STURGEON BAY, Wis. - s4story -- Third Avenue PlayWorks (TAP) is proud to announce its upcoming production of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play, adapted for the stage by Joe Landry, Music by Kevin Connors, from the novella by Charles Dickens. The final show of the 2025 season at Third Avenue PlayWorks runs from December 3 through 28, 2025, featuring performances by Cassandra Bissell, Neil Brookshire, Ray Jivoff, Dan Klarer, and Rána Roman, with sound design and foley by Brian Grimm.

The WBFR Radio Players are back with the assistance of a gifted musician and foley artist to bring scores of colorful characters, inventive sound effects, and musical underscoring to vivid life. In this refreshed version with all new staging, the talented team of artists creates an authentic 1940's radio experience in front of a live studio audience. This unique, family-friendly production runs one and a half hours with no intermission.

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"It's the most famous holiday story ever told and for nearly two centuries, it has endured because it reminds us that even the hardest of hearts can wake up to a second chance." says director Elyse Edelman, "Beneath the ghosts and the carols, Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol is a story about someone rediscovering the parts of himself that once knew joy, connection, generosity, and love."

The production at Third Avenue Playworks is directed by Elyse Edelman with scenic design by Alex Polzin, costume design by Kärin Kopischke, lighting design by Colin Gawronskil, sound design and music by Brian Grimm, props design by Haley Anne Cranstoun, and production stage management by Kelsey Brennan York.

THE CAST

Cassandra Bissell as Sally Applewhite

Neil Brookshire as Jake Laurents

Ray Jivoff as Freddie Filmore

Dan Klarer as Harry "Jazzbo" Haywood

Rána Roman as Lana Sherwood

Brian Grimm as Foley Artist and Musician

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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE

December 3- 28, 2025

Wednesday-Saturday and Tuesday, December 23 evenings at 7:30 p.m.

Special matinees December 12, 24, and 26 at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday matinees at 2:00 p.m.

• Pay-What-You-Will Preview: Wednesday, December 3 at 7:30 p.m. with half of the proceeds benefiting TAP's Education Program
• Ticketed Preview: Thursday, December 4, 2025 (SOLD OUT)
• Opening Night Reception: Friday, December 5, 2025
• Post-Show Conversation: Friday, December 12, 2025, following 2:00 p.m. matinee
• Closing Day: Sunday, December 28, 2025

For more information about performances of A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play at Third Avenue PlayWorks or to purchase tickets, visit thirdavenueplayworks.org/a-christmas-carol-a-live-radio-play (https://thirdavenueplayworks.org/project/a-christmas-carol-a-live-radio-play/) or call the box office at (920) 743-1760.