Re-Imagined Radio

Our community holiday tradition continues

Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts actors and other community volunteers performing "A Radio Christmas Carol," our radio adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, at Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, Washington.

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Background

For the seventh year we offer a performance of "A Christmas Carol" and a live, community holiday celebration. Again, we adapt our performance from that of The Campbell Playhouse, December 24, 1939, starring Lionel Barrymore, as Ebenezer Scrooge and Orson Welles as the narrator.

Production

Contents

Our performance adapts the script of The Campbell Playhouse, December 24, 1939, performance of "A Christmas Carol" starring Lionel Barrymore, as Ebenezer Scrooge, Orson Welles as the narrator, and actors from The Mercury Theatre on the Air.

Cast

John F. Barber as Narrator, Fezziwig, and Begger on Street
Jeffrey Puukka as Ebenezer Scrooge
Greg Shilling as Bob Chartchit
Derek Nolan as Charity Gentlemen
Ethan Radcliff as Nephew Fred and 1st Man
Bob Meek as Ghost of Marley and 2nd Man
Arianna Dorenbosch as Ghost of Christmas Past and Young Girl with Cratchit family
Rebekah Hetrick as Belle and Martha Cratchit
Derek Nolan as Young Scrooge
Larry Taylor as Ghost of Christmas Present and Man on Street
Laura Hankins as Mrs. Cratcit
Rylan Lewis as Tiny Tim and Goose Person

Credits

Directed and Produced by John F. Barber
Sound Design by John F. Barber
Promotional Graphics by Laura Evancich

Significance

This is the seventh year offering "A Radio Christmas Carol" as a live, community performance. And the third year Re-Imagined Radio collaborated with Metropolitan Performing Arts, based in Vancouver, Washington, to offer a live, community performance of "A Christmas Carol" at Kiggins Theatre.

Producer's Notes

Audience count: 250

Broadcast and streamed live on KXRW.FM (Vancouver, WA) and KXRY.FM (XRAY.FM, Portland, OR).
— John F. Barber

Metadata

Name: A Radio Christmas Carol (2019)

Tagline: Our community holiday tradition continues, 2019, year seven

Season: 07

Episode: 05

Description: Re-Imagined Radio presents Metropolitan Performing Arts actors and other community volunteers performing "A Radio Christmas Carol," our radio adaptation of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, at Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, WA

Program type: Episodic

Length: 58:00

Media type: Live stage performance

Performance by: Metropolitan Performing Arts

Premier performance: December 18, 2019, Kiggins Theatre, Vancouver, WA

Premier broadcast and live stream: December 18, 2019, KXRW-FM (Vancouver, WA), KXRY-FM (Portland, OR)

Recording availability: No recording available

Genre(s): radio, drama, performance, story, fictional, holidays

Keywords: radio drama, storytelling, documentary, christmas, metropolitan, perform, art, kiggins

Script: Original script(s) written/adapted, research and commentary by John F. Barber

Producer/Host: John F. Barber

Sound Design: John F. Barber

Attribution: John F. Barber

License: Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-NoDerivs 3.0 United States License

Copyright: All rights reserved (except those granted by the Creative Commons license)