House Of Scrooge

HOUSE OF SCROOGE

House of Scrooge is an immersive adaptation of A Christmas Carol, written by local playwright John Anderson, who also plays Scrooge. It keeps Dickens's language at its heart and fills out his world with characters drawn from the story's long life in print and on stage, some of whom you've likely never met. Dickens subtitled his book "A Ghost Story of Christmas," and we're taking him at his word, so expect a darker, stranger version of the story than the one you grew up with.

The Earle-Harrison House was built in 1858, the same year Dickens began giving paid public readings of his work, and its own history is stranger than most. In 1967 its oak frame was cut in half with a chainsaw, and the house was moved nearly two miles and rebuilt where it stands today. Its fourteen-foot ceilings, walk-through windows and rooms full of Victorian furniture make it easy to forget what year it is. You'll be in the room as the story plays out around you, often just a few feet away, and the whole company is part of that world from the moment you arrive.