2011 SHOW DATES

December 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 18 

Thur, Fri & Sat 
shows at 7:30 pm  
Sun matinees at 2:30 pm
See what the Whidbey News Times is saying about A Child's Christmas in Wales!

Click the link below to view the article and photo slide show by reporter Rebecca Olson: 'Whidbey Playhouse Celebrates Christmas in Wales'

"A CHILD'S CHRISTMAS IN WALES"  

December 8 - December 18, 2011


Join the Whidbey Playhouse as we take you on a magical and joyful journey through the memory of Christmas celebrations long past with A Child’s Christmas in Wales. All your Christmases will live again in the magic of Dylan Thomas' poetic language: "I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or twelve days and twelve nights when I was six..." 

The stories and songs that unfold on our stage will be both familiar and yet delightfully far away to today’s children.

Dylan Thomas has managed to universalize the very essence of Christmas as any child anywhere might perceive it, despite the fact that this is a Welsh Christmas and the music is also Welsh. This unique play is the story of Christmas Day itself, from its quiet, magical beginning full of thrilling expectations to the end when the boy Dylan creeps up to bed, replete with the joy of a perfect holiday.

A Child’s Christmas in Wales has been described as “lyrical, poignant, uplifting… a true holiday rarity, one that shouldn’t be missed.”

This off-season, limited engagement opens on December 8th and will run 8 performances only - closing on the 18th.
Director:
Cynthia Kleppang
cynthia_kleppang@yahoo.com

Producer:
Tara Hizon

Assistant Director:
Julie Langrock

Production Assistant:
Adrienne Stanek

Stage Manager:
Lisa Worley


Board Liaison:
Rusty Hendrix

Costume Mistress:
Adrian Hansell

Props Mistress:
Patricia Blalock



CAST:

Dylan Thomas:  Darren McCoy
Mother:  Joan-Marie Gerth
Father:  Stan Thomas
Postman/Uncle Gwyn: 
Rich Doyle
Uncle Glyn:  Charles Smothermon
Tom/Fireman:  Devin R. Moncada
Jim/Fireman:  Jacob Dalton
Jack/Fireman:  Braden Robbins
Smoky/Tudyr/Constable Lloyd-Jones:  Kevin Meyer
Aunt Hannah:  Janet Benavides
Aunt Nellie:  Amanda Quijano
Cousin Brenda:  Katie McClimans
Cousin Glenda:  Heather Anderson
Aunt Bessie:  Donna Trontvet
Aunt Elieri:  Erica McCraine
The Hunchback/Murgatroyd:  Bob Foster

Town Hill Boys:
Nate Edmiston
Shani King
Mike Garon
Conor Quijano
Casey Quijano

Townspeople:
Hannah Goldman
Rhiannon Doney