November 16 - December 28, 2025
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.
Adam Gibbs
Second Man in the Street/ Ensemble
Adam Gibbs has appeared in five world premieres with Alley Theatre. He’s an avid woodworker, musician, and cook. His greatest blessings are B,M,R, & M. He’s prominently known as a voice actor for countless anime and video game titles. For booking information and more visit iamadamgibbs.com.
Alexandra Szeto-Joe
Female Ensemble Swing
Alexandra Szeto-Joe Alley Theater: Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d. Other Credits: Capital Repertory Theatre: Becky Nurse of Salem; Classical Theatre Company: Three Sisters; Stages: The Heart Sellers, POTUS; Catskill Mountain Shakespeare: As You Like It; Tapestry Players: The Summer’s Tale; Main Street Theater: Christmas at Pemberley series (2021-2023). BFA from NYU Tisch. Love to Mommy & Chris! alexandraszeto-joe.com
Brandon Hearnsberger
First Man in the Street/ Ensemble
Brandon Hearnsberger in his 26th Alley Theatre production. Others include The Body Snatcher, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Dial M for Murder, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Cowboy Bob, The Servant of Two Masters, Ken Ludwig’s Lend Me A Soprano, Othello, The Farnsworth Invention, and The Lieutenant of Inishmore. More at brandonhearnsberger.com.
Elizabeth Bunch
The Ghost of Christmas Past/Polly/ Caroline/ Ensemble
Elizabeth Bunch has appeared in over 100 productions at Alley Theatre including The Da Vinci Code, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Seared, Noises Off, Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, Little Comedies, The Servant of Two Masters, Clue, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Constellations, Grounded, The Humans, Twelfth Night, The Winter’s Tale, As You Like It, Othello, The 39 Steps, Hand to God, Pygmalion, Other Desert Cities, Clybourne Park, Lieutenant of Inishmore, Doubt, Proof, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? NYC and Regional: Playwrights Horizons, Guthrie, Denver Center, Bread Loaf Acting Ensemble, Keen Company, and The Flea. @Its_Elizabeth_Bunch
Alric Davis
Second Exchange Man/ Ensemble
Alric Davis is the Founding Artistic Director of The Sankofa Collective. B.F.A. Howard University Acting credits: The Three Musketeers, The Color Purple, Phenomenal Woman: Maya Angelou, Trouble in Mind, Alley Theatre’s Guardian of the Gods in Turkiye and America with Unga Klara. Directing credits include Lotus and the Unlikely Crew (Off-Broadway at A.R.T.), Sister Act, The Light in The Piazza. His play Bashful and the Noize for the Kennedy Center. Upcoming: Grand Horizons for Mildred’s Umbrella. IG: @GodisGodandIamNot
John Ryan Del Bosque
Third Exchange Man/ Ensemble
John Ryan Del Bosque is thrilled to return to Alley Theatre this holiday season! Other credits include The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Little Shop of Horrors, Sweeney Todd, Hands on a Hardbody (TUTS); Pageant, Rocky Horror (Forestburgh Playhouse); Das Barbecü, Drag Wonderettes, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee (Stages). Proud Alley Senior Teaching Artist. Love to Arturo & Chicobaby! @johnryandel
Derrick Moore
Young Adult Scrooge/ Gentleman 2/ Topper/ Ensemble)
Derrick Moore is a filmmaker/actor from St. Louis known for The Brother’s Size, A Raisin in the Sun at American Players Theater, and his debut film In Contrast, streaming on Amazon. Most recently, he premiered Carlyle Brown’s Nobody, No Time at Illusion Theatre in Minnesota. Follow him @derrickd.moore.
Michelle Elaine
Mrs. Fezziwig/ Cornelia/ Doll/ Ensemble
Michelle Elaine is a Resident Acting Company Member. Michelle originated the role of Miss Scarlet in the First National Tour of Clue: A New Comedy. Favorite Alley Theatre credits: 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 Awards Best Supporting Actress for her role as the title character in Clyde’s at The Ensemble Theatre. Stages: POTUS. Check out Michelle’s web series @castmedammit on YouTube! @michelleelaineofficial
Jeremy Gee
Jeremy Gee is 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.
Dylan Godwin
Bob Cratchit/ Ensemble
Dylan Godwin is a Resident Acting Company Member and recently appeared in Alley Theatre’s The Da Vinci Code (Rémy), Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d (Chief Inspector Dermot Craddock), 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); Beauty and the Beast, 110 in the Shade, Reefer Madness, The Music Man, First Date, Bonnie and Clyde, Oliver, Sweet Potato Queens (Theatre Under the Stars); Life Could Be A Dream, AltarBoyz (Stages).
Brittany Halen
Fiddler/ Maid/ Ensemble
Brittany Halen is ecstatic to return to the Alley Theatre! Previously at Alley: A Christmas Carol and Around the World in 80 Days! Regional Theatre: 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 has recently starred as Bert Williams at The Illusion Theatre in Minneapolis. He has recently done voice work on Rick and Morty and as Mike on Ninja Kamui both on HBO Max. His movie Trap Door At The Edge Of The Universe can be found on YouTube. He is a proud member of Actors Equity.
