After four performances of Ebenezer’s Christmas Carol in McLean’s Black Box Theatre, some Work Study cast members accepted rides back to their dressing rooms from anyone who was willing, as above. Other students stood around a long time, gathering hugs, kisses, flowers and compliments from proud family and friends.
Directed by Work Study theater teachers Jessica Berns and Caroline Sumlin, the play was a shortened version of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, a story told many times since being published in the 1840s but seldom with more conviction or holiday spirit. For one scene, program leaders Mark Thompson and Anna Southworth joined the kids onstage.
Along the way, students in the cast got the chance to watch videos of their performance and make suggestions for their own improvement. It’s a safe bet the memories of Ebenezer’s Christmas Carol, and hopefully its message, will last even longer than YouTube.
THE WORK STUDY WORD 