Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big [Your Town Here] Christmas Show!

5 Actors
Minimal Set
Endless theatrical possibilities
85 Minutes + Create your own Big Show as the finale!
Musical arrangements are available

A streamlined, freewheeling American adaptation of Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’ that sends Scrooge from his childhood in England (at the Burberry Academy for Unloved Boys) to America to make his fortune, after being spurned by the love of his life.

This Scrooge riffs on the classic story with local references, irreverent humor, homemade magic, and lightning fast quick changes that astound and delight. The joy of the show is watching a talented funny cast of five navigate all the lunacy. In addition, the big finale, in which Scrooge produces his own Christmas show, is a framework from which directors can build their own fabulous ending and a terrific opportunity to partner with schools, churches or other social groups. All the music referenced is public domain and available to use free of charge.

Don’t take our word for it!

“OLD GLOBE’S NEW ‘SCROOGE’ A SNAPPY, EXUBERANTLY STAGED, SAN DIEGO-IZED RIFF ON ‘A CHRISTMAS CAROL’ 85 zippy, intermission-free minutes of festive escapism”

- San Diego Union Tribune

”A STORY ABOUT TRANSFORMATION HAS FOUND ITSELF TRANSFORMED INTO THIS CLEVER, AND HIGH ENERGY SHOW; A CONCENTRATED SHOT OF HOLIDAY FUN AND FESTIVITY”

- Broadway World, San Diego

”THERE IS SUCH RAMPANT IMAGINATION BEING EXHIBITED IN THIS PRODUCTION THAT THIS OFT-TOLD TALE IS NEW AGAIN. THE WHOLE SHOW IS A DELIGHT. IT IS A THEATER LOVER’S DREAM. THE FOCUS BECOMES SO SINGULAR THAT YOU ARE ENTHRALLED BY THE CRAFTSMANSHIP OF PLAYWRIGHT, DIRECTOR AND ACTORS. Pared down on naturalistic realism, the story is overflowing with imaginative, symbolic, and supernatural moments that only live theater can bring. Any modern reference fits right into this magical experience that defies the parameters of ordinary time. It reminds me of the creativity exhibited many years ago when the Royal Shakespeare Company gave us Dicken’s “The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby.” In using more of their imagination, the investment in the show by the audience is greater and the audience becomes more a part of the journey.”

- New Hope Free Press

Have a look!

Click here to read script excerpt

License it!

Ebenezer Scrooge’s Big [Your Town Here] Christmas Show is available to license through Broadway Licensing.

We offer it as a ‘mad libs’ style script that you can customize to celebrate your community and drop in as many local references, names and traditions as you desire. We supply a musical arrangement suggestion for the finale, which is comprised entirely of public domain songs. We encourage you to use that a baseline from which to riff and expand, based on the unique skills of your cast and any special guests or groups who join in as the ‘community’ performs Ebenezer Scrooge’s first ever Christmas show as a producer!

Photos below from the Old Globe production
Directed by Gordon Greenberg
Scenic Design by Adam Koch
Costume Design by David Reynoso
Lighting Design by Amanda Zieve

Photos below from the Bucks County Playhouse production
Directed by Gordon Greenberg
Scenic Design by Michael Carnahan
Costume Design by Tristan Raines
Lighting Design by Travis McHale