‘Inspecting Carol’ play dates, times and ticket information
Play: Inspecting Carol
Playwright: Daniel Sullivan
Synopsis: Inspecting Carol is a behind-the-scenes farce about a financially-strapped third-rate theater company struggling to put on its annual production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. The costumes reek and don’t fit. And the self-absorbed 
actor playing Scrooge is trying to rewrite the play. (The audacity!) But worst of all, the company is on the verge of collapse. The company only managed to secure half their expected subscribers and is dangerously close to losing its NEA funding.
And as the show opens, Murphy’s Law rears its ugly head. (That is, anything that can go wrong will go wrong at the worst possible time.) An out-of-town actor by the name of Wayne Wellacre shows up to audition. Mistaking Wellacre for an NEA auditor in disguise, the company’s Artistic Director, Zorah Bloch, not only allows him to join the cast, but lets him start making ridiculous changes to Dickens’ script. Eventually the real NEA evaluator appears to watch the disaster unfold. Hilarity ensues.
Tag: Perfect anytime, this delight is particularly appropriate at Christmas.
Director: Joey Bostic
Assistant Director: Yvonne Shadrach
Cast:
- Bill Allenfort as Sidney Carlton
- Sam Bostic as Walter E. Parsons
- Blake Dunkle as Larry Vauxhall
- Carolyn England as Dorothy Tree Hapgood
- Lexi Falance as Lexi Beatty
- Cindi Heimberg as Zorah Bloch
- Gary Hirmer as Kevin Emery
- Krystal Kurlowich as Bart Frances
- Denise McKiernan as Betty Andrews
- Don McKiernan as Phil Hewlitt
- Robin Murray as M.J. (Mary Jane) McMann
- John Strealy as Wayne Wellacre
Play Dates and Times: December 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 19, 20 & 21 at 8:00 p.m. with 3:00 p.m. matinees on December 8, 15 and 22.
Tickets: Tickets cost $25 and may be purchased by visiting https://www.newphoenixtheatrefortmyers.org/ or telephoning 239-284-5214.
Location: 13211 McGregor Boulevard, Fort Myers, FL 33919.
November 22, 2019.
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About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.