production and reruns) Oliver Twist, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Touched by an Angel. I may have failed to mention a couple. Others in the cast are Tripp Hurst as Bob Cratchit, JoLynne Palmer as Little Nell, Phillip Hugen as Tiny Tim and the ensemble, most of whom play several roles, John Dylan Atkins, Jarrad Baker, Jon Castro, Luca Conti, David Geoffrey Hammons, Chandler Keen, Ryan Patterson, David Rhea, Cheryl Wolder, and Tamara Wright. All take the challenge of keeping the audience entertained and on track in this riotous ride. Mrs. Cratchit’s Wild Christmas Binge plays at Circuit Playhouse most evenings Thursday- Sunday through December 23. It is sharing the stage with Aesop’s Fables opening December 3, so check the schedule to confirm play dates. Collapse

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