{"id":121,"date":"2015-11-09T09:48:39","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T14:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/?p=121"},"modified":"2016-05-31T10:10:48","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T15:10:48","slug":"school-of-music-and-theatre-to-present-a-christmas-carol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/theatre\/2015\/11\/09\/school-of-music-and-theatre-to-present-a-christmas-carol\/","title":{"rendered":"School of Music and Theatre to present \u2018A Christmas Carol\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Marshall University\u2019s School of Music and Theatre continues its 2015-2016 theatre season with a production of the classic Charles Dickens work \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d in the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on Marshall\u2019s Huntington campus.<\/p>\n

The show will run at 7:30 p.m. daily from Wednesday, Nov. 18, through Saturday, Nov. 21. A matinee performance will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 21.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Nicole Perrone, associate professor of theatre at Marshall, directs the production, while Jack Cirillo, professor and program director for the theatre program, stars as Ebenezer Scrooge.<\/p>\n

Romulus Linney\u2019s adaptation of the story follows Scrooge from an embittered, ungenerous creature into a giving, caring human being. The transformation occurs one pivotal Christmas Eve when three spirits show Scrooge the meaning of life.<\/p>\n

This richly textured play brings the full spirit of the book\u2014as well as those of Christmases Past, Present and Yet To Come\u2014to life on the stage.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available by calling the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center box office at 304-696-2787<\/a><\/span>. Adult tickets are $20, faculty\/staff tickets are $15, seniors 60 and older are $15, and children 12 and under are $7. Marshall students are admitted with a valid ID.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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