Originally created and Produced by City of Farmington Four Corners Musical Theatre
NATIONAL TOUR PRODUCTION TEAM
Producer……………………………………………………Lowell Williams
Director/Civic Center Supervisor……………..Randall K West
Choreographer/Associate Director…………..Sarah Harkness
Musical Director……………………………………….Matt LaBerge
Technical Director…………………………………….Grayson McCrory
Production Stage Manager………………………..Reed Jackson
Sound Designer/Engineer…………………………James Oakry
Lighting Designer………………………………………James Padilla
Media/Scenic Designer……………………………..Matt Kaiser
Hair and Makeup Designer……………………….Amber Glasgow
Dance Captains…………………………………………Daija Heaton, Abigail Graham
Costume Coordinator……………………………….Cecily Schultz
Technical Specialist/Scenic Carpenter………Brian Tedcastle
Marley Door Designer………………………………Brian Tedcastle
Scenic Painting Assistance…………………………Jade Herrera
Road Manager…………………………………………..Reed Jackson
Magic Created By………………………………………Dan Kamin
Rehearsal and Technical Facilities……………..Farmington Civic Center
Costumes Provided by………………………………The Theatre Company, Upland, CA
2023 CAST
Dan Kamin……………………………………..Ebenezer Scrooge
Thomas Ian Campbell……………………..Marley
Tanner Berry……………………………………Mr.Fezziwig/Ghost of Christmas Present
Sarah Harkness………………………………..Mrs. Cratchit/Clara
Emelia Sherin…………………………………..Creepy Caroler/Party Guest
Emma Price……………………………………..Belle/Maude
Benjamin Tedcastle………………………….Tiny Tim/Happy Caroler
Evan Clinton……………………………………Bob Cratchit/Sea Captain
Abigail Graham……………………………….Mrs. Fezziwig/Amelia
Matt Robison…………………………………..Young Scrooge/Old Joe
Zada Lile………………………………………….Fan/Martha Cratchit
Kalene “Koko” Blanton…………………..Ghost of Christmas Past
Amber Swenk…………………………………..Mrs. Dilber/Suzannah
Jacob Swenk…………………………………….Boy Scrooge/Peter Cratchit
Mitchell Sharp………………………………….Topper/The Helmsman
Tony Gallo……………………………………….Fred/Cold Soldier
“A Christmas Carol” Songs
- “Twice Upon a Christmas Eve” ……………………………………………..Ensemble
- “What’s the Good of Christmas” ……………………………………………………Fred
- “Believe in Me!” ………………………………………………………..Marley & Scrooge
- “Home” ……………………………………………………………Fan and Young Scrooge
- “Making Merry” ……………………………………………Fezziwigs and Ensemble
- “Belle’s Song” ………………………………………………….Bell and Young Scrooge
- “Belle’s Song Reprise” …………………………………………………….Belle and Dick
- “Ghostly Advice” ……………………………………………………Past and Ensemble
- “A Christmas Present” ………………………………………Present and Ensemble
- “Song of the Blessing” ……………………………………………………Sally and Peter
- “Song of the Feast” ………………………………………………………..Cratchit Family
- “Song of the Feast Reprise”……………………………………………………..Tiny Tim
- “If Shadows Remain Unaltered” ………………………………..Ghost of Present
- “Party Games” …………………….Fred’s Party (Everyone but Ben and Jake)
- “Creepy Stuff ” ………………………………..Old Joe, Mrs. Dilber, Arch, Maud
- “Family Connections” ………………………………………………Scrooge, Ensemble
- “Each and Every Day”……………………………………………………………………..Cast
ACT I
Prelude: Twice Upon a Christmas Eve
Scene 1: Scrooge’s Home
Morning
Scene 2: Of昀椀ce of Scrooge and Marley
What’s the Good of Christmas
Scene 3: Scrooge’s Home, Night
Believe in Me!
