"A Christmas Carol" with Allen Fitzpatrick

Returning to the stage of the Opera House, Allen Fitzpatrick follows in the footsteps of Charles Dickens, who, a few years after writing "A Christmas Carol", began public readings of it, which he continued to perform until the year of his death.

This story has been represented in over a hundred stage, film, opera, and radio adaptations. In Allen’s version, audiences can use the full range of their imagination as one actor—on a virtually bare stage—creates 26 different characters. Audiences have been delighted by this approach's personal, individual impact.

Dickens' novella captures the zeitgeist of the mid-Victorian revival of the Christmas holiday, popularizing many aspects of Christmas celebration— including family gatherings, seasonal food and drink, dancing, games, and a festive generosity of spirit. And it shows how selfish, greedy men may redeem themselves. Its most important theme, however—all too relevant today—is to shine a glaring light on the mistreatment of the poor.

Allen has spent 50 years on Broadway and professional theatre, working alongside notables such as Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Harold Prince, John Guare, and Marvin Hamlisch.

"A Christmas Carol" is presented at the Cheboygan Opera House through special arrangement with the Great Lakes Center for the Arts.

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