For the Holiday Season, The Gateway Mountain Players explored a new avenue, offering a Readers Theater presentation of A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens.

Readers Theater is story telling taken to the next level. Cast members read from scripts, and for this play, used colorful scarves, caps and other dressings and props to portray the various characters.

The performances were taken "on-the-road", with each being held in a different location: in Blue Ridge at the Blue Ridge United Methodist Church and St. Luke's Episcopal Church; in Ellijay at the Mountain Light Unitarian Universalist Church; and in Ducktown, Tennessee at the Glen Springs Holdings Building.

Cast and Crew:

Narrator - Bill Alexander

Scrooge - Michael Pruitt

Ghost of Christmas Present, Charity

Gentleman and Businessman - Jason Smith

Nephew Fred and Fezziwig - Jim Luckett

Marley's Ghost and Businessman - Steffen Smith

Ghost of Christmas Past - Sandy Collins

Mrs. Crachit - Eve Holme/Margaret McCaulley

Martha, Fiance and Party Guest - Amanda Nelson

Nephew's Wife and Charwoman - Sonia Smith

Child, Maidservant and Party Guest - Abby Crawford

Bob Crachit, Businessman and Pawn

Shop Owner - Louis Schubert

Laundress and Party Guest - Helen McMahon

Tiny Tim - Ross Alexander

Sound Effects - Sandy Schubert

Pianist - Elizabeth Hunt

Director - Barbara Cary

a christmas carol

by Charles Dickens