{"id":1400,"date":"2014-02-08T23:22:53","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T23:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=1400"},"modified":"2025-01-18T18:27:14","modified_gmt":"2025-01-18T18:27:14","slug":"a-southern-christmas-carol-original-cast-cd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leicesterbaytheatricals.com\/?p=1400","title":{"rendered":"A Southern Christmas Carol Original Cast CD"},"content":{"rendered":"

Book, Music and Lyrics by Rob. Lauer<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Musical Arrangements by Jeff Joyner<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

“Think Charles Dickens meets Horton Foote.”<\/em><\/p>\n

When \u201cA Southern Christmas Carol\u201d premiered in 2003, critics called it \u201cgood fun\u2026a hoot that warms the heart\u201d\u2026 \u201cLovely, there\u2019s no other single word to describe it\u2026Charles Dickens himself couldn\u2019t have written a better account of the spirit of Christmas. At least not Christmas in 1933 Depression-ridden Southwest Georgia.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n

In \u201cA Southern Christmas Carol,\u201d award-winning playwright Rob. Lauer moves the classic tale of Scrooge\u00a0 from\u00a0 1840\u2019s London to Depression-era rural Georgia during the height of Jim Crow laws. \u201cThough most of the world knows how Dickens’ story ends, Lauer did such an excellent job of tailoring the original story to fit the South that one is eager to see how this story will end,\u201d <\/i>The Albany Herald enthused; \u201cMeant to explore some Southern themes like agriculture, racism and poverty, Lauer pays close attention to detail: cotton, overalls, accents, home-brewed liquor, biscuits, square dancing, gospel singing, Southern hostility and hospitality, \u2018ain’ts\u2019 and hope chests, pork and collards.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n

The show\u2019s musical score will send audiences out of the theatre humming songs that are set to become Holiday standards. Best of all, \u201cA Southern Christmas Carol\u201d is the perfect choice for theatres (professional or amateur) on a budget: it can be produced with only 10 actors (6 men\/4 women), with each playing multiple roles.\u00a0 Or it can be produced by theatres, churches, schools and civic groups who want to involve 30 or more performers in the show.<\/p>\n

Funny, moving, emotionally satisfying; innovatively new while also feeling familiar\u2014\u201cA Southern Christmas Carol\u201d is a show that could easily become an annual Holiday tradition for your theatre\u2014something that will set it apart from all other theatres in your area.\u00a0 Once your audiences have experienced this unique take on a Christmas classic, they\u2019ll never say \u201cBah, Humbug\u201d again!<\/p>\n

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