Building off their smash one-act hit, VHS Christmas Carol, StarKid hits the rewind button and adds two more holiday classics for a full-length theatrical treat!
Travel through the past, present, and future alongside the Greediest Geezer as he discovers that Christmas Electricity! Witness a couple on a desperate and disastrous search for the perfect gift! And visit the secret worlds that a young girl finds in every match that’s lit.
Inspired by The Gift of the Magi, The Little Matchstick Girl, A Christmas Carol, and the best 80s pop hits, VHS Christmas Carols is a brand-new retro holiday classic!
One Weekend Only!
Friday,November 17th at 7:30pm
Saturday, November 18th at 3pm
Saturday, November 18th at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 19th at 3pm
at Chicago's Apollo Theatre, 2550 N. Lincoln, Chicago
*discount doesn’t apply to previously purchased tickets and cannot be combined with other offers.
CAST
Scrooge – AJ Holmes
Narrator – Clark Baxtresser
Marley – Meredith Stepien
Christmas Past – Jaime Lyn Beatty
Christmas Present – James Tolbert
Christmas Future – Jamie Burns
Bob Cratchit / Fezziwig – Joey Richter
Emily Cratchit – Lauren Lopez
Tiny Tim / Fred – Brian Holden
Match Girl - Ali Gordon
Jim / Young Scrooge – Curt Mega
Della / Belle– Janaya Mahealani Jones
CREATIVE TEAM
Based on the stories…
The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
The Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
&
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Writer – Clark Baxtresser
Director – James Tolbert
Lead Producer – Brian Holden
Associate Producers – Jaime Lyn Beatty & Meredith Stepien
Costume Designer – June Saito
Stage Manager – Angela F. Kiessel
Keyboard 1 – Clark Baxtresser
Keyboard 2 – Meredith Stepien
In 2009, two hundred people crammed into a tiny black box theater at the University of Michigan to see a parody musical about wizards, and witches, and magical beasts. The show was made on a shoestring budget, free to attend, and ran for one weekend. One of the four performances was recorded and uploaded to YouTube as A Very Potter Musical (because that was easier than making DVDs for the cast and crew). And thus, ten years ago, StarKid was born. Little did we know that much more than just the cast would be watching.
StarKid has been creating musical comedies and uploading them to YouTube ever since. Over the last decade, StarKid has produced 11 full length musicals (including parodies of Disney, Star Wars, Batman, and The Oregon Trail), gone on national concert tours, had #1 albums on the Billboard Charts, performed sketch shows with The Second City in Chicago, and performed at conventions, meeting fans all over the world.
Individually, members of StarKid have gone on to star in Broadway shows like Book of Mormon and Sunset Boulevard, been on TV in Glee, American Crime Story, and The Flash, written their own books, plays, music, films, and more!