A 1940s Radio Christmas Carol 2022
A 1940’s Radio Christmas Carol
Photos Courtesy of Kim Knight
SYNOPSIS
By: Walton Jones, David Wohl, Faye Greenberg
Directed by: Kevin Russell
Music Direction by: Rachel Webb
It's Christmas Eve, 1943, and the Feddington Players are now broadcasting from a hole-in-the-wall studio in Newark, NJ, and set to present their contemporary "take" on Dickens's A Christmas Carol. Whether it's the noisy plumbing, missed cues, electrical blackouts, or the over-the-top theatrics of veteran actor, but radio novice, William St. Claire, this radio show is an entertaining excursion into the mayhem and madness of a live radio show. St. Claire's escalating foibles and acting missteps propel the show to a simultaneously comedic and heart-wrenching dramatic climax: St. Claire has an on-air breakdown, and begins to connect his own life with that of the classic Dickens tale. In order to "save the show," the company improvises an ending to Charles Dickens' classic as a film noir mystery, featuring a hardboiled detective, a femme fatale, and an absurd rescue of Tiny Tim (and the Lindbergh baby) from the clutches of a Hitler-esque villain named Rudolf!
Produced by special arrangement with Concord Theatricals, Inc.
CAST
Clifton Feddington - Kevin Russell
William St. Clair - Lee Shook
Charles "Cholly" Butts - Phillip Jones
"Little" Jackie Sparks - Tyler Salias
Judith Davenport - Tiffany McKinney
Margie O'Brien - Leah Pettis
Sally Simpson - Isabella Taylor
Isadore "Buzz" Crenshaw - John Johnston
Toots Navarre - Rebecca Boggs
Esther Lewis Pirnie - Julie Johnston