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A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens
Christmas Carol High School
by Charles Dickens, Mark Landon Smith
Highlights
90 mins Present Day Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes American Adaptation
Why we like it
"A whimsical retelling of a classic tale that intertwines holiday spirit with high school experiences, ideal for festive end-of-year productions."
From: End-of-Year Performance PicksSynopsis
Holiday Play Characters: 8 male, 13 female, or 11 male, 17 female Unit Set.
The classic story of A Christmas Carol is given a modern twist and set at West End High School, where the campus "Scrooge" is Meredith Priestly, the most beautiful, most popular, meanest, nastiest girl in school!
With uninterested and never present globe-trotting parents, the lead in the school production of Romeo and Juliet and Queen Bee of campus (or so she thinks!) is in need of a reminder of what Christmas and frienship are about.
Visited by five ghosts - two of which are Patty and Patrick Prince, two former West End Cheerleaders from the 1950's - Meredith is taken on a life changing journey.
Characters
| Character |
|---|
| BILLY DARLING Who plays the role of Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| MONTY FOLEY Who plays the role of Second Capulet in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| MELVIN JEWSBURY Who plays the role of Romeo |
| LYDIA IVEY A cheerleader who also plays the role of Servant in "Romeo and Juliet" |
| MELISSA BARCLAY A cheerleader and Meredith's "best friend" and the stage manager for "Romeo and Juliet" |
| MEREDITH PRIESTLY Cheerleader capatin and Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet" and the meanest, nastiest girl in school |
| TIFFANY BAINBRIDGE A cheerleader |
| SERENA FAIN A cheerleaderThe Ghosts: (Total: 3f or 2f, 1m) |
| GWENDOYLN CHESWICK A confused Victorian ghost who comes to warn Meredith |
| LILLIPUT The Sprite of Christmas Present |
| DEATH The ghost of deathThe Elementary Students from the Past: (Total 3m, 2f) |
| BRUNO One of three tough kids who gang up on Little Meredith |
| ACE Another of the "tough gang" |
| ROGER Another of the "tough gang" |
| LITTLE MEREDITH An elementary school age version of Meredith |
| LITTLE MELISSA An elementary school age version of MelissaThe Ghosts of Christmas Past Cheerleaders: (Total: 1m, 1f) |
| PATTY PRINCE A ghost and a 1950's cheerleader |
| PATRICK PRINCE (Patty's brother) Also a ghost, Patty's brother and a 1950's cheerleaderThe Present Elementary School Children: (Total: 3m, 4f) |
| ISSAC |
| VIOLET |
| STEPHANIE |
| JOHN DAVID |
| MICHAEL |
| JULIE The Adults: (Total: 2f) |
| MS. DELIA CHENAULT West End High School's dramatic drama teacher |
+ 2 more characters
Publication
Publisher Samuel French
Year 2011
Pages 71
Place Los Angeles, CA
Language English
ISBN-13 9780874406672
ISBN-10 0874406676
LCCN 2013443629
LCC MLCS 2013/45862 (P)
Christmas Carol High School is a American adaptation play written by Charles Dickens and published by Samuel French in Los Angeles, CA (2011).
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