Scene 4: Boarding School
Home
Scene 5: Fezziwig & Company
Making Merry
Scene 6: A Secluded Spot, Several Years Later
Belle’s Song
Scene 7: Belle’s Home
Belle’s Song Reprise, Ghostly Advice
ACT II
Scene 1: Scrooge’s Home, Night
A Christmas Present
Scene 2: A Street in London
In London Town
SCENES AND MUSICAL NUMBERS
There will be an intermission.
Scene 3: The Cratchit Home
Song of the Blessing, Song of the Feast, Song of the Feast Reprise/
If Shadows Remain Unaltered
Scene 4: Whirlwind Travel
Workers’ March, A Sea Shanty, Beggars’ Banquet
Scene 5: Fred’s Home
Party Games
Scene 6: Scrooge’s Home, Night
Scene 7: A Street in London
Scene 8: Old Joe’s Hideaway
Creepy Stuff
Scene 9: Visions of the Future
Scene 10: A Graveyard
Scene 11: Scrooge’s Home – Christmas Morning
Scene 12: Outside Scrooge’s Home – Morning
Family Connections
Scene 13: Another London Street – The Next Morning
Each and Every Day
CAST AND CREW BIOGRAPHIES
Ebenezer Scrooge/Co-lyricist
DAN KAMIN is an internationally renowned movement artist, comedy choreographer and theatrical prankster. On film, he created the physical comedy sequences for Chaplin and Benny and Joon, and trained Robert Downey, Jr. and Johnny Depp for their acclaimed starring performances. He also played the wooden Indian that came to life in the cult classic Creepshow 2, and created the Martian girl’s weird movement for Tim Burton’s horror spoof Mars Attacks! Dan’s “Comedy Concertos,” combining comedy with classical music, have become popular with symphonies worldwide. See more at www.dankamin.com
Thomas Ian Campbell (Marley) is an actor and voice-over artist based out of Portland, Maine. Some previous credits include Jordan in SIGNIFICANT OTHER, Edward Ferrars in SENSE & SENSIBILITY, Dorian Gray in THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, and Don John in MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING. This is his first tour outside of New England.
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Tanner Berry (they/them) is an actor, musician, and writer from Magnolia, AR. Their career includes work with The Muny, Arkansas Shakespeare Theatre, Four Corners Musical Theatre, and RWS Entertainment. Outside of their career as a performer, they have worked as a librettist, composer, and playwright since 2021. They’re deeply grateful to their family, their partner Lucy, and the members of this show’s audiences. Thank you for supporting the theatre!.
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Sarah Harkness: originally from Chico, California, Sarah recently completed ten years as Associate Professor of Dance, Co-Director of Dance Theatre of Santa Fe, and Choreographer for the Musical Theatre program, at Santa Fe College, in Gainesville, Florida. She received her MFA in Dance from The Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, and BA in Theatre Arts, at Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA. She founded and directed Meh-Tropolis Dance Theatre, in Los Angeles, for six years and worked for former CEO of Paramount Pictures, Sherry Lansing, and The Sherry Lansing Foundation. She has choreographed many musicals including “West Side Story” (Dir. by Evan Pappas), “A Chorus Line”, “Spamalot”, and “Sweet Charity” and performed with Martin Sheen, Stockard Channing, and other cast members of “The West Wing”, in the Los Angeles production of “Raising Our Voices”. Sarah performed a supporting role in the west coast premiere of “Becoming Eleanor” and has danced with Oberlin Dance Company and for choreographers Anjali Austin, Melissa Brenner, Lynda Davis, Alan Danielson, Nancy Smith Fichter, Michael Foley, Tim Glenn, Gerri Houlihan, Elizabeth Johnson, Rick McCullough, Andrew Noble, Dan Wagoner, and Jawole Zollar. She has instructed courses for the North Central Florida Young Dancer Workshop, Florida Dance Association, Polk County All County Dance Festival, and Suzanne Farrell Workshop for Young Dancers. Internationally, Sarah has studied at the Oxford, England, School of Drama, performed in the Montpellier, France World Dance Festival, and taught Dance and Drama for Caxton College, in Valencia, Spain. In Florida, Sarah has choreographed for The Tallahassee Ballet and Valencia College, and served as Faculty and Assistant Coordinator for the FSU Summer Intensive for Young Dancer’s Workshop. She was awarded artistic residencies, for 2013 & 2014, at the Lillian E. Smith Center for Creative Arts, in Clayton, Georgia. Her choreography has been presented in concert with the Joffrey Concert Group (now New York Dance Project), during the 2017 and 2019 American College Dance Association Southeast Region Conferences, and for an evening of entertainment at Santa Fe College with Guest Director, Marion J. Caffey, of the Apollo Theater. Currently in Farmington, New Mexico, Sarah serves as Associate Director and Choreographer for Four Corners Musical Theatre Company, working on numerous productions including “Mamma Mia”, “The Music Man” (for which she also played the role of “Alma Hix”), “Into the Woods” (“Florinda”), and “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” (“Potiphar’s Wife”). She is also the Co-Coordinator and Teen Voices Production Director for the Heather McGaughey Four Corners Musical Theatre Academy.
