FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 12, 2007
Contact: John Wooten
Premiere Stages
908-737-4360
E-mail: jwooten@kean.edu
Looking for the Perfect Holiday Gift?
HUMBUG Offers Contemporary Take On Dickens’ Classic
UNION, N.J. – Premiere Stages, the professional Actors’ Equity Association theatre-in-residence program at Kean University, will present Humbug, an uplifting adaptation of A Christmas Carol that promises to be the perfect family entertainment for the season. The holidays will be here sooner than you would expect, so buy tickets now for the whole family.
Based on the story by Charles Dickens, the play is adapted by John Wooten, producing artistic director of Premiere Stages, and features a cast of 13. As A Christmas Carol with a modern-day twist, Humbug follows the story of Eleanor Scrooge, a ruthlessly ambitious Wall Street executive who has an aversion to Christmas and an insatiable appetite for power. Locked in her office on a snowy Christmas Eve, Eleanor is determined to finish a corporate-takeover proposal until three “advisors” provide her with an eye-opening new appreciation for the holidays and the spirit of Christmas. An upbeat and moving adaptation of Dickens’ holiday classic, Humbug is one for the ages.
Humbug runs from Thursday, December 13 through Saturday, December 22 in the Wilkins Theatre, located at Kean University, at 1000 Morris Avenue, Union, N.J. Tickets range from $15 to $25. To obtain specific show times, including special matinees for school groups, and to order tickets, please visit the Kean Stage Box Office online at www.keanstage.com or call at 908-737-SHOW (7469). For groups please call 908-737-4077.
Premiere Stages operates in part through funding from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, The New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Bank of America, and through the generous support of patrons. Premiere Stages offers free or discounted tickets to handicapped patrons. Please call for a list of sign interpreted, audio-described or open-captioned performances offered by Premiere Stages.