November 15 – December 27, 2026
Rediscover the timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge’s transformation as he encounters the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Be transported into Victorian England with dazzling costumes and stunning sets. Join us for a Dickensian celebration of love, redemption, and the true spirit of Christmas!
The run time is 2 hours and 15 minutes long, including one intermission.
Children under 6 will not be admitted into the theatre. Strobe, Flashing, and Revolving Lights will be used during the performance.
Join us for a night where theatre and pride take center stage!
ActOUT begins at 5:30 PM. The performance begins at 6:30 PM.
Join us for post-show Alley Chats with the cast and Alley Theatre Artistic Staff.
Access a digital copy of the program here.
The Double Play
A spirited twist on the classic, blending the richness of cognac with bright citrus and a warming touch of spice. Fresh lemon juice brings a crisp balance, while ginger adds a subtle heat that lingers just long enough to keep each sip interesting. Smooth, zesty, and lightly spiced, it’s both refreshing and refined.










Orlando Arriaga
Mr. Fezziwig/ Ruddy Man/ Joe
Orlando Arriaga Romeo and Juliet, Noël Coward’s Private Lives, American Mariachi, Sherlock Holmes and The Case of The Jersey Lily, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, 72 miles to go…, Quixote Nuevo (Alley Theatre). Regional: The Lehman Trilogy (Stages); Romeo Y Juliet (Cal Shakes); The Smoker (CATF); The Counter (4th Wall Theatre) Recipient of the prestigious Lunt-Fontanne Fellowship.
Brandon Carter
Young Adult Scrooge/ Gentleman 2/ Topper/ Ensemble
Brandon Carter Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Folger Theatre, Houston Shakespeare Festival, Rec Room Arts, 4th Wall Theatre, Classical Theatre Company, Virginia Repertory Theatre, and seven seasons as a resident acting company member with American Shakespeare Center. Off-Broadway: Classical Theatre of Harlem (5 seasons), National Black Theatre, Apollo Theater. MFA, Penn State. Rep: Pastorini-Bosby.
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Michelle Elaine
Mrs.Fezziwig/ Cornelia/ Doll/ Ensemble
Michelle Elaine is a Resident Acting Company Member. She originated the role of Miss Scarlet in the First National Tour of Clue: A New Comedy. Favorite Alley Theatre credits: Romeo and Juliet, August Wilson’s Fences, The Girl on the Train, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Primary Trust, Noises Off, A Christmas Carol, Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Sense and Sensibility, Sweat, and Quack. Michelle was awarded the Houston Press Theater Award for Best Actress for her performance as Rose in August Wilson’s Fences at Alley Theatre.
Jeremy Gee
First Exchange Man/ Ensemble
Jeremy Geeis a Houston-based actor and is happy to be working at Alley Theatre this holiday season. Jeremy has worked regionally in Houston, Atlanta, GA and South Carolina. He is also a voice actor and can be heard in many English dubs of popular anime. Huge thank you to Annie for all of her love and support.
Adam Gibbs
Second Man in the Street/ Ensemble
Adam Gibbshas appeared in five world premieres with Alley Theatre. He’s an avid woodworker, musician, and cook. His greatest blessing is his family. He’s prominently known as a voice actor for countless anime and video game titles. For booking information and more visit iamadamgibbs.com.
Dylan Godwin
Bob Cratchit/ Ensemble
Dylan Godwin is a Resident Acting Company Member and recently appeared in Alley Theatre’s Romeo and Juliet (Benvolio), The Girl on the Train (Scott Hipwell), Dear Alien, The Importance of Being Earnest (Algernon Moncrieff), Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery (Actor 2), The Glass Menagerie (Tom). National Tour: Fiddler on the Roof. Regional: Born with Teeth (Guthrie Theatre and Asolo Rep); Miller, Mississippi (Dallas Theatre Center).
Brittany Halen
Fiddler/ Maid/ Ensemble
Brittany Halen is ecstatic to return to Alley Theatre! Previously at Alley: A Christmas Carol, Around the World in 80 Days and Peer Gynt (Workshop). Regional Theatre: Oliver!, Cabaret, Escape to Margaritaville, Once, Spitfire Grill, The Goodbye Girl, Bright Star, Me and My Girl, George M!, Rocky Horror, Reefer Madness, Yankee Doodle Dandy, White Christmas, Guys and Dolls, Urban Cowboy, Mack and Mabel, Failure: A Love Story. BrittanyHalen.com.