Brock Hatton
Male Ensemble Swing
Brock Hatton returns to Alley Theatre after appearing in last season’s A Christmas Carol. He has most recently been seen in Rec Room Art’s Death of a Salesman (Howard Wagner) and Thunderclap Production’s Melville and Hawthorne (Nathaniel Hawthorne). Other credits include 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 is a graduate from Texas A&M University with a B.S. in Biomedical Sciences.
Chris Hutchison
Marley/ Harold/ John/ Ensemble
Chris Hutchison Recent: Primary Trust, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, and Silas the murderous monk in The Da Vinci Code. Chris has been a part of A Christmas Carol since 2005. He has had the joy of sharing the Carol stage with both of his children over the years, this marking the final time his younger son Noble will appear. Here is to the great Charles Dickens and this message worth hearing every year.
Julia Krohn
Mrs. Cratchit/ Mrs. Dilber/ Ensemble
Julia Krohn Original Las Vegas company of Jersey Boys (Lorraine); NYC Credits: ABBA’s Kristina (pre-Broadway workshop), Joy (Off-Broadway); Regional: Beauty and the Beast (Belle), Mack and Mable; TUTS: The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Ugly X-MAS Sweater Musical, A Chorus Line, Sweet Potato Queens, All Shook Up, Camelot, Spamalot; Alley Theatre: Cowboy Bob, Three Musketeers, Quack, A Christmas Carol, Sherlock Holmes, Freaky Friday; Main Street Theater: Memoriam; 4th Wall: The Father.
Amanda Martinez
Martha/ Christmas Angel/ 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 Chris! AmandaMartinezActor.com. @mandimartinez.
Melissa Molano
Belle/ Susan/ Ensemble
Melissa Molano is a Resident Acting Company Member. Recent Alley shows include The Da Vinci Code, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Noël Coward’s Private Lives, The Glass Menagerie, Noises Off, and Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None. Other previous roles include: The River Bride (Belmira), Man of La Mancha (Antonia), I and You (Caroline), The Book of Maggie (Maggie). She’s also a voice and film actor featured on streaming platforms HiDive, Netflix and Prime. Instagram/X: @melissacmolano
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: Dave Malloy’s Octet, Mr. Burns, Into the Woods, Romeo and Juliet. As a Playwright his debut adaptation, Medea: Re-Versed, earned four Lucille Lortel Award Nominations, including Best Musical, and two Drama Desk Nominations; Best Adaptation and Best Lyrics. His next piece, The Minotaur, is currently being commissioned by Hudson Valley Shakespeare.
David Rainey
Ebenezer Scrooge
David Rainey is in his 25th season as a Resident Acting Company Member and his 106th production for the Alley. He’s recently appearing in The Body Snatcher, Agatha Christie’s The Mirror Crack’d, Primary Trust, Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, and Little Comedies. He’s also performed nationally with The National Actors Theatre, Guthrie Theater, Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Manhattan Theatre Club, Berkeley Rep, Theatre de la Jeune Lune, 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, a training center for artists.
Daniel Regojo
Male Ensemble Swing
Daniel Regojo is a Houston native with a BFA from the University of Houston main campus. Some of his past credits include Ken in Waitin’ for Gato (Sin Muros 2024), performed understudy role as Jason in Clyde’s, has been a part of several OSKAR tours with Alley Theatre, and is currently touring with Books Alive! He also does voice overs for anime with Sentai Filmworks, a current cast member of Dinner Detective, and is a TA with Alley Education and Community Engagement!
Christopher Salazar
Fred/ Ensemble
Christopher Salazar is a Resident Acting Company Member. Alley Theatre credits include The Da Vinci Code, Seared, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Noises Off, and Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium. 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.
Raven Justine Troup
Hortensia/ Ensemble
Raven Justine Troupe is excited to be participating 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); 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).
Todd Waite
Mr. Fezziwig/ Ruddy Man/ Joe/ Ensemble
Todd Waite after 25 years and 135 productions as a Company Member, Mr. Waite is delighted to return as a Company Member Emeritus, Favorites include: six Sherlock Holmes productions, eight seasons of The Santaland Diaries, Pictures from Home, Little Comedies, The Goat, Seafarer, The Invention of Love, Rock ‘n’ Roll, The 39 Steps, and Intelligence Slave. Awarded the Presidential “Most Influental Teacher” Award, Mr. Waite currently teaches private students. Graduate of Lester B. Pearson International College (I.B.), University of Alberta BFA (Acting), MFA (Directing).
