David Hyde Pierce will star in A Christmas Carol Benefit for The Acting Company

11/1/2017 3:19pm


The Acting Company has announced a one-night-only benefit reading of Crispin Whittell’s adaptation of Charles DickensA Christmas Carol, Mon Dec 11 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College (68th St between Park and Lex Aves). Directed by Joe Dowling, the performance stars one of the American stage and small screen’s greatest talents, David Hyde Pierce. The Frasier alum will play Ebenezer Scrooge—paragon of miserliness, misanthropy, general holiday buzz-killing, and ultimately, the human potential for change. Joining him is a cast including  John Glover, Harriet Harris, Edward Hibbert, and Julie White, Matthew Amendt, Matt Bradford Sullivan, and Kaliswa Brewster, plus others to be announced. Following the reading, the evening will continue with an exclusive cast dinner (jacket and tie required) at The Union Club (101 E. 69th Street).  For this benefit event, The Acting Company celebrates the holiday season with this timeless story of the curmudgeonly Scrooge and his discovery of kindness and compassion. With the help of four persuasive ghosts, Scrooge undergoes a miraculous Christmas Eve transformation as he views with new eyes his past, his present and the possibilities of the future. The adaptation by Whittell was originally commissioned by Dowling for the Guthrie Theater; he directed it many times over during his long tenure at the helm of the revered Minneapolis company, and it continues to be performed there to this day. To purchase performance-only tickets, please visit www.hunter.cuny.edu/kayeplayhouse. Press contact: Blake Zidell & Associates (718/643.9052)...