Call them “Kevin McCallister” cuz this year, they’re home alone.
No flights to catch, no holiday parties to attend, no houseguests to host.
Their Christmas, their rules.
We invite you to come make merry with us at the eleventh installment of A Thirty Year Christmas Carol!
Performances are Saturday December 16th and Sunday December 17th at 7:30pm
at 511 West 54th Street.
Tickets are $15 at the links below.
a christmas carol
2013-2043
In 2013, Andrew Neisler (director), Andrew Farmer and Ryann Weir (writer/performers) committed to the 30 year long project of telling Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol through the eyes of a fictional couple.
Return each year as they grow older, navigate the obstacles and triumphs of life, and reconnect each holiday season by reading the classic novella together. In the spirit of Elevator Repair Service's Gatz with the nostalgic, improvisational feel of Mike Nichols and Elaine May, the play celebrates the Dickens text in conjunction with the lives of this young couple.
Run-time of the performance is typically 90 minutes to 2 hours.
The Team
the ghosts of christmas past, present, & future...
ANDREW NEISLER (creator/director/producer) is a Georgia-raised, New York-based theatre maker with a passion for joy-forward, laughter-filled, queer-affirming art, as well as a deepening interest in ecological theatre that works to deepen our connection with the Earth. Recent directing credits include the hit mentalism show Mindplay (Geffen Playhouse), the new immersive nightclub show Another Rose for Virgin Voyages, the critically acclaimed new musical Folk Wandering which he also co-authored with playwright Jaclyn Backhaus (Pipeline Theatre Company), the world premiere of Cesar Alvarez's The Elementary Spacetime Show (Philadelphia's FringeArts Curated Series), Andrew Farmer’s ghost play The Gray Man (Pipeline), site-specific Secret Supper: The Musical (Spring Street Social Society), Streepshow: Episodes 1, 2, and 3 (Ars Nova and Dixon Place), NY Times’ Critics Pick Clown Bar (The Box), and Drama Desk nominated Charlatan (Ars Nova). He is currently in development on a new space-age, gay-as-hell, rock-concert musical with Academy-Award-winning composer Alan Menken, musician Anna Rose, and playwright Salty Brine. He has worked on new plays and musicals with The Public Theater, New York Theatre Workshop, Ars Nova, Playwrights Horizons, HERE Arts, Primary Stages, The Lark, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Williamstown Theatre Festival, NYU, University of the Arts, Williams College, and more. He is a co-Founder and Creative Director of the non-profit arts incubation company Fresh Ground Pepper (www.fgpnyc.com) where he has curated over 750 artists and cultivated their new projects in a series of development opportunities, residencies, and retreats over the past 12 years. He is an alumnus of the Ars Nova Directors' Troupe, the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab, and the Civilians' R&D Group. He is currently serving as the Associate Artistic Director at Ars Nova. He holds a BFA from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts.
Instagram: @misterneisguy
RYANN WEIR (creator/writer/performer) is a writer, performer based in Brooklyn. With writing partner Claire Rothrock, their latest project, THE DARLINGS, recently sold to FX with Chernin Entertainment producing. Prior to that, their pilot CLOISTER F*CKED aka OUR LADIES OF BROOKLYN was made at The CW, with CBSTVS and Sutton St. producing, Jennie Snyder Urman showrunning, and Tessa Blake directing. In 2018, Ryann and Claire were chosen as Sundance New Voices Fellows and in 2019 they were Sundance Episodic Lab Fellows. In the theater world, Ryann's been lucky to collaborate with pals on many projects including I Heard Sex Noises (Ars Nova) and musical,The Undertow (NYU). Ryann is a proud alumni of EST's Youngblood and of NYU's PHTS.
ANDREW FARMER (creator/writer/performer) is a writer, comedian and 2018 recipient of the Jonathan Larson Grant for Musical Theater Writing. He’s developed projects with CBS Studios, Animal Kingdom, National Lampoon, First Look Media, Imperative Entertainment and Stampede Ventures and is currently a writer on TBS' "Miracle Workers." His work has been featured at the Museum of Modern Art, Joe's Pub, Reductress, Vogue, The Yale School of Drama and an endless array of comedy basements in NYC and LA. With SNL writer Anna Drezen, he hosts the Forever Dog Podcast "Scary Stories to Tell on the Pod."
CHRISTOPHER BOWSER (creator/production designer)
KRISTY BODALL (production manager)
MORGAN MURPHEY (co-producer)
BRIA WOODYARD (co-producer)