Afsaneh Aayani
Puppet Design
Puppet Design
Afsaneh Aayani Select credits: Regional: English (The Old Globe); English (Alliance Theatre); Alley All New Festival, A Christmas Carol (Alley Theatre); Birthday Candles (Chautauqua Theater); Disgraced (American Stage); Romeo and Juliet (Two River Theater); The Ugly Christmas Sweater (TUTS); Alabaster (Trinity Rep). Other credits: Extinctionist (Heartbeat Opera); Turn of the Screw, Innominate, Cleansed, Waiting for Godot (Catastrophic Theatre); Roe, Black Superhero Magic Mama (Stages); Frida, Sunday in the Park With George (El Paso Opera); Big Swim (Houston Grand Opera); King Lear (Houston Shakespeare); Finding Nemo the Musical (Theatre of the Republic); Blueberry’s Clubhouse (PBS Arkansas); Little Shop of Horrors (Moores School of Music); Education: BFA, Puppetry, Tehran University of Art; MFA, Scenic Design, University of Houston.
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 both the Society of American Fight Directors and by Intimacy Directors & Coordinators, Adam teaches acting and movement both nationally and internationally. Serving across artistic disciplines, he’s created nuanced choreography for well over 250 productions. Adam is Head of the newly-created University of Houston + Alley Theatre MFA Professional Actor Training Program.
Raquel Barreto
Costume Design
Costume Design
Raquel Barreto is pleased to be back at Alley Theatre after designing Thornton Wilder’s The Emporium, A Christmas Carol, 1984, The Winter’s Tale, and Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express. Recent credits: Cebollas (Denver Center) and Art (Guthrie Theater). Oregon Shakespeare Festival (six seasons); Mark Taper Forum; Chicago Shakespeare Theater; St. Louis Rep; Actors Theatre of Louisville; California Shakespeare Theater; Arena Stage; Berkeley Rep; Syracuse Stage; Cornerstone Theater; Latino Theater Company. Raquel is from Brazil and lives in Austin, where she heads the MFA in Costume Design at the University of Texas. raquelbarreto.com.
Brandon Clark
Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Brandon Clark Previous Alley credits include: Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville, Seared, Noises Off, and the world premieres of Torera, Agatha Christie’s The Murder of Roger Ackroyd, and Cowboy Bob. Other credits include: The Tempest, Richard II (Colorado Shakespeare Festival), Romeo and Juliet, Into the Woods (Texas Shakespeare Festival). BA, Theatre: University of Northern Iowa. Proud member of Actors’ Equity Association.
Cliff Caruthers
Sound Design
Sound Design
Cliff Caruthers is a San Francisco-based sound designer and composer with over 300 production credits, including The Glass Menagerie, Pictures from Home, and Born with Teeth for Alley Theatre, Frankenstein for Guthrie Theater, Caucasian Chalk Circle for ACT, TRAGEDY: A Tragedy for Berkeley Rep, Sweat for Center Rep, Man in Love for KC Rep, and Fun Home for TheatreWorks, where he was Resident Sound Designer for seven years. He is co-curator of the SF Tape Music Festival, a proud member of United Scenic Artists, and teaches sound design at Stanford University. cliffcaruthers.com.
John L. Cornelius II
Original Arrangements
Original Arrangements
John L. Cornelius II is a member of ASCAP and the American Federation of Musicians (Local 65-699). He has written several works for the lyric theater 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. He recently made his Carnegie Hall debut. Dr. Cornelius is a native of Jackson, Mississippi and is Professor of Music at Prairie View A&M University.
Charles Dickens
Author
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
Assistant Stage Manager
Assistant Stage Manager
Madolyn Friedman is thrilled to return to Alley Theatre for another year of Christmas Carol magic! Alley credits: Sweat, Doris Baizley’s A Christmas Carol, Rob Melrose’s A Christmas Carol, Amerikin, Dead Man’s Cell Phone, Born with Teeth. Off-Broadway credits: A Strange Loop, Heroes of the Fourth Turning, The Thanksgiving Play (Playwrights Horizons) Regional Credits: Williamstown Theatre Festival, Baltimore Center Stage, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Stages, Washington Ballet, Boston Ballet.
Amber D. Gray
Remount Director
Remount Director
Amber D. Gray Amber’s prior credits are the Company Manager at Washington DC’s Arena Stage Theater and the Assistant Line Producer at NY’s Public Theater. Houston credits include: Assistant Director for High School Play: A Nostalgia Fest, A Christmas Carol (Assistant Director 2022/ Associate Director 2023), Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, Noises Off, The Glass Menagerie, Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery and Primary Trust 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/General Manager for the Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival and Associate Artistic Director/General Manager for Detroit’s Obsidian Theatre Festival. BFA: Rockford University. amberdgray.com.
Gregory D. McDaniel
Music Director
Music Director
Gregory D. McDaniel is a dynamic conductor known for his artistry in both symphonic and operatic realms. He currently holds the Colton Conducting Fellowship with the New Jersey Symphony and serves as the Artistic Director for the Houston Ebony Opera Guild. Gregory has collaborated on various projects with numerous organizations, including the Houston Grand Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Fort Worth Opera, and Orchestre Métropolitain. He holds advanced degrees in music from the University of North Texas and the University of Houston.
Michael Locher
Scenic Design
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
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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