Emelia Sherin is an Ohio native who earned her degree in PR with minors in Dance and Theatre Management at Kent State University. Her previous credits include Disney Dreams (Cinderella, Snake Charmer), Young Frankenstein (Elizabeth), Steel Magnolias (Shelby), Macbeth (Witch).
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Emma Price is a Kansas City actress and ’21 KSU alumni. Past regional credits: FREAKY FRIDAY (New Theatre, KC), GYPSY (Music Theatre Heritage, KC), MAMMA MIA, ROCKY HORROR, JOSPEH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT (Four Corners Musical Theatre, NM). Thank you to our incredible Company for creating a beautiful story and unforgettable journey. All the love to her family, Riley, and MCEA. Be kind, work hard, and do good work. Insta: emmvp99 – Website: https://www.emmamargaretprice.com
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Benjamin is excited to be returning to the Christmas Carol tour again this year! He’s been involved with local theater since he was in preschool, including Oliver!, South Pacific, Miss Saigon, Elf!, and many school and children’s productions. When he’s not on stage, he’s a middle school student involved with band, chorus, track and field, and all things LEGO.
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From LA-conia, NH; Evan Clinton is elated to be part of this production. Primarily working in film, he looks forward to returning to theatre for his first touring production. Visit evanclinton.com for more information !
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.Abigail Graham is a NYC performer who is thrilled to be caroling around the country this holiday season with this stunning new production of A Christmas Carol. When they’re not on stage, you can find Abigail curled up with a good book, binge watching Drag Race, or trying not to fall roller skating! Some of their favorite recent credits include Rocky Horror Picture Show (Riff Raff), Mamma Mia (Lisa, Dance Captain), and We Will Rock You (David Bowie/Ensemble). Love to the cast and crew, thank you for all of your support and encouragement. For Chris and Simon always<3
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Matt Robison is zazzed to be a part of his first National Tour! He is a Kansas City based actor, and a graduate from Kansas State University. Some previous credits include: CHESS THE MUSICAL (Freddie), GODSPELL, the first staged reading of H.O.T THE MUSICAL (Menelaus), THE PROM (Sheldon), BONNIE & CLYDE (Clyde), PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Frederic), and URINETOWN (Bobby). He would like to thank everyone involved in A CHRISTMAS CAROL Tour, all love to God, his Mom, his step-bros, Tyler Rene, and most importantly his sister, Emily, for introducing him to the magic that is: theatre.
