Unique Experience For Theater-Lovers and Aspiring Thespians on Bucks County Playhouse Stage in December

This year, give the gift of an experience that will last a lifetime. Bucks County Playhouse is offering the chance for local theater-lovers and aspiring thespians to join the cast of "Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Playhouse Christmas Show" as "Scene-Stealers" on the historic Playhouse stage.

"Scene-Stealers" are invited to a morning workshop and rehearsal, followed by a box lunch and then onstage rehearsal with the cast. Scene-Stealers then watch the production from VIP seats, until it's time to join the cast onstage for the big musical finale. Scene-Stealers are taught simple choreography and can even feature a special talent like playing a musical instrument.

Available Scene-Stealers dates include December 15, 22, 23, 27 and 29 from approximately 10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

The package price is $150 per person (ages 7 and up) and includes: Morning workshop and rehearsal, complimentary box lunch, backstage tour of Bucks County Playhouse, onstage rehearsal with cast, VIP seats in the audience to watch the show (until it's time for "places"), and performance onstage with cast of Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Playhouse Christmas Show. Valet parking can be added for an additional $20.

"Ebenezer Scrooge's Big Playhouse Christmas Show" by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen will run from December 7 through December 30 and will play matinees on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. and evenings on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. and Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. There is an added show on Wednesday evening, December 27 at 7:30 p.m.

For complete details, and to purchase Scene Stealer Packages or tickets to the show, please visit buckscountyplayhouse.org, call 215-862-2121, or visit the box office at 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA.

ABOUT Bucks County Playhouse

Bucks County Playhouse is a year-round, nonprofit theatre that has grown to a $6 million producing organization with an annual audience of over 73,000. Founded in 1939 in a converted 1790 gristmill, Bucks County Playhouse quickly became "the most famous summer theatre in America," featuring a roster of American theatrical royalty including Helen Hayes, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart, Kitty Carlisle, Angela Lansbury, Alan Alda, Tyne Daly, Bernadette Peters, and Liza Minnelli and remained in continuous operation until 2010. In 2012, the Playhouse re-opened as a nonprofit producing organization after a multi-million-dollar restoration thanks to the efforts of the Bridge Street Foundation, the nonprofit family foundation of Kevin and Sherri Daugherty, and Broadway producer Jed Bernstein. This December, the Playhouse will unveil a 4,000 square foot Delaware River-view restaurant and bar expansion.

In 2014, Tony Award-winning producers Alexander Fraser and Robyn Goodman took the helm of the Playhouse, and today the Playhouse has reclaimed its reputation of attracting Broadway and Hollywood artists. Its productions of "Company" starring Justin Guarini, and William Finn's "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" were named by Wall Street Journal to its "Best of Theatre" list for 2015. The 2017 season included four world premieres and audiences grew by over 34%. Box office record has been repeatedly broken by Signature Productions of "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story," "Steel Magnolias" directed by Marsha Mason, and "Million Dollar Quartet," "42nd Street," and "Guys & Dolls" directed by Artistic Associate Hunter Foster. The creative teams who come to create new productions at the Playhouse are among the most talented artists working in the professional theatre today and relish the opportunity to work on the historic stage where Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, and Jessica Walter began their careers.

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