Buck Creek Players to Present A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Begin. 12/5

The Buck Creek Players will continue their 41st season of quality theater, LIFE 101: A Season of Life Lessons, with hilarious holiday comedy, A DICKENS' CHRISTMAS CAROL: A TRAVELING TRAVESTY IN TWO TUMULTUOUS ACTS, by Mark Landon Smith. Opening Friday, December 5th, and continuing for three weekends through Sunday, December 21st, curtain times are at 8 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays, with 2:30 p.m. matinees on Sundays. All performances will be held at the Buck Creek Playhouse on the southeast side of Indianapolis at 11150 Southeastern Avenue. Tickets are $16 for adults and $14 for children, students, and senior citizens (aged 62 and older). Reservations are highly recommended and can be made securely online with no added fees at www.buckcreekplayers.com, or by calling our automated reservation line at (317) 862-2270. Group discounts are also available for parties of ten or more when purchased online for the same performance date.

This holiday season, prepare for a completely different adaptation of the classic, A Christmas Carol. From the bonny shores of England comes the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company, a stuffy old traveling troupe embarking on their fifteenth annual farewell tour of the Dickens' tale. The company includes Sir Selsdon Piddock (Bradley S. Kieper), the consummate actor, in the role of Ebenezer Scrooge, with Mrs. Bettina Salisbury (Ange Huffman), Dame Rowena Middleton-Lewis (Gwendolyn Stout), Mrs. Cordelia ffoliet-ffolkes ffortescue Woods (Katie Cody), Teddy Shub (Christopher Brown), and Elyot Crummels (Ben Rockey) in multiple supporting roles. Sweet Cynthia Imbry (Michelle Papandria), the general understudy, suddenly finds herself thrust onstage to perform a role she's ill-prepared for! Bettina, the company diva, pretends to be ill, certain the production will be cancelled. However, much to her shock and rage, the show does go on without her! Roles are shuffled at the last minute and poor Cynthia finds herself center stage. The play begins, but mid-way through, Bettina rushes in, determined to reclaim her roles. Mayhem ensues as the company scrambles to keep the show going and everything that could possibly go wrong, does...to hilarious, ridiculous results!

Co-Directors Rebecca Droeger and Ken Kern lead the cast with assistance from Lynne B. Robinson (Producer), Dan Denniston (Set Designer), Patrick M. Murphy (Lighting Designer), D. Scott Robinson (Sound Designer), Cathy Cutshall (Costume Designer), Melissa DeVito (Stage Manager), and Tracy Brunner (Properties).