From Hans Bernet
President, Monroe Arts Center
The Christmas Eve and Day radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol" was produced as a gift to the Monroe community from the Monroe Arts Center (MAC.) It was also produced as a token of gratitude to Big Radio for its support of MAC.
This MAC production was in cooperation with the Monroe Theatre Guild (MTG.) Many cast members are regular MTG actors. The adaptation of Dickens' story and the direction of the production were gifts to MAC by the professional actor Richard Hilger. Patrick Bodell and Sound Lab of Monroe created the music and engineered the sound effects and production.
Whether or not you like Charles Dickens' work, the story of Scrooge's transformation has resonated through the generations. Scrooge, however, is too often caricatured with the result that the purpose of Dickens' story is undermined. If Scrooge is portrayed as a real person, the audience can identify with him. And if the audience identifies with him, like Scrooge, they too in the course of the story can be redeemed.
This is the reading of the story Richard Hilger brings to this adaptation and production. This is the interpretation of Scrooge John Baumann successfully enacts. The entire cast, especially Marley and Ghosts, thoroughly engage Scrooge and us in Dickens' narrative of redemption. If you are an attentive listener, you cannot help but be moved.
This community of actors in Monroe must to be applauded for this exceptionally fine broadcast. Their work in this production is also a gift to Monroe.
President, Monroe Arts Center
The Christmas Eve and Day radio broadcast of "A Christmas Carol" was produced as a gift to the Monroe community from the Monroe Arts Center (MAC.) It was also produced as a token of gratitude to Big Radio for its support of MAC.
This MAC production was in cooperation with the Monroe Theatre Guild (MTG.) Many cast members are regular MTG actors. The adaptation of Dickens' story and the direction of the production were gifts to MAC by the professional actor Richard Hilger. Patrick Bodell and Sound Lab of Monroe created the music and engineered the sound effects and production.
Whether or not you like Charles Dickens' work, the story of Scrooge's transformation has resonated through the generations. Scrooge, however, is too often caricatured with the result that the purpose of Dickens' story is undermined. If Scrooge is portrayed as a real person, the audience can identify with him. And if the audience identifies with him, like Scrooge, they too in the course of the story can be redeemed.
This is the reading of the story Richard Hilger brings to this adaptation and production. This is the interpretation of Scrooge John Baumann successfully enacts. The entire cast, especially Marley and Ghosts, thoroughly engage Scrooge and us in Dickens' narrative of redemption. If you are an attentive listener, you cannot help but be moved.
This community of actors in Monroe must to be applauded for this exceptionally fine broadcast. Their work in this production is also a gift to Monroe.
