The Holiday Spirit, Kids For Kids Productions - December 2019

Just over a year ago today, Kids For Kids Productions tasked me with the job of Directing their Holiday Cabaret. Rather than just string together a few Holiday songs, I decided to go in a different direction. The Holiday Spirit performed for two performances in December 2019 at Kids For Kids in Oakdale, NY.
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ABOUT THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
The Holiday Spirit follows Christopher Scrooge, a once aspiring Broadway Composer & Lyricist - Now turned banker working at a Bank in Long Island's very own Sun-Vet Mall. Scrooge chooses to work at the Sun-Vet Mall bank location because it's the least likely place he will ever run into someone full of The Holiday Spirit. Unknown to him, the Sun-Vet Mall sees a spike in interest due to becoming a trending account on Twitter. Upon arriving to work on a cold December morning, he is shocked and appalled to see so many people in the Mall, including a choir of Christmas Carolers. One of his employees, Emily Winters, eager to get some previously approved time off to participate in her school's Talent Show, is now denied time off since the Mall is busy. After accusing Scrooge of living up to his name, Emily quits and storms off stage leaving Scrooge to file all of the days paperwork by himself. Suddenly, he is haunted by the spirit of his former business partner, Janet Marley, that he will be visited by three ghosts - The Ghost of Broadway Past, The Ghost of Broadway Present, and The Ghost of Broadway Yet-To-Be. Journeying through his life, using songs spanning across decades of Broadway Classics, the audience discovers why Scrooge had closed his heart off to all things Theatre and The Holiday Spirit.
Writer & Director - Brendan Noble
Musical Director - Matthew Byrne
Choreographer - Sarah Minto
Stage Manager - Johanna Kelly
Student Assistant Director - Sam Lent
Student Assistant Choreographer - Regan Kincaid
Cast (In Order of Appearance)
AJ Lafond as Buddy the Elf
Jason Pallini as Mall Manager
Ashley Pfeiffer as Jovie
Ella Beiser as The Narrator
Ronan Flynn as Christopher Scrooge
Kailyn Lamb as Emily Winters
Olivia Reiss as Janet Marley
Kelly Flynn as Ghost of Broadway Past
Brendan Bertos as Young Christopher Scrooge
Madelyn Lang as Young Belle
Dylan Pfeiffer as Young Nicholas Winters
Rafaela Scaduto as Young Janet Marley
Sebastian Santiago as Ghost of Broadway Present
Madison Espinoza as Ghost of Broadway Yet-To-Be
Tristan Hearth as Nicholas Winters
Ensemble: Abby Alfano, Shea Alfano, Ella Beiser, Brendan Bertos, Cadence Cocoran, Addison DeFalco, Jaime DiChiara, Madison Espinoza, Kelly Flynn, Tristan Hearth,AJ Lafond, Kailyn Lamb, Madelyn Lang, Bella Licata, Jason Pallini, Ashley Pfeiffer, Dylan Pfeiffer, Olivia Reiss, Jessica Roche, Sebastian Santiago, Rafaela Scaduto, Alexandra Totillo, Lauren Walters
K4K Board of Directors:
President - Casey Cunningham
Vice President- Kat Lichter
Treasurer - Monique Kincaid
Secretary - Kathy Bertos
Carrie Venezia
Leslie Lent
Carol Sawyer
MUSICAL NUMBERS
Act I:
"SparkleJollyTwinkleJingley" from Elf: The Musical
Music by Matthew Sklar, Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
"Magic To Do" from Pippin
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
"White Christmas"
Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Arranged by Kirby Shaw
"Link by Link" from MSG's A Christmas Carol
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
"Once Upon a December" from Anastasia
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
"December 1963 (Oh What a Night)" from Jersey Boys
Music and Lyrics by Bob Gaudio and Judy Parker
"Now I Have Everything" from Fiddler on the Roof
Music by Jeffrey Bock
Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
"King of New York" from Newsies
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Jack Feldman
"I'll Cover You (Reprise)" from RENT
Music by Jonathan Larson
Lyrics by Jonathan Larson & Billy Aronson
"Be More Chill, Part I" from Be More Chill
Music & Lyrics by Joe Iconis
"Speechless" from Aladdin Motion Picture 2019
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
"You Will Be Found" from Dear Evan Hansen
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
ACT II
"Counting Down to Christmas" from A Christmas Story the Musical
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
Arranged by Greg Gilpin
"Abundance & Charisty" from MSG's A Christmas Carol
Music by Alan Menken
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
"My December"
Music & Lyrics by Mike Shinoda (Linkin Park)
"How To Return Home"
Music & Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan & Brian Lowdermilk
"Otherside" from The Greatest Showman
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul
"Let It Go" from Frozen
Music & Lyrics by Kristen Anderson Lopez & Robert Lopez
Arranged by Jervy Hou
"From Now On" from The Greatest Showman
Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul