LGBTQQ+ Festival 1st Scene: A HOLIDAY CAROL, by John Woodard
1ST SCENE SCREENPLAY READINGS • Drama, Independent, LGBT
Modern day adaptation of Dickens “A Christmas Carol.” Evan Scrooge lives his life as a rich, greedy, bitter, closeted gay man, who despises the holidays. Until one Christmas Eve night, when his dead, ex-lover and business partner, Jake Marley, along with the three spirits of Christmas Present, Past, and Yet to Come, show Scrooge the errors of his ways. Leading Scrooge to open his heart and love for the holidays, as well as his sexuality.
CAST LIST:
Narrator: Elizabeth Rose Morriss
Evan: Geoff Mays
Jake: Steve Rizzo
Bette: Hannah Ehman
Frank: Sean Ballantyne
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