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Zada Lile, 16 years old, is based out of Durango, Colorado and is elated to be on her first National Tour! She discovered her love of performing at only 3 years old, when she exclaimed “I want to be on stage Mommy!”. Zada is currently the youngest member of The Four Corners Musical Theatre Professional Company in Farmington, NM and she would like to thank Randy West and Sarah Harkness for supporting her endeavors with this company for the past 3 years. Zada is an active member of Troupe 1096 and Colours Advanced Choir at Durango High School where she is a Junior. The Troupe is currently in rehearsals for Urinetown in which Zada will play the role of “Little Sally”. Some of Zada’s most notable credits with Four Corners Musical Theatre Company are Annie (Annie), The Music Man (Gracie Shinn), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Zebulun),and Into the Woods (Little Red) all directed by Randy West and Sarah Harkness. Other community theatre productions in Durango, CO include Matilda (Matilda) directed by Mona Wood-Patterson, Gypsy (Teen Louise) directed by Theresa Carson, Addams Family (Pugsley) directed by Ben Matson, Jenny Fitts Reynolds and Petra Lyon, All Shook Up (Natalie/Ed) and Oliver (The Artful Dodger) both directed by Jason Lythgoe. After graduating from high school, Zada plans to attend college to pursue a BFA in Musical Theatre. When not on the stage, she enjoys crocheting, cosplaying and building props for her high school productions and is a member of four Honor Societies at DHS. Zada is forever grateful to her family, friends, castmates, vocal coaches, dance teachers, acting coaches, Music Directors, Stage Managers and Directors who have all nurtured and believed in her on this incredible journey!
Kalene “Koko” Blanton is a Kansas native, where she has performed at Great Plains Theatre, Forum Theatre Wichita, Roxy’s Downtown, Crown Uptown, Mosely Street Melodrama, and MTWichita. She’s fresh off a run as Deena Jones in the Crown Uptown’s “Dreamgirls.” Other credits: Mimi in “Rent” at the Crown and Shug Avery in “The Color Purple” at Roxy’s. Additional favorites include MTWichita’s “Mirette,” “In the Heights”, and “Hairspray”; “The Wiz” and “Little Shop of Horrors” at Roxy’s; and “Ragtime” and “Mamma Mia” at Great Plains Theatre. Koko studied Music Theatre at Wichita State University, where she played Reno Sweeney in “Anything Goes.”
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Amber Swenk is a small-town girl from Farmington, NM who is thrilled to be on her first national tour. She has been in several shows for Four Corners Musical Theater Company and Sandstone Productions, as well as countless choirs. She has her degree in music with an emphasis on voice, teaches middle school choir and piano and also teaches 4-7 year olds in a program called “Let’s Play Music”. She is so grateful to her husband, Tom, for keeping things running smoothly at home with their two younger children so she can have this wonderful experience with son, Jacob Swenk.
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Jacob Swenk is 13 years old and is ecstatic to be on his first national tour at such a young age. He’s from Farmington, NM and has been acting since he was 8 as a part of the Four Corners Musical Theater Company as well as the Heather McGaughey theater in Farmington. His most current roles include Milky White in “Into the Woods”, Kristoff in “Frozen Jr” and The Cabin Boy in “Pirates of Penzance”. Jacob loves sports, video games, musicals and his family, not necessarily in that order.
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Mitchell Sharp (He/Him) just obtained his BFA in theater at Youngstown State University. Some of his credits include: The Last Five Years (Jamie Wellerstein), Newsies (Jack Kelly). Mitchell is happy to be joining the cast of A Christmas Carol this year.
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Ellie Gallo is very excited to be performing in their first professional production, and a tour no less! Tony’s favorite role they’ve performed is Quasimodo, in The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and when not touring the country, is a software engineer. They hope you enjoy the show, and Happy Holidays!.
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DIRECTOR/LYRICIST
Randal K West (Director/ Lyricist) – has been in professional theatre most of his life. Early on he was the Theatre Coordinator for the City of Phoenix for 5 years and while he was in that position he came to know Stephen Sondheim, was invited to be a collaborator on re-working his musical “Merrily We Roll Along” with playwright George Furth and he directed the pre-Broadway workshop production. Sondheim suggested he relocate to San Francisco and Randy spent 9 years there as a musical theatre and television director. Television brought him back to Southern California and he spent the next three years doing theatre and television in his boyhood stomping grounds. He then took his family and moved to Fairfield, Iowa where he spent 14 years as first the Vice President Creative Director of a national advertising agency and then 7 years as the Executive /Artist Director of Way Off Broadway which was Iowa’s only professional musical theatre company and the residential company at the Stephen Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts, (yes Steve continued to be the gift that kept on giving to Randy). Before coming to Farmington, Randy spent three years as the Artistic Director of the Great Plains Theatre in Abilene KS. Randy has been the Civic Center Supervisor for the city of Farmington for three years and he serves as the Artistic Director for the Four Corners Musical Theatre Company. He has been married to the love of his life Margaret Clair for 30 years and he is the proud father of Joshua, William and Gareth.
