A Christmas Carol 2025

Nov 22 – Dec 27, 2025

Playing atSpencer Theatre

Directed byJason Chanos

Based on the novel written byCharles Dickens

For more than 40 years, Kansas City’s beloved tradition has created holiday memories for families all around our community. Gary Neal Johnson has been at the helm as the venerable Ebenezer Scrooge since 2000, for more than an estimated 1100 performances, but after 24 years, the 2025 production of A Christmas Carol will be his last in the role.

Create Christmas memories that will last for many seasons to come, and celebrate Gary Neal Johnson’s incredible legacy!

Join Ebenezer Scrooge on his redemptive journey with Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and rediscover the true meaning of the holidays. You’ll meet the Cratchits, Tiny Tim, and the irresistible Fezziwigs, and hear the haunting and joyous Candlelight Carol — all this and more, to kindle your Christmas spirit. Share the season with the people you love at A Christmas Carol.

Cast

Chioma Anyanwu

Ghost of Christmas Past, Understudy: Mrs. Cratchit/Old Joe/Charwoman/Quartet Alto

Darrington Clark

Quartet - Bass, John, Thomas, Understudy: Storyteller

Sam Cordes

Fred, Young Eb, Understudy: Bob Cratchit

Nedra Dixon

Storyteller

Peggy Friesen

Charwoman, Harpist, Mrs. Fezziwig

Brietta Goodman

Ensemble - Fred Party Guest, Understudy: Featured Soprano, Caroline, Mrs. Fred, Mrs. Dilber; Solicitor Swing

Vaughan W. Harrison

Ensemble - Fred Party Guest, Understudy: Quartet Tenor, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Fred, Topper, John

Gary Neal Johnson

Scrooge

Shanna Jones

Quartet - Alto, Solicitor Two, Understudy: Ghost of Christmas Present

Brooke Myers

Quartet - Featured Soprano, Belle, Caroline, Understudy: Ghost of Christmas Past

Cody Proctor

Bob Cratchit, Understudy: Mr. Fezziwig, Thomas, Quartet - Bass

Matt Rapport

Ghost of Christmas Present, Solicitor One, Understudy: Jacob Marley

John Rensenhouse

Jacob Marley, Mr. Fezziwig, Old Joe

Mark Robbins

Understudy: Scrooge

Jonathan Lloyd Schriock

Fiddler

Morgan Lynn Sterrett

Mrs. Fred, Mrs. Dilber, Understudy: Belle

Teonna Wesley

Mrs. Cratchit, Understudy: Mrs. Fezziwig

Sheridan

Quartet - Tenor, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Topper, Understudy: Young Eb

Youth Cast

Sophie Arend

Want

Kaia Bell

Martha Cratchit, Fezziwig Daughter, Fred Party Young Lady

Ryder Carlson

Ignorance, Young Scrooge

Jason "Deuce" Chanos

Turkey Boy, Teen Scrooge

Sydney Deering

Belinda Cratchit, Fezziwig Daughter

Emerson Ellsworth

Belinda Cratchit, Fezziwig Daughter

Savion Louis Ali Jackson

Peter Cratchit, Dick Wilkins

Kaiden Nicholas Johnson

Peter Cratchit, Dick Wilkins

Bellamy Kelly

Want, Understudy: Tim Cratchit

Lainey McManamy

Swing, Understudy: Martha Cratchit, Belinda Cratchit, Fezziwig Daughter, Fred Party Young Lady, Fan, Want

Dashiell Page-Carden

Ignorance, Young Scrooge

Anniston Reed

Tim Cratchit, Belle's Child

Milo Schubert

Swing, Understudy: Peter Cratchit, Teen Scrooge, Wilkins, Turkey Boy, Ignorance

Ruby Schubert

Martha Cratchit, Fezziwig Daughter, Fred Party Young Lady

Garrett Stephens

Turkey Boy, Teen Scrooge

Marlowe Sprenger

Tim Cratchit, Belle's Child

Erynn Symons

Fan Scrooge

Rose Vaglio

Fan Scrooge

Creative Team

Jason Chanos

Director

Anthony Edwards

Music Director

Mackenzie Goodwin Tran

Associate Director

Choreographer

Scenic Design

Costume Design

Light Design

Sound Design

Intimacy Consultant

Wig Design

Assistant Director

Associate Scenic Design

Michael Esposito

Associate Light Design

Shayna Phillips

Associate Light Design

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