Shawn Hamilton
The Ghost of Christmas Present/ Ensemble
Shawn Hamilton most recently appeared in Come From Away as Claude at Stages Houston and completed a short film on the life of Rod Page . He will appear next at the Alley as Yasha in The Cherry Orchard directed by Richard Nelson . He is a proud member of Actors Equity and the proud father of HSPVA Senior Shelby Brown!
Brock Hatton
Second Exchange Man/ Ensemble
Brock Hatton returns to Alley Theatre after appearing in last season’s A Christmas Carol. He has most recently been seen in Stage’s Come From Away (Track 8/ Kevin T./ Garth) and Houston Shakespeare Festival’s The Tempest (Trinculo) and The Comedy of Errors (Angelo). Other credits include Rec Room Arts: Death of a Salesman (Howard Wagner) and Main Street Theater: Present Laughter (Roland Maule), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Caractacus Potts), Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley (Arthur de Bourgh); and as a company member of Strange Bird Immersive. Brock graduated from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences.
Brandon Hearnsberger
First Man in the Street/ Ensemble
Brandon Hearnsberger An Alief native in his 30th Alley Theatre production, including Romeo and Juliet, The Body Snatcher, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Dial M for Murder, The Farnsworth Invention, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. Performances at Cincinnati Playhouse, A Noise Within, Houston Shakespeare Festival, and Dallas Theatre Center. Voice-over for video games and animation. More at brandonhearnsberger.com.
Chris Hutchison
Marley/ Harold/ John/ Ensemble
Chris Hutchison is in his 21st year as a member of the Resident Acting Company. Recent credits incluide: Romeo and Juliet, The Girl on the Train, Misery, The Importance of Being Earnest, The Da Vinci Code, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. A 30-year career has taken him from Los Angeles to NYC to Houston and many points between. BA Lafayette College, MFA University of Washington. Proud member of Actors’ Equity and SAG-AFTRA.
Paige Klase
Martha/ Christmas Angel/ Ensemble
Paige Klase is delighted to be making her Alley Theatre debut in A Christmas Carol! Raised on Houston soccer fields, she now shoots her shot with her BFA in Musical Theatre from Sam Houston State University. Her most recent credits include A.D. Players: Brother Andrew (Ensemble), Narnia: The Musical (Susan).
Amanda Martinez
The Ghost of Christmas Past/ Polly/ Caroline/ Ensemble
Amanda Martinez Alley Theatre: A Christmas Carol, Dial M for Murder, American Mariachi, A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Off-Broadway: It’s a Wonderful Life Radio Play, Six Corners, Esther. Regional: Laughs In Spanish, Present Laughter, The Best of Everything, Aunt Julia & the Scriptwriter, Camelot, Jesus Christ Superstar, Lysistrata. Love to my family, friends, and Chris for all of your support! IG: @mandimartinez.
Robby Matlock
Male Swing
Robby Matlock is thrilled to make his Alley Theatre Debut! Previous Credits: Stages: Mayer (The Lehman Trilogy), Main Street: TJ (Coast Starlight) Henry (Georgiana and Kitty), A.D. Players: Sid (Holly Street). Training: MFA in Acting from University of Houston. Much love to family, friends, and wonderful wife Jill. ig: @robbymatlock, robbymatlock.com.
Melissa Molano
Belle/ Susan/ Ensemble
Melissa Molano Resident Acting Company Member. Past Alley shows include Romeo and Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, Noël Coward’s Private Lives, The Glass Menagerie, Jane Eyre, The Da Vinci Code, Noises Off, Clue, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, and the world premieres of Dear Alien, Little Comedies, and Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. Outside of Alley she’s a voice/film actor with projects featured on streaming platforms HiDive, Netflix and Prime. Instagram/X: @melissacmolano.
Kory LaQuess Pullam
Third Exchange Man/ Ensemble
Kory LaQuess Pullam was born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas. He has been blessed to work on stage across the nation, including the Guthrie, Alley Theatre, Mixed Blood, Park Square, Stages Repertory, Penumbra, Ensemble, and many more. Keep up with him on social media by following @laquess.
