William Shakespeare’s Christmas Carol

by Ian Doescher, with Scott Wentworth as Scrooge

Driftwood Theatre and The Regent Theatre present, in partnership with The Department of Illumination | December 7, 2024 | 7:00pm 

The holiday tradition continues with fun for the whole family. A staged reading with musical accompaniment and puppets! New this year, The Department of Illumination joins the fun.

With appearances by characters from Shakespeare’s most popular plays, this version of A Christmas Carol is an inventive, hilarious, and touching holiday story for all to enjoy. It’s a delightful mash-up of the combined genius of Charles Dickens and William Shakespeare, enhanced by live music and the imaginative puppetry of Department of Illumination.

When miserly theatre owner Ebenezer Scrooge puts the ‘humbug’ in Christmas, he’s transported on a redemptive journey to save his very soul. Haunted by the spirits of Christmas past (Puck), present (Falstaff) and future (Hamlet’s dad), Scrooge learns to appreciate the true spirit of the holiday season as only William Shakespeare can imagine.

Photos of 2024 William Shakespeare’s Christmas Carol by Logan Somers.