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The staged reading of A Christmas Carol scheduled for December 18, 19 and 20th at Clayton Center for the Arts has been cancelled and will be available to be streamed. With the continued increase locally in COVID-19 cases, especially over the past several days, we do not feel it is wise to proceed with our plans for in-person performances of A Christmas Carol–performed by The WordPlayers.

Instead of the live performances, we will present a video of the performance. The production will be available for streaming from 1:00 PM on December 24th until 12:00 AM on January 1, 2021. The streamed video will be free, however, donations may be made to benefit The Clayton Center for the Arts and The WordPlayers. The link to view the will be available at 1:00 PM on Dec. 24 on the Clayton Center for the Arts and The WordPlayers websites.

www.claytonartscenter.com
www.wordplayers.org

The adaptation for three actor/readers by the WordPlayers' Artistic Director, Terry Weber, is almost entirely based on Charles Dickens' own cutting of his novella, which he himself performed as a solo reading over 120 times in Europe and America.

The reading of this classic "Ghost Story of Christmas" will bring to the imagination all of Dickens' most memorable characters, settings, and themes of social justice, generosity, and the importance of family. With added lighting and mood effects in the Clayton Center's beautiful Ronald and Lynda Nutt Theatre, audiences will imagine vividly the Dickensian world that arguably helped to create the traditions of Christmas as we now know them.

Three readers, Terry Weber, Davion Tynarious Brown and Gracie Belt, will interpret various characters as well as lead in narration. Terry is the Artistic Director of The WordPlayers, a retired UT professor of Theatre, and a veteran of hundreds of theatre projects over a career spanning 40+ years. Davion is a native of Australia and, having performed in numerous theatres, is currently pursuing an MFA in Acting at UT. Gracie is a graduate of the UT Theatre Department and an accomplished musician. In addition to working professionally in regional theatre (Clarence Brown Theatre, the Great River Shakespeare Festival), Gracie has worked with the Fiasco Theatre Company in NYC.