Actors' Conservatory Theatre Presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL

The award-winning Actors' Conservatory Theatre (ACT-San Diego, www.actsandiego.com) presents an adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, with a 31 member youth and young adult cast. The production is Directed by Bernard Baldan, with Musical Direction by Desha Crownover and Choreography by Erin Petersen. Performances will be held at the Lyceum Theatre, 79 Horton Plaza, San Diego, 92101 from December 11 through December 20, 2015.

Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is a timeless, heart-warming, often hilarious, sometimes thrilling tale of redemption and triumph of the spirit. On Christmas Eve in Victorian London, crotchety miser Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his dead partner Jacob Marley. Scrooge is told that what they do in life will determine what happens to them in the afterlife. Chained and miserable, Marley tells Scrooge that his only chance of escaping the same fate is through the visits of three ghosts. The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past, shows Scrooge that he was once a happy young man, carefree and in love but his worship of money destroyed the course of his life. The Ghost of Christmas Present shows him how others, including his nephew Fred and his clerk Bob Cratchit, view his life. The Ghost forces Scrooge to see himself as he truly is; hated, feared and loved by nearly on one. The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come shows Scrooge the fate that awaits him. Scrooge learns from his visits and changes himself from a miserly wretch, into "as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man, as the good old city ever knew".

Director Bernard Baldan is a 25 year veteran of stage, film, and television as well as a produced playwright and a much sought after teaching artist and lecturer. He has won Atlas Awards at The Old Globe Theater for both leading and supporting roles and is a founding member of The San Diego Repertory Theater. Bernard has performed with or directed everyone from Academy Award winners to circus clowns. He is a member of Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild, and The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Of note, Mr. Baldan was part of the original team that started A Christmas Carol at San Diego City College working with Sam Woodhouse and was an integral part of transitioning the show to the San Diego Repertory Theatre, where he played Scrooge in the original production to rave reviews!

Cast of A Christmas Carol: (Alphabetical Order):
Eliana Bazzo, Zack Bonin, Mia Bravo, Artemis Calderon, Grace Callstrom, Antonio Carignan, Luke Dane, Bryan Dorman, Maddie Ford, Sydney Gerlach, Lian Gilor, Sonia Halle, Talia Israel, Victoria Jorge, Gwynnie KerMorris, Grace Laliotis, Kaia Leibo, Angelina Lutz, Sophie Maretz, Isabella Martini, Emily Nicolescu, Alex Peterson, Seth Raffee, Ilana Roberts, Addison Rollins, Zoe Seley, Vannesa Sharif, Ben Sutton, Caitlin Tresse, Julia Van Skike, and Kherington Vinson.

Ticket pricing: Adults: $18; Students, Seniors, Military: $16; Groups of 10 or more: $14.

Tickets may be purchased online www.actsandiego.com or by calling the Lyceum Theatre Box Office at 619-544-1000. For more information, email actsandiego@gmail.com or call 858-777-9899.