"We created SAK. Come in.Catch this Orlando tradition before Disney copies it and Universal copies Disney and both theme parks close because everyone in the world is broke and stops coming to Orlando and we all die:
The 11th annual Dickens by Candlelight is "candlelight, cookies, tea and a powerful performance of Scrooge's redemption" by three Orlando former-actors.Facebook invitation
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"Dickens by Candlelight, seen at locations like the Dr. Phillips Victorian Mansion, the Whispering Heaven Tea Room, and several of the areas finest private homes is back after a hiccup in 2007. This production has become a Holiday tradition in Central Florida and has been since 1997.
This three-person,interactive show (It's interactive? Is that Jeff Wirth gonna be there?) provides theater-goers with a delightful opportunity to experience A Christmas Carol the way it was intended to be told: as a Ghost Story.
The story cleverly envelops the audience as the characters move through and about the rooms of a home. Robin & Terry Olson and Morgan Russell, three very talented Orlando actors, portray all of the roles and artfully transform themselves from character to character and stave to stave. (What is a stave?)
The best way to witness visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future is while enjoying homemade cookies and a pot of freshly-brewed hot tea. In recent years Grandma Olson did the baking of hundreds of dozens of her delicious Christmas cookies - in dozens of varieties. The cast and crew is often available before the show for a steaming cup of wassail and caroling around the parlor fireplace.
December 17-20 in Deland at the Sands Theatre or (if the renovation is complete) at the Athens Theatre. Call 386-736-7456 for tickets. The performances Wednesday through Friday are at 7:30pm. The Saturday performance is at 2:30pm.
December 21-23 at the CityArts Factory in Downtown Orlando (29 South Orange Ave, at Tickets (The easiest way to get to the RS&C page is to click "December" on the Events Calendar and then click on Dec. 22. It will bring you right to the RS&C page.). Pre-show caroling at 7:00pm, Performances at 7:30pm. Parking is best in the Library Garage (enter on Pine or Central between Magnolia and Rosalind. Exit on the Pine Street side and walk a couple blocks to the CityArts Factory.)