A Christmas Carol…More Or Less
Review by Ernest Goes To The Theatre/Ernest Edwards
I went to opening night of the play A Christmas Carol…More or Less at Yellowtree Theatre. What a treat this play is.
This play was written in 2003 by Stefani Loverso & Mary Irey. Yellowtree’s production is expertly directly by Markell Kiefer.
The story is, there’s a small theater in the Rocky Mountains putting on a production of A Christmas Carol. The entire cast and crew went skiing, and a snowstorm came through. The cast and crew are not able to make it back to the theater for tonight’s production. The show must go on! The owners of the theater Charlie and Sarah (who are married) decide to do a two person version of A Christmas Carol. They can’t disappoint the audience, and also don’t want to issue refunds for a whole performance.
Charlie and Sarah literally wear multiple hats as they play all the characters in A Christmas Carol. The results are both hilarious and heartwarming. This is the first time, since I’ve been going to Yellowtree Theatre, that I have seen every square inch of the theatre space used during a production. That was kind of fun.
There’s also a subplot going on during this production of A Christmas Carol. Charlie had accepted a job writing for Wheel of Fortune in Los Angeles. He was going to move to LA, Sarah and their son didn’t want to move to LA and wanted to stay with this small theater in the mountains. As the play goes on. Probably a touch of the magic of Christmas. Charlie decides to stay be a better husband and father. Methinks the ghosts of Christmas past/present/future had an effect on Charlie too.
If you need a reason to see this play, it is see the masterclass in acting from Kate Beahen and Paul LaNave. Those two actors really make this production fun. It’s A Christmas Carol as you have never seen it before. With wonderful and hilarious results.
This play runs through Sunday December 28, 2025. Check out Yellowtree theatre.com for tickets. This is a must see holiday play.
