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“ "A Red Carol" is a leftist's dream wish for the Holiday season, and every other day of the year. It hits hard at people who "weigh everything by profit,” ruling class propaganda, and the idea that ignorance and want will keep the poor entrenched in the stations."
"Seasonal charity is a great concept, but SF Mime Troupe can't be satisfied with any trickle-down economics, Christmas time or not. Bravo comrades!”
BroadwayWorld
Six people
telling the story,
playing all the roles,
in an abandoned industrial space.
This isn't your average, feel-good Christmas tale.
But it was never supposed to be.
We all know the story: The redemption of a cranky miser at Christmas, a ghost story designed to let an audience feel good about themselves for not being heartless.
But Charles Dickens wasn't trying to make people feel good, he was trying to show them a stark reality, scaring them into being more human. He wrote "A Christmas Carol" to shake up society, and with "A Red Carol" we are re-establishing his story as the revolutionary call-to-action he intended.
With music, joy, and plenty of harsh truths about his time and ours, "A Red Carol" is the demand for economic and social justice Dickens wanted then, and we need now.
"People always think this story is about you,”
Bob Crachit tells Scrooge.
“But it ain’t about you, it’s about us - and how we let ourselves get infected with your ideas, your greed, your lies, its you steppin’ over the hungry and homeless and us following your lead, it’s us lettin’ you turn our government into a casino, listenin’ while you say day after day that profit is the new god, and us not standin’ up and shouting "NO!"'
“It ain’t about you,"
Cratchit says.
"It’s about us.”
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Adapted and Directed by Michael Gene Sullivan
Featuring traditional music
with Additional Lyrics & Arrangement by Daniel Savio
Music Consulting by Bruce Barthol
Lighting Design by Jim Cave
Sound Design & Engineering by Taylor Gonzalez
Property Design by Marie Cartier
Stage Managed by Karen Runk
Co-Presented by
Z Space
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