Friday, December 12th 2025

"One Christmas Carol" adapted from Charles Dickens by Douglas H. Baker

With one actor and over 35 distinct characters, this one-man tour de force is an intimate and spirited evening of theatre - playing December 12 and 13! Festival by the Marsh presents Andy Melanson in "One Christmas Carol" - Part of the Holiday Cheer Play Festival – also featuring “The Tinderbox” by Eva Lucas (a play for children), a staged reading of “It’s a Wonderful Life”, and “Grandma’s Christmas Movie Extravaganza” dinner theatre by Charlie Rhindress. Visit www.festivalbythemarsh.com for all the details. "A brilliantly condensed tour-de-force that captures the colorful personalities and delivers Dickens’ affecting message and timeless moral lessons." –DC Metro Theater Arts With one actor and over 35 distinct characters, this one-man tour de force is an intimate and spirited evening of theatre that everyone in the family will love! Utilizing only three unmatched chairs, Dickens’ famous story about selfishness and selflessness is stripped down to its bare essence, forgoing the usual opulence of the holidays and focusing on what is of utmost importance during the season. Dickens’ colorful characters are all present— Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchitt, Tiny Tim, Fezziwig, Belle, the Ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future— springing to new life with a treasure trove of moral lessons for one and all. No scenery, no costumes— just one actor and a timeless story. God bless us, every one!