By Charles DickensOriginal music by Richard Cumming
Directed by Joe Wilson, Jr.
In-Person: November 4, 2021 – January 2, 2022 PLEASE NOTE: Performances scheduled between December 29 and January 2 have been cancelled. Read more.
Streaming: December 6 – January 16, 2022
Celebrating the holidays together
Rhode Island’s family holiday tradition returns! Reimagined anew every year, this glorious telling of the classic story evokes the magic and hope of the season and its contemporary relevance. Guided by Jacob Marley and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and ultimately inspired by his community, Ebenezer Scrooge embarks on a heartwarming journey toward redemption.
"The lighting, sound, and music arrangements...combined with talents of the cast that are always top-notch, truly make this year's 'A Christmas Carol' a production that is not to be missed.
"'A Christmas Carol' is just the thing to launch us into the holidays: Bright, bombastic, and energetic, with much-needed theatrical touches. Make a night of it with friends or family, they probably need it more than you know."
"Led by the collective experience of Crowe and Pitts-Wiley and the boundless vitality of the rest of the cast as directed by Joe Wilson, Jr., the show doesn’t merely command attention; it makes you care."
It’s a cold, Christmas Eve night in Dickensian London. Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly businessman, continues to work away from the holiday merriment with his clerk, Bob Cratchit. Scrooge’s nephew, Fred, enters the office to invite him to Christmas dinner with his family. Scrooge turns him down without even a “Merry Christmas.” Scrooge leaves his office for the London street scene. There are children singing carols and people begging Scrooge for money.
As he walks home, he begins to hear the voice of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. Scrooge arrives home, scared and startled, and tries to convince himself that the voices were only his imagination. But soon the ghost of Marley appears to warn him that he will be visited by three spirits and that Scrooge must listen to them if he wants to escape his fate. Even though Scrooge doesn’t believe what he sees or hears, later that night the Ghost of Christmas Past appears. The spirit shows Scrooge images from his childhood and young adulthood, including moments with his sister Fan, his first employer Mrs. Fezziwig, and a painful memory with his fiancée, Belle, who left him because he cared for his money more than her.
Soon the Ghost of Christmas Present arrives and shows Scrooge Bob Cratchit’s tiny home on this Christmas Day. Cratchit enters carrying his son, Tiny Tim, on his shoulders and singing. The spirit tells Scrooge that unless the future changes, Tiny Tim will die. The ghost also shows Scrooge his nephew Fred’s house, where the assembled are playing games and making fun of Scrooge. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come finally appears. They don’t speak to Scrooge, only showing him several conversations where people discuss the death of a lonely old miser. The spirit shows the dead man’s clothes and items being sold. The last stop is Scrooge’s own tombstone, where he realizes that the lonely man whose death is being celebrated is his own.
Scrooge vows to change his ways. He honors Christmas Day when he wakes up in the morning, spreading through generosity and kindness. With a newly-warmed heart, Scrooge brings a large turkey and warm greetings to the Cratchit home before joining his nephew Fred and her wife Lucy for Christmas dinner. Never again does Scrooge ignore the joys of the holiday spirit.
Trinity Repertory Company returns to live performances with its 45th annual holiday production of A Christmas Carol. Noted for being a new production each year,...
Three new artists will join Trinity Repertory Company’s resident company in the 2021-22 Season. Tatyana-Marie Carlo, Rachel Christopher, and Taavon Gamble have each worked with Trinity...
