Worcester Count Light Opera Company

Presents Christopher Durang's  

"MRS. BOB CRATCHIT'S WILD CHRISTMAS BINGE"

Written by Christopher Durang

Performances: 

December 6, 2024 through December 15, 2024 

(Contact Box Office for Exact Times)  

WORCESTER COUNTY LIGHT OPERA COMPANY (WCLOC), Grandview Ave. Playhouse, 21 Grandview Avenue, Worcester, MA. 

TICKETS: 

508-753-4383 or visit admin@wcloc.org

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ABOUT THE SHOW

In this departure from Dickens, young Scrooge’s exclamations of “Bah, humbug!” are an undiagnosed “kind of seasonal Tourette’s Syndrome,” and The Ghost of Christmas Past is played by a sassy African-American woman with enough attitude to portray all three spirits (which she does). 

She tries to show Scrooge his past, present and future in order to change him, but her magic keeps malfunctioning in Durang’s version of the beloved holiday classic, and they consistently find themselves transported to the wrong time and place. 

She tries to take Scrooge back to see his old employers, the Fezziwigs— “always an audience favorite” —but instead she and Scrooge keep appearing in the present at the Cratchit’s pathetic home. 

Mrs. Bob Cratchit, a minor character in the Dickens, takes center stage here. 

No longer loving and long suffering, Mrs. Bob is in a rage: She’s sick of Tiny Tim (the goody-goody crippled child), she hates her twenty other children (most of them confined to the root cellar), including oversized Little Nell, and she wants to get drunk and jump off London Bridge. 

As the Ghost loses more control, the plot morphs into parodies of "Oliver Twist," “The Gift of the Magi” and "It’s a Wonderful Life." 

And to make matters worse, Scrooge and Mrs. Bob seem to be kindred souls falling in love. 

With a dénouement that is two parts "Touched by an Angel" and one part "The Queen of Mean," Scrooge’s tale of redemption and gentle grace is placed squarely on its head. (Dramatists Play Service)

ABOUT WORCESTER COUNTY LIGHT OPERA COMPANY (WCLOC)

Founded in 1937, WCLOC is Worcester’s oldest active theater company. As a local, non-profit community theater, we depend on the generosity of our members, patrons, subscribers, and donors to help forward the mission of our organization to entertain, inform, and nurture local artists and audiences through the production of high quality, affordable musicals, plays, and children’s educational workshops. A donation to WCLOC allows us to continue to keep tickets affordable for local audiences, helps us maintain and make necessary improvements to our Clubhouse, and supports a full season of memorable theater and educational opportunities.

WORCESTER COUNTY LIGHT OPERA COMPANY
PO Box 51
Worcester, MA 01613
508-753-4383
admin@wcloc.org