[NEohioPAL] Great Lakes Theater Festival Presents "A Christmas Carol"

[Todd Krispinsky]

For Immediate Release
November 4, 2010
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A CHRISTMAS CAROL
Cleveland's Favorite Holiday Tradition
Returns to the Ohio Theatre at PlayhouseSquare.

CLEVELAND, OH - The stage of the Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare will glow
with good spirits and time-honored tradition when Great Lakes Theater
Festival (GLTF) presents its annual production of Charles Dickens'
classic A Christmas Carol, running December 3 - 23, 2010.  The
production has delighted more than 550,000 people in its history, making
it one of northeast Ohio's most-loved and best-attended holiday events.

Great Lakes Theater Festival's twenty-second annual production of A
Christmas Carol is sponsored by Parker Hannifin.  The Festival's 2010-11
season is presented with support from The Cleveland Foundation and the
Ohio Arts Council.  GLTF is also generously funded by the citizens of
Cuyahoga County through Cuyahoga Arts and Culture.  A Christmas Carol's
media sponsor is Soft Rock 102.1 F.M. WDOK.  GLTF's season media
sponsors are Cleveland Scene, The Plain Dealer, WCLV 104.9 FM, WCPN 90.3
FM ideastream and WKSU 89.7 FM.

Director Victoria Bussert, will stage former GLTF Artistic Director
Gerald Freedman's heartwarming adaptation of A Christmas Carol.  The
production features a multi-generational cast of actors, singers and
dancers led by longtime Festival company member Aled Davies, returning
for his third season in the role of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge. 

"It's exciting for us as a company of artists to revisit this great
classic holiday story," said Victoria Bussert, who will stage this
season's production.  "We are blessed with an immensely talented cast
and a wonderful adaptation that we can't wait to share.  I am overjoyed
to return to direct a piece of theater again this season that has meant
as much to this company and to this community as has A Christmas Carol
for over two decades."

GLTF Producing Artistic Director Charles Fee remarked, "The combination
of Gerald Freedman's inspired and moving adaptation, Victoria Bussert's
dynamic gifts as a director, our remarkable design team and our talented
company are sure to delight audiences, whether they're attending for the
first time or returning to experience this holiday tradition again with
friends and family."

Freedman's adaptation of A Christmas Carol is presented as a story
within a story. The fictitious Cleaveland family gathers in its
Victorian-era parlor on Christmas Eve to read Mr. Dickens' book. As Mrs.
Cleaveland reads the story to her family, her youngest child, Master
William, re-imagines familiar faces as characters in the story: the
Cleaveland's crotchety manservant becomes Scrooge; Father becomes Bob
Cratchit; Mother becomes Belle, and the Cleaveland children become the
Cratchits, with Master William becoming the beloved Tiny Tim. In all,
more than 60 Dickens characters are brought to life on stage.

The Festival's production incorporates theatrical special effects to
retain a strong sense of the supernatural, emphasizing the novel's
origins in folk tales and myth. Designers for the GLTF production blend
exceptional stagecraft with dramatic effects that evoke the magical and
mysterious aspects of a classic ghost story.

Great Lakes Theater Festival's twenty-second annual production of A
Christmas Carol commences on Friday, December 3rd at 7:30 p.m. at the
Ohio Theatre, PlayhouseSquare.  Curtain times for all evening
performances will remain at 7:30 p.m., with a 1:30 p.m. curtain time for
Saturday, Wednesday and Thursday matinees and a 3:00 p.m. curtain time
for Sunday matinees.  An audio-described and sign interpreted
performance is scheduled for Sunday, December 5th at 3:00 p.m.

Single tickets for Great Lakes Theater Festival's production of A
Christmas Carol range in price from $28-$60 (student tickets $26 - any
performance / any seat) and are available by calling (216) 241-6000, by
ordering online at www.greatlakestheater.org
<blocked::http://www.greatlakestheater.org/>  or by visiting the
PlayhouseSquare Ticket Office. Groups of ten or more receive discounts
and should call (216) 241-5490 x302 to make reservations.

Since 1962, Great Lakes Theater Festival has brought the pleasure, power
and relevance of classic theater to the widest possible audience. The
first resident company of PlayhouseSquare, Great Lakes Theater Festival
has called the Theatre District home since 1982.

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Todd Krispinsky
Marketing and Public Relations Director
Great Lakes Theater Festival
1501 Euclid Avenue, Suite 300
Cleveland, Ohio  44115
(216) 241-5490 x317 / (216) 241-6315 Fax
www.greatlakestheater.org <blocked::http://www.greatlakestheater.org/> 
 
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