A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

NCCA: Jean's Playhouse - National Tour
November - December, 2014
Written by Scott Severence
Directed by Scott Severence
Lighting design by Kyle Trumble
Technical Director: Kyle Trumble and Al Forgione

Scenic Design & Projections by Matt Kizer

Posted on by Kizer
The tour continues to go through 2023 so fa. The Director is currently Clayton Phillips. The script has been reworked year-to-year. This image is from the 2022 tour.
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Original digital rendering from 2014. The canopy on the bed was removed from the design,
At the Maryland Theatre. December 13, 2017 · Hagerstown, MD · Photos courtesy of Samantha Bagdon
At the Maryland Theatre. December 13, 2017 · Hagerstown, MD · Photos courtesy of (stolen from) Samantha Bagdon
The projection screens are framed and shaped panels. In about 2016, they were rebuilt from metal, allowing the toggles to be removed.
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This method of projection was used in a production of Sylvia that I did in April of 2012 for Auburn University in Alabama.
It used a contemporary NYC Skyline, and a different graphic style of course.   You can see how it worked here: https://scenicandlighting.com/sylvia/

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Christmas Carol Projector Mirrors

Corner fireplace wagon for Cratchit house:
CRATCHIT

Rolling wall & door unit for Fred’s House:
FREDS

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Wall treatment for Cratchit house: cratchit walls

Wall treatment for Fred’s house:
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Images contributing to or inspiring the design: department-56-dickens-village-the-partridge-pear-lighted-building-4025253 dicken2

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dining room table display

This is a favorite old animated version of A Christmas Carol.  While I do not intend to imitate it explicitly, there are some very striking choices in it when dealing with the spirits and travelling through time and space with them that will probably influcence choices in the projection media.