{"id":27587,"date":"2024-11-20T11:37:34","date_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=27587"},"modified":"2024-11-20T11:46:40","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T16:46:40","slug":"marshall-theatre-department-to-present-every-christmas-story-ever-told-and-then-some","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2024\/11\/marshall-theatre-department-to-present-every-christmas-story-ever-told-and-then-some\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall theatre department to present \u2018Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Marshall University\u2019s School of Theatre and Dance will present \u201cEvery Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-7 in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre of the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. Written by Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald and John K. Alvarez, the show is a comedic mash-up of favorite Christmas stories, featuring familiar cameos from the Grinch, Rudolph, Frosty, Charles Dickens and more.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c \u2018Every Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some)\u2019 is a humorous and irreverent take on the traditional holiday narrative,\u201d said Sam Kincaid, project coordinator for the School of Theatre and Dance. \u201cThe play features a fast-paced compilation of classic Christmas tales, blending them with pop culture references, improvisation and engaging audience participation. This unique combination provides a fresh and entertaining experience, allowing viewers to celebrate the season with laughter while exploring the themes of Christmas in a fun and unexpected way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The show will be directed by theatre Professor John Colclough and will feature cast members Daniel Calwell, George Kinley and Gavid Spiewak.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome. Tickets are $22 general admission, $15 for seniors and employees, and $5 for children ages 5-12. Marshall University students can see shows for free on opening night and $5 for the other three nights.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marshall University\u2019s School of Theatre and Dance will present \u201cEvery Christmas Story Ever Told (And Then Some!)\u201d at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 4-7 in the Francis-Booth Experimental Theatre of the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center. Written by Michael Carleton, James FitzGerald and John K. Alvarez, the show is a comedic mash-up of favorite Christmas stories, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cam","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27587"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27588,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27587\/revisions\/27588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}