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Theatre Arts and Performance Studies

Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge

by Christopher Durang

Nov. 18-23, Dec. 1-4, 2010
USD Black Box Theatre (Camino Hall 131)
Directed by Carrie Klewin

When a sassy ghost once again attempts to shake Scrooge from his holiday humbug, the whole family-friendly affair is deliciously derailed by Mrs. Cratchit’s drunken insistence on stepping out of her miserable, treacly role. Morals are subverted, starving yet plucky children sing carols, and somebody’s goose is cooked!

The Three Ghosts’ magic is off, Scrooge keeps showing up at the wrong time, and Mrs. Cratchit, longing to escape from her 1840's existence, is planning on jumping off the London Bridge. This farcical send-up of the perennial Dickens Christmas classic, with a dash of Oliver Twist and It's a Wonderful Life, places Scrooge’s tale of redemption and gentle grace squarely on its head.

7:30 p.m. Thursday, November 18
7:30 p.m. Friday, November 19

7:30 p.m. Saturday, November 20
2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 21 (matinee)
7:30 p.m. Monday, November 22
7:30 p.m. Tuesday, November 23
Thanksgiving holiday
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, December 1
7:30 p.m. Thursday, December 2
7:30 p.m. Friday, December 3
2:00 p.m. Saturday, December 4 (matinee)

 

Tickets on sale two weeks prior to opening at the Hahn University Center Box Office (619) 260-2727.
Tickets also available one hour before curtain at the theatre box office.
$11, general admission; $8, students and seniors.

Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas BInge