{"id":28106,"date":"2018-11-20T19:16:45","date_gmt":"2018-11-21T00:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom2\/2018\/11\/21\/scrooge\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T16:27:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:27:14","slug":"scrooge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/necc.edu\/newsroom\/2018\/11\/20\/scrooge\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d Returns to NECC Stage"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19260\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/11\/008_DSC_5570-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19260\" class=\"wp-image-19260 size-medium\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/media-old\/2018\/11\/008_DSC_5570-1-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-19260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Whateley of North Berwick, Maine, will play &#8220;Scrooge&#8221; in this year&#8217;s production of A Christmas Carol.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Once again, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.necc.mass.edu\/\">Northern Essex Community College<\/a> will present the Charles Dickens\u2019 classic \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d in the Chester Hawrylciw Theater, on the third floor of the Spurk Building on the Haverhill Campus, 100 Elliott St. This year\u2019s performance will take place the weekend of Dec. 7-9.<\/p>\n<p>Ebenezer Scrooge, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Cratchit Family, and all other Dickens characters will come to life in this year\u2019s play, adding fun and tradition to the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>A special feature of this production is the four madrigal singers who appear throughout the play singing traditional carols. \u00a0NECC music professor Alisa Bucchiere will lead the madrigals.<\/p>\n<p>Bucchiere of Merrimac will direct the production along with John Budzyna of Newburyport. \u00a0Actor and director Tom Whately of North Berwick, Maine will play the role of Scrooge.<\/p>\n<p>Whateley will celebrate his 47th year in theater this year, having worked at the Carousel Dinner Theater in Ohio, The Shawnee Playhouse in Pennsylvania, and Nick&#8217;s Comedy Stop in Boston, and The Cooperstown Theater Festival in upstate New York, to name some. He also directed several shows including the 2014 World Premiere of a new Christian Rock Opera the Bus Stop Atheist at Merrill Auditorium in Portland, Maine.<\/p>\n<p>The show will be performed Friday, Dec. 7 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 8 at 3 and 7 p.m. and Sunday, Dec. 9, at 3 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will be available at the door, although seating is limited. They can also be purchased through MKTIX.org<\/p>\n<p>Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for student\/seniors and free for children under the age of 5.<\/p>\n<p>The NECC production was originally presented as a one-time fundraiser for the performing arts department by now retired husband and wife NECC Professors Jim Murphy and Susan Sanders. The play was so successful, it became an NECC community event each holiday season with faculty, staff, students, and their family members auditioning for roles.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information contact Bucchiere, at <a href=\"mailto:abucchiere@necc.mass.edu\">abucchiere@necc.mass.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The cast includes:<\/p>\n<p><strong>MASSACHUSETTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Amesbury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Patrick Doherty: Dick Wilkins<\/p>\n<p>Patrick Doherty: Christmas Future<\/p>\n<p>Mary Everett: Old Josephine<\/p>\n<p><strong>Boxford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Noah Greenstein: Belle&#8217;s husband, Guest 2<\/p>\n<p><strong>Haverhill<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Bohanan: Peter<\/p>\n<p>Kairi Bohanan: Martha<\/p>\n<p>Melina Bohanan: Tiny Tim<\/p>\n<p>Lincoln Bohanan: Peter<\/p>\n<p><strong>Merrimac<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alisa Bucchiere: Madrigal Singer<\/p>\n<p>Dan Smith: Young Scrooge<\/p>\n<p>Alicia Smith: Belle<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newburyport<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>John Budzyna: Jacob Marley<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tewksbury<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Chip Bliss: Madrigal Singer<\/p>\n<p><strong>MAINE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>North Berwick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tom Whateley: Ebenezer Scrooge<\/p>\n<p><strong>NEW HAMPSHIRE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>East Hampstead<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maureen Dadekian, Mrs. Fezziwig, Maid<\/p>\n<p><strong>East Kingston<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Malcolm Courchesne: Young Ebenezer<\/p>\n<p>Simon Courchesne: Ignorance<\/p>\n<p>Sarah\u00a0 Courchesne: Mrs. Cratchitt<\/p>\n<p><strong>Exeter<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Reilly Mayo: Fan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Newton<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Geehae Moon: Madrigal Singer, Guest 1<\/p>\n<p><strong>Plaistow<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olivia \u00a0Buckley: Christmas Past<\/p>\n<p>Todd \u00a0\u00a0Buckley: Fezziwig<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Once again, Northern Essex Community College will present the Charles Dickens\u2019 classic \u201cA Christmas Carol\u201d in the Chester Hawrylciw Theater, on the third floor of the Spurk Building on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":28108,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - 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