One Night. Three Ghosts. A Lifetime Changed. Meet the cast and creative team of VA Rep’s A Christmas Carol! With 20 adult performers and swings, 12 young performers, and a full lineup of designers and crew—this is going to be a marvelous, fantastical show!
The curmudgeonly miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, will be played by Thomas Adrian Simpson, a D.C.-stage regular, appearing in Sweeney Todd at The Olney Theatre Center, Crazy for You! and Jesus Christ Superstar at Signature Theatre, Chess at the Kennedy Center, and performances at Ford’s Theatre and The Shakespeare Theatre.
He will be haunted by Jacob Marley – played by Jonathan Spivey. Spivey, a graduate of the University of Richmond, is a classically trained American actor based in New York City. He originated the role of Professor Plum in the first national tour of Clue. Broadway credits include The Front Pageopposite Nathan Lane and John Goodman, and James Lapine’s Tony Award winning Act One opposite Tony Shalhoub and Santino Fontana at Lincoln Center, later televised for PBS.
Also haunting Scrooge are Kylee Márquez-Downie as the Ghost of Christmas Past (RTCC Award Winner for Best Supporting Performance – Musical – for VA Rep’s Waitress) and Dorothy Dee-D. Miller (RTCC Award Winner – Best Supporting Performance – Play forHow Black Mothers Say I Love You for Richmond Triangle Players). Richmond favorites David Janosik and Katrinah Carol Lewis play the Cratchit parents and twelve local young performers will split six roles— including the beloved Tiny Tim.