Luis Quintero
The Ghost of Christmas Future/ Gentleman 1/ Roger/ Ensemble
Luis Quintero is a Houston-based Actor, Playwright, and Composer, and he is thrilled to return to the Alley once again! Alley credits: The Body Snatcher. The Glass Menagerie, American Mariachi, A Christmas Carol, Sweat, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Select Regional credits: Octet, Mr. Burns, Into the Woods, Romeo and Juliet. Plays: Medea: Re-Versed, (Lucille Lortel Award Nominated Best Musical, Drama Desk Nominations; Best Adaptation and Best Lyrics). He has two more installations in his Greek Grunge Trilogy. The Minotaur, commissioned by Hudson Valley Shakespeare with developmental support from The O’Neill, The Guggenheim and Under the Radar. And Hippolytus/Phedra commissioned by Red Bull Theater and developed by Alley Theater and UNCSA and the Kenan institute for the arts . Luis would like to thank the Alley, his friends and family and you the reader of this bio for supporting live theater!
David Rainey
Ebenezer Scrooge
David Rainey is in his 26th season as a Resident Acting Company Member and performed over 100 productions for the Alley. He’s also performed on Broadway with The National Actors Theatre, and nationally with the Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkeley Rep, Hartford Stage, Dallas Theater Center, among others. He received the Juilliard Drama Division’s highest honor, the Michel and Suria Saint-Denis Prize, and he also owns Studio for Actors Houston.
Christopher Salazar
Fred/ Ensemble
Christopher Salazar is a Resident Acting Company Member. Alley Theatre credits include Seared, The Importance of Being Earnest, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Noises Off, 72 miles to go…, and The Servant of Two Masters. Select regional credits include: three seasons with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, and the world premieres of The Copper Children, The Way the Mountain Moved, and Off the Rails; 11 productions at The Old Globe. On TV: Robert Torres on Jane, The Virgin. MFA: Old Globe Theatre/ USD, BA: UNC-Chapel Hill. Love always to Amy.
Alexandra Szeto-Joe
Female Swing
Alexandra Szeto-Joe Alley Credits: Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. Select Regional Credits: The Chinese Lady (Stages); Becky Nurse of Salem (Capital Repertory Theatre); Three Sisters (Classical Theatre Company); As You Like It (Catskill Mountain Shakespeare); Emojiland: The Musical (Tapestry Players); The Heart Sellers (Stages). BFA from NYU Tisch. Love to Mommy & Chris! alexandraszeto-joe.com.
Braden Tanner
Male Swing
Braden Tanner is a Houston based singer, actor, and musician. He recently performed in Ben Chavez’s Last Day, County Fair as Daddy. TUTS: Beautiful (Lou Adler), White Christmas (Sheldrake), Frozen (Oaken), Little Shop of Horrors (Ensemble, Dentist u/s), Newsies (Gov. Roosevelt). Stages: Das Barbecü, (Siegfried) A.D. Players: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (Reuben). All my love to Jessica and Harper. @bradenltanner
Jessica Tanner
Female Swing
Jessica Tanner is a Houston-based singer, actress, teaching artist, and content creator. Select Regional Credits: Ben Chavez’s Last Day, County Fair (Mama), 9 to 5 (Missy US/ Doralee), Singin’ in the Rain (Dora Bailey), The Secret Garden (Martha). BFA in Music Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University. Love to Braden and Harper Lee. @jessicartanner JessicaRTanner.com.
Raven Justine Troup
Hortensia/ Ensemble
Raven Justine Troupe in another production with the Alley Theatre! Previous Alley credits include: Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium (Laurencia); Seascape (Sarah); Amerikin (Chris); A Christmas Carol (Belle/Mrs. Fred), Sophia (Xerxes, Alley All New Festival 2019), and Skeleton Crew (Assistant Director). Other credits: Sanctuary City (4th Wall Theatre Co); Beautiful, Rent, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, Sister Act, Elf the Musical, Spring Awakening, Seussical the Musical, Mamma Mia, The Wiz (TUTS); Little Shop Of Horrors (Stages); For Colored Girls… (Obsidian); and Funny Girl (Art Factory).
Molly Wetzel
Dialect Coach
Molly Wetzel is a professional voice and dialect coach and actor. She’s an Assistant Professor of Voice and Speech at the University of Houston and teaches clients from around the world through her private business, “molly does dialects.” She holds a BFA in Musical Theatre from Otterbein University and an MFA in Acting from the University of Houston. She is a certified teacher of Knight-Thompson Speechwork.
