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| A Christmas Carol | |
| Text Author: | Roger Zahab after Charles Dickens |
| Date Completed: | December 25, 2012 |
| Duration: | about 90 minutes |
| Instrumentation: | voices and instruments (from piano four hands to flute, violin, viola, cello, percussion and piano) |
| First Performance: | December 28 & 30, 2012 Prism Players,in support of Saint Peter's Food Pantry at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Chelsea, NYC Singers Robert Frankenberry, Scrooge; Dennis Tobenski, Bob Cratchit, First Portly Gentleman, Young Scrooge; Daniel Neer, Fred, Second Portly Gentleman, Marley's Ghost, Ghost of Christmas Presen;t Rebecca Shorstein, Ghost of Christmas Past, Young Woman, Mrs. Cratchit, Laura; Lindsey Rose Sherman, Tiny Tim, Caroling boy; Roger Zahab, Old Miner, Lighthouse Keeper Actors Ben Kaye, narrator and various roles; Kyle Bogue, various roles; with Lindsey Rose Sherman, Dennis Tobenski and Rebecca Shorstein Instrumentalists Elizabeth Brown, piccolo & flute; Aaron Van Heyningen, violin; J.J. Johnson, viola; Eric Gratta , cello; Eric Wiegandt, percussion & Harry Jamison, piano under the direction of the composer |
| Comments: | a setting of Charles Dickens' Christmas Carol which may be performed as a chamber music tale with narration or as a dramatic presentation. |