A Christmas Carol: A JFFA In Harmony event

Presented in partnership with Juan de Fuca Foundation for the Arts
A Christmas Carol: A JFFA In Harmony event

Wednesday, December 17th @ 7PM | Donna M. Morris Theater
Tickets $22 – $28  CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS

JFFA and Field Hall are proud to present this partner event as part of our IN HARMONY series.  Allen Fitzpatrick wows in this one-hour solo adaptation.

For the 5th year in a row, renowned stage actor Allen Fitzpatrick presents his solo adaptation of Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.”

“I was completely absorbed for the entire hour, and at the end, very deeply moved.”

Allen follows in the footsteps of its author who, a few years after writing the novella, began public readings of it which he continued to perform until the year of his death.

This story has been represented in over a hundred adaptations for stage, film, opera, and radio. In Allen’s version, audiences have the opportunity to use the full range of their imagination as one actor— on a virtually bare stage— creates 26 different characters. Audiences have been delighted by the personal, individual impact which this approach affords.

Dickens’ novella captures the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday, popularizing many aspects of Christmas celebration— including family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games, and a festive generosity of spirit. And it shows the path by which selfish, acquisitive men may redeem themselves.  Its most important theme, however— all too relevant today— is to shine a glaring light on mistreatment of the poor. Dickens wrote his novella in response to British social attitudes towards poverty. He was compelled to show the repercussions of ignoring the poor— especially children— in poverty.