COMPOSER
Justin Hill has written extensively for orchestras, theaters, and singers around the world. He was the founding music director of the Sondheim Center for the Performing Arts where he conducted, arranged and orchestrated many productions over several seasons. He has worked with many legends of the stage and screen including Len Cariou, Liz Callaway, George Furth, Robby Benson, Richard Kind, Jen Colella and Anne Runolfsson. Justin currently resides in Bloomfield, Iowa with his wife, Diana, and 5 year old son, Maverick Gabriel. As Christmas is his favorite time of year, Justin is more delighted than ever to be collaborating once again with his dear friend and mentor, Randy, as well as a stellar creative team, on this new adaptation of “A Christmas Carol”.
MUSIC DIRECTOR
Matt LaBerge is thrilled to be working on this magical new production of A Christmas Carol. As a music director, Matt has had the privilege of working with and guiding performers of all ages and abilities, ranging anywhere from K-12 students in public schools to world-class musicians and Broadway actors on the professional stage, including the amazingly talented performers you’re about to see and hear! A versatile musician, Matt’s resume also includes significant work as a professional singer, actor, and composer/lyricist. To learn more, visit: www.mattlaberge.com.
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PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER & ROAD MANAGER
Reed Jackson is a resident of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. He has recently graduated with his Bachelor of Art in Theatre from the University of Southern Mississippi. For the past two years he has worked on many shows including Hedda Gabler, Much Ado About Nothing, Pirates of Penzance, Sweeney Todd, Celebrate Sondheim and Little Shop of Horrors. This is his first tour and is very excited to bring this new version of A Christmas Carol to a city near you!
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LIGHTING & TOUR TD
Grayson McCrory (they/them) is honored to be a part of this wonderful production as the Technical Director. This will be their first time taking on such a role, and they are very excited.
Grayson recently graduated with their BFA in Theatre from Youngstown State University. They have been performing for many years, and just started getting involved in the technical side of things in their most recent years. You may have seen them most recently as Sandy Cheeks in Spongebob The Musical with The Millennial Theatre Company. Some of their most notable performances include Joanne (RENT) at Powers Auditorium, Gary Coleman (Avenue Q), Marianne Angelle (The Revolutionists), Audrey II (Little Shop of Horrors), and Texas (Cabaret) along with light designing The Last Five Years all at Youngstown State University. They also had the pleasure of playing the role of Madame Thenardier (Les Miserables) at the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Academy of Musical Theatre. Grayson sends the cast and crew good vibes during this wonderful show!
WARDROBE
Cecily Schultz is a NH native very excited to be joining Perseverance Productions for her first tour! She has been involved in theater for over ten years and continues to be passionate about both performing and backstage work. She would like to thank the rest of the cast and crew for their hard work and her family for supporting her in all her endeavors.
PRODUCER/BOOK WRITER
Lowell Williams is in his eighth season producing this National Tour! This season has been especially exciting with an all-new cast and crew and a new script written with Randy, Justin and Dan. We feel we have injected new life in to a classic story. It’s not about a Miser, it’s about family. Lowell is an actor, writer and producer of other shows, too. His plays include “Six Nights in the Black Belt” about the life of civil rights activist Jonathan Daniels, “Sputnik, A Love Story” about a young African-American who wants to build rockets, and “Talking to Starlight” about a woman who must choose between her career and love — among many others. He just returned from Italy, studying with Lorien McKenna on a screen play version of “Six Nights.”