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Christmas with Charles Dickens
Wednesday, December 15
6:30pm - 8:00pm
Main Library
AuditoriumEnjoy a two-person sampling that includes selections from "A Christmas Carol" and other seasonal favorites by Charles Dickens.
Largely Literary Theater Company co-founders Sara Showman and Mark Dawidziak draw on the Dickens Christmas stories, his thoughts about the season and some Dickensian Christmas history for this one-act show that reflect the writer's belief that, "There seems a magic in the very name of Christmas."
The Largely Literary Theater Company, LLC, was founded in 2002 by Mark Dawidziak and Sara Showman. Their mission is to promote literature, literacy and live theater. For the past twenty years, they have toured all over Ohio and performed in Michigan, Virginia, Connecticut and New York state. They have produced faithful adaptations of works by Edgar Allan Poe, Mark Twain, Robert Louis Stevenson. Dashiell Hammett, Walt Whitman, Rod Serling, Ambrose Bierce and Charles Dickens. Showman is also a storyteller, who performs for both children and adults. Her shows include folktales, historical tale, original stories and seasonal offerings. They have participated in three National Endowment For The Arts Big Reads and twice in the annual celebration of all things Twilight Zone in Binghamton, New York. They have also performed at the Center For Mark Twain Studies in Elmira, New York.
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For questions or additional information you can reach the Culture & AV desk at 330.643.9015 or cadiv@akronlibrary.org.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Community Event | Books & Writing |
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