Teresa Zimmermann
Mrs. Cratchit/ Mrs. Dilber/ Ensemble
Teresa Zimmermann Alley Theatre: Dial M for Murder (Margot Wendice), Amerikin (Michelle). TUTS: Beautiful (Cynthia Weil), Rent (Maureen), Million Dollar Quartet (U/S Dyanne), Frozen (Ens, U/S Elsa), Rock of Ages (Regina), Jerome Robbins Broadway, Sweeney Todd (Ens, U/S Lovett). Live at the Founders Club (Self). Queensbury Theatre: Mean Girls (Janis). Cincinnati Playhouse: Dial M for Murder. Stages: Roe (Norma McCorvey/Jane Roe), Veronica’s Room (Girl). All my love to Will, the kitties, the fam & the fram. TeresaZ.net @tereereeree
Afsaneh Aayani
Puppet Design
Afsaneh Aayani Select Credits: Denver Center, Cincinnati Playhouse, The Old Globe: English; Alley Theatre: English, A Christmas Carol; Alliance Theatre: English, The great Ant Sleepover; Chautauqua Theater: Birthday Candles; Princeton University: A Moment of Silence: American Stage: Disgraced; Two River Theater: Romeo and Juliet; Theatre Under the Stars, Papermill Playhouse: Frozen; Trinity Rep: Alabaster; Meow Wolf Houston; Catastrophic Theatre: Turn of the Screw, Innominate, Cleansed; Stages: Lehman Trilogy, Black Superhero Magic Mama, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson; El Paso Opera: Frida, Sunday in the Park With George; Houston Grand Opera: Big Swim; Theatre of the Republic: Finding Nemo; Moores School of Music: Little Shop of Horrors. afsanehaayani.com
Raquel Barreto
Costume Design
Raquel Barreto is pleased to be back at Alley after designing Real Women Have Curves, The Emporium, A Christmas Carol, 1984, The Winter’s Tale, and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Recent credits: Destiny of Desire (Denver Center/Mark Taper Forum) and The Winter’s Tale (American Players Theatre). She has designed extensively at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Guthrie Theater, as well as at Chicago Shakespeare Theater; St. Louis Rep; Actors Theatre of Louisville; Arena Stage; Berkeley Rep; Syracuse Stage; Pasadena Playhouse; Cornerstone Theater; and others. Raquel is from Brazil and lives between Los Angeles and Austin, where she heads the MFA in Costume Design at the University of Texas.
Cliff Caruthers
Sound Design
Cliff Caruthers is a San Francisco-based sound designer and composer with 300+ production credits, including The Glass Menagerie, Pictures from Home, and Born with Teeth for Alley Theatre, Frankenstein: Playing with Fire for Guthrie Theater, TRAGEDY: A Tragedy for Berkeley Rep, Sweat for Center Rep, and Fun Home for TheatreWorks, where he was Resident Sound Designer for seven years. American Theatre named him one of “6 Designers You Should Know” (2026). He co-curates the SF Tape Music Festival, is a member of United Scenic Artists, and teaches at Stanford. Cliffcaruthers.com.
Brandon Clark
Stage Manager
Brandon Clark Five seasons with Alley Theatre including Romeo and Juliet, The Importance of Being Earnest, Seared, Noises Off, and three years of A Christmas Carol. Other credits include: Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (TUTS), ¡VOS! (CATF), Colorado Shakespeare Festival, Texas Shakespeare Festival. BA, Theatre: University of Northern Iowa. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association. Many thanks to the incredible group of SMs I have alongside me and to Nia and Becky who paved the way – this show wouldn’t happen without them!
John L. Cornelius II
Original Arrangements
John L. Cornelius II a member of ASCAP, the AFofM and The Recording Academy, has written several shows including Garfield: The Musical with Cattitude, Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, Mirandy and Brother Wind, and The Bingo Long Traveling All-Stars and Motor Kings. His most recent concert works include chamber opera, chamber works, The River (MFA-Boston), Colored Carnegie (Urban Souls Dance Company) and PAX, (Apollo Chamber Players). Dr. Cornelius is Professor of Music at PVAMU
Charles Dickens
Author
Charles Dickens (February 7, 1812 – June 9, 1870) was born into a lower-middle class family in Portsmouth, England. When Dickens was 12, his father was imprisoned for debt and Dickens was forced to work in a boot factory. He never forgot this humiliation and fictionalized it in some of his novels. Inspired to write a Christmas story to encourage people to help those in need and to lessen his own financial woes, Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol in six weeks. The book was an instant best-seller that not only introduced a new Christmas story genre, but also, according to some scholars, invented the modern form of the Christmas holiday in England and America. A prolific novelist once described as “a writer who could reveal the very pulse of life,” Dickens’ most famous works include The Old Curiosity Shop, The Pickwick Papers, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, The Adventures of Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Bleak House, Hard Times: For These Times, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, Our Mutual Friend, and The Mystery of Edwin Drood, among others.
