CALENDAR ANNOUNCEMENT: WT to Present A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Calendar Announcement
December 2007
  

WRITERS’ THEATRE PRESENTS A CHRISTMAS CAROL

December 19 - 23, 2007


Writers’ Theatre will present A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens adapted by Michael Halberstam. The production runs December 19 – 23, 2007, at Writers’ Theatre, 325 Tudor Court in Glencoe.

Artistic Director Michael Halberstam performs a reading of the greatest ghost story every written, Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, for four performances only.  The 12th annual dramatic one-man version of Ebenezer Scrooge’s journey over the course of one magical Christmas Eve has become a North Shore holiday tradition.

Title:                     A Christmas Carol
Adapted By:        Michael Halberstam from the story by Charles Dickens
Featuring:           Michael Halberstam
Dates:                 Regular run: December 19 – 23, 2007

Schedule:           Wednesday & Thursday:     8:00 p.m.
                             Saturday and Sunday:        2:00 p.m.   
    
Location:        Writers’ Theatre, 325 Tudor Court, Glencoe
Tickets:          $30 for all performances;
Box Office:     The Box Office is located at 376 Park Avenue, Glencoe;
                        847-242-6000; www.writerstheatre.org

Subscriptions and Memberships to the 2007/08 Season are currently on sale.  

Writers’ Theatre is a professional company focusing on the word and the artist. The 16-year-old company produces classic scripts and cultivates new works including literary adaptations, second productions and rarely or infrequently produced works of classic writers, invigorating them with new energy and a new approach.  For its first 12 years, Writers’ Theatre performed in the anteroom of “Books on Vernon” at 664 Vernon Avenue in Glencoe.  In the fall of 2003, the company opened its new 108-seat thrust stage performance venue at 325 Tudor Court, continuing its tradition of bringing audiences face to face with literature’s greatest creators and creations in an intimate environment.

The company continues to produce works in both spaces, maintaining an intimate theatrical experience for audiences while growing annual attendance to more than 30,000.  In the past seven years, the subscriber base has grown almost 250%, from 1,500 in 2000 to more than 5,200 in 2007.  With an operating budget of more than $3 million, Writers’ Theatre is supported by a staff of 16 full-time employees and a 27-member Board of Trustees.

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