Gettysburg Stage Cancels Tonight's Performance

Just in from Gettysburg Stage - "We regret that tonight's performance, the performance of December 12/14 at 8pm, has been cancelled due to inclement weather. Tickets are still available for performances next weekend on Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 2pm.

The safety of our actors, crew and audience are our first concern. Stay warm, stay at home, and we hope to see you next weekend.
The Board of Gettysburg Stage"

Gettysburg Stage's production of Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge is an outrageous musical parody of Charles Dickens' beloved Christmas classic, A Christmas Carol. Written by acclaimed humorist Christopher Durang and directed by Hilary Snesrud, Mrs. Bob is a hilarious lampoon of a familiar tale.

Clearly suffering from a "kind of seasonal Tourette's Syndrome," Ebenezer Scrooge is led by a sassy Ghost of Christmas Past though his past, present and future in order to change him - or at least that's the idea. With her magic malfunctioning, Scrooge and The Ghost continually find themselves transported to the wrong place and time. She and Scrooge keep appearing in the present at the pathetic home of his pathetic employee, Bob Cratchit. Mrs. Bob Cratchit, a minor character in Dickens, takes center stage here. No longer loving and long suffering, Mrs. Bob is in a rage: she's sick to death of Tiny Tim (the goody-goody crippled child), she hates her twenty other children (most of them confined to the root cellar), and she wants to get drunk and jump off London Bridge. As the Ghost loses more control, the plot morphs into parodies of Oliver Twist, The Gift of the Magi and It's a Wonderful Life. And to make matters worse, Scrooge and Mrs. Bob seem to be kindred souls falling in love. With a climax that is two parts Touched by an Angel and one part Wall Street, Scrooge's tale of redemption and gentle grace is placed squarely on its head.

Performances of Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge are at the GAR Building at 53 E Middle St, Gettysburg at 8pm on December 13th, 14th and 21st and at 2pm on December 22nd. To request reservations, or for group bookings, please email info@gettysburgstage.org or phone (717) 638-8799. General admission is $15, $12 seniors and military personnel, and $5 for students.

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