Madolyn Friedman-Logue
Assistant Stage Manager
Madolyn Friedman-Logue Alley: Misery, Real Women Have Curves, Doris Baizley’s A Christmas Carol, A Christmas Carol, Sweat, Amerikin, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Born with Teeth. Off-Broadway: A Strange Loop, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, If Pretty Hurts…, The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons) Regional: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Washington Ballet, Boston Ballet. Education: BFA Stage & Production Management, Emerson College. Much love to my wife, Megan.
Amber D. Gray
Remount Director
Amber D. Gray is the Associate Artistic Director of Producing here at the Alley. Houston credits include: Assistant Director for High School Play: A Nostalgia Fest, A Christmas Carol (Assistant Director 2022/Associate Director 2023/Remount Director 2024-2025), Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Noises Off, The Glass Menagerie, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Primary Trust, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, The Da Vinci Code, The Importance of Being Earnest and August Wilson’s Fences at Alley Theatre and cullud wattah (Assistant Director) and The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Marcy) at Stages Repertory Theatre. She is also currently the Associate Artistic Director for the Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival and Associate Artistic Director for Detroit’s Obsidian Theatre Festival.
Ashton Jones
Music Director
Ashton Jones is a conductor, music director, educator, and vocalist based in Houston. He serves as Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Texas Southern University. Jones holds degrees in voice from Texas Southern University, Manhattan School of Music, and the University of Missouri–Kansas City, where he earned the Doctor of Musical Arts. His work spans choral, operatic, theatrical, sacred, and concert music throughout Houston and beyond.
Michael Locher
Scenic Design
Michael Locher is Alley Theatre’s Director of Design and made his Alley debut with Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Recent regional credits include productions for the Guthrie Theater, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Yale Repertory Theatre, and more. Michael’s designs have been seen Off-Broadway and at venues throughout New York and the Northeast. Michael served as a professor at San Jose State University for six years. Graduate: University of California San Diego, Yale School of Drama.
Rob Melrose
Adaptor and Original Director
Rob Melrose is the Artistic Director of Alley Theatre where he has directed productions of The Glass Menagerie, The Janeiad, Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, Pictures from Home, The Servant of Two Masters, Born with Teeth, Sweat, The Winter’s Tale, 1984, and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express and adapted and directed A Christmas Carol. He was formerly the Artistic Director and co-founder of the Cutting Ball Theater. He has directed at The Public Theater, The Guthrie Theater, Asolo Repertory Theatre, The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Magic Theatre, The Old Globe, PlayMakers Rep, Black Box Theatre, as well as Actors’ Collective, The Gamm Theatre, and Crowded Fire, among others. He has taught at Stanford University, UC Berkeley, USF, the University of Rhode Island, and Marin Academy. He has a BA in English and Theater from Princeton University and an MFA in directing from the Yale School of Drama. Rob directed Strindberg’s Svarta Handsken (The Black Glove) in Stockholm, Sweden at Strindberg’s Intimate Theater. His translations of Woyzeck, Ubu Roi, and Pelleas & Melisande have been published by EXIT Press. He has written a number of plays including: Helen of Troy, The Flat Earth, Divorsosaurus, When Human Voices Wake Us, Asylum, and Serpentyne and has written a rock musical adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s Ozma of Oz.
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Adam Noble
Fight Director & Intimacy Specialist
Fight Director & Intimacy Specialist
Adam Noble has over 30 years of professional experience augmenting physical storytelling in the performing arts. Certified by the Society of American Fight Directors and a recognized specialist in the field of intimacy direction, Adam teaches acting and movement nationally and internationally. Serving across artistic disciplines, he’s created movement choreography for over 250 productions. Adam is Head of the University of Houston + Alley Theatre MFA Professional Actor Training Program.