TheatreworksUSA brings “A Christmas Carol” to Upper Darby
Performing Arts Center December 21
‘Tis the season for merriment and fun! The
professional touring troupe presents the timeless classic for every member of
the family!
A Christmas
Carol, performed by the professional actors of TheatreworksUSA, comes to Upper
Darby Performing Arts Center on December 21 at 7:30pm. Catch
the holiday spirit with this classic story of a man whose cold heart is warmed
after a Christmas Eve encounter with the supernatural.
Tickets can be purchased online at www.udpac.org
or by calling the box office at 610.622.1189. Tickets are $6 - $9, a price the
entire family can enjoy. (Members save $1). The Upper Darby
Performing Arts Center is located at 601 North
Lansdowne Avenue in Drexel Hill, PA, minutes from the Main Line and Center City
Philadelphia. The Performing Arts Center offers free parking and is wheel-chair
accessible. The performance is approximately one hour and recommended
for children ages 6 and up.
Ebenezer
Scrooge greets every Christmas with his usual attitude of “bah, humbug!” To
him, the holiday is simply a waste of a work day, and he resents having to pay
his loyal employee, Bob Cratchit, for having the day off. As for the poor in
the streets, Scrooge feels they should all disappear, and “decrease the surplus
population!”
Scrooge
is then visited on Christmas Eve by his former business partner, the long
deceased Jacob Marley. The Specter is forever burdened with chains in the
afterlife for having been so cruel while alive, and Marley warns Scrooge that
he will suffer the same fate unless he changes his ways. He then explains that
on this Christmas Eve, Scrooge will be visited by three spirits, representing
Christmases past, present, and future, who will show him the error of his ways
and, ultimately, the result of having such a cold heart.
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| The professional actors from TheatreworksUSA perform the holiday favorite, A Christmas Carol at UD Performing Arts Center December 21 at 7:30pm. |
Theatreworks
USA’s A Christmas Carol began its national tour in fall 1999. Since 2000, two
companies of this production have criss-crossed the country every holiday
season. Theatreworks USA has a distinguished history of not only providing
young audiences with their first taste of the performing arts, but also giving
young actors, writers, directors, and designers an early opportunity to work in
this field.
The
Upper Darby Performing Arts Center and Upper Darby Summer Stage are jointly
sponsored by the Upper Darby School District Board of School Directors and
Upper Darby Township Mayor and Council through the Department of Recreation and
Leisure Services.
