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Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol in production

Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol [2022]

Manual Cinema Production

  • Devised by Manual Cinema
  • Additional Writing by Nate Marshall

Told through puppetry and music, this striking holiday experience comes to brilliant life on stage for the first time. 

After the stunning success of their online Christmas Carol, Manual Cinema uses their groundbreaking creativity and powerful storytelling to elevate one of the most famous holiday stories ever told to new heights in this unique theatrical experience. Featuring the combined talents of actors, puppeteers and musicians, come experience a new holiday tradition unlike anything else you’ve seen before.  

Synopsis

Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol

An avowed holiday skeptic, Aunt Trudy has been recruited to channel her late husband Joe’s famous Christmas cheer over a Zoom call with family. But as Trudy becomes more absorbed in her own version of the Ebeneezer Scrooge story, the puppets take on a life of their own, and the family’s call transforms into a stunning cinematic adaptation of Dickens’s classic ghost story.

Cast & Musicians

LaKecia Harris

Aunt Trudy

Lizi Breit

Puppeteer

Julia Miller

Puppeteer

Jeffrey Paschal

Puppeteer

Ben Kauffman

Musician

Kyle Vegter

Musician

Jyreika Guest

Understudy Aunt Trudy

Creative

Drew Dir

Storyboards & Puppet Design

Ben Kauffman

Original Score & Sound Design

Kyle Vegter

Original Score & Sound Design

Trey Brazeal

Lighting Design

Julia Miller

Costume Design & Puppet Build Assistant

Rae Watson

Properties Design

Hannah Wien

Associate Lighting Designer

Lizi Breit

Puppet Build Assistant

Rae Watson

Properties Design
Rachel Watson

Natalie Cohen

Stage Manager

Natalie Cohen is thrilled to return to Writers Theatre where previous credits include Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, The Band's Visit, Manual Cinema's Christmas Carol, Once, and Athena. Select credits include Cats, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Kinky Boots (Paramount Theatre); A Raisin in the Sun, The Gospel at Colonus (Court Theatre); Clyde’s (Goodman Theatre). Natalie is a proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Love to Molly, always.

[Bio as of October 2025]