:"Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol" at Stage West

STAGE WEST THEATRE

Most of us have read or seen various versions of Charles Dickens famous story,  " A Christmas Carol".  In it, we learned about Ebeneezer Scrooge and how he was redeemed to have Christmas live in his heart all year long.  But have you ever wondered how Jacob Marley, who was a major part of Scrooge's story came to be called upon to help save Scrooge?

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

Well, the new play written by Tom Mula tells the story of Marley and how he was able to make that transformation for himself and for Scrooge.  The play, "Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol", is currently at Stage West in Fort Worth.

Tom Mula
playwright

What is interesting about this play is that all the parts are played by one actor.  In this case the actor was a woman, Emily Scott Banks, playing various male roles.  She did the majority of these different people though small props, different voices and occasionally using different bits of wardrobe for a particular character.  Ms. Banks was amazing.  She was excellent, moving around the stage, keeping all the characters separate while telling the story of Marley.

Emily Scott Banks
actor

This play is in the smaller studio theater at Stage West and works well there as it is an intimate story.  

If you have a case of the humbugs, then go see this cute short play and it will put you in the Christmas spirit - like Scrooge and Marley!



Stage West

as Tiny Tim would say,  "God Bless Us Every One!"