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A Klingon Christmas Carol

An out-of-this-world 25th anniversary gala

Klingon home page imageWSC Avant Bard celebrated 25 years on the edge with a one-night-only theatrical event: A staged concert reading of Charles Dickens’ classic tale of ghosts and redemption retold in Klingon, the language invented for Star Trek by Avant Bard’s own board president, linguist Marc Okrand.

Scrooge has no honor, nor any courage. Can three ghosts help him to become the true warrior he ought to be in time to save Tiny Tim from a horrible fate?

Directed by Kevin Finkelstein and featuring Marc Okrand as Scrooge. Performed in the original Klingon (tlhIngan Hol) with English supertitles.

Monday, December 15, 2014, 8:00 pm

Theater J
Washington DCJCC
1529 Sixteenth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036

CAST

Adam R. A. Adkins               SQuja’ Qup (Young Scrooge) / meb (Guest)
Frank Britton                         vreD (Fred)
Christian M. A. Campbell    wIlqInS (Dick Wilkins) / SuvwI’ (Warrior)
Nick DePinto                          Narrator
Jay Hardee                             Huch qoy’wI’ (Money Collector) / veSIwIq (Fezziwig)
Melissa Hmelnicky               Huch qoy’wI’ (Money Collector) / Qe’pa (A Youth)
Katie Jeffries                          SuvwI’ (Warrior)
Lily Kerrigan                          bel (Belle) / SaHHa’ghach (Apathy)
Casey Leffue                           SuvwI’ (Warrior) / meb (Guest)
Briana Manente                     marDa’ (Martha Cratchit) / Qob (A Youth)
Matthew Marcus                   QachIt (Bob Cratchit) / loDHom (Boy)
Charlene V. Smith                 DaHjaj qeylIS qa’ (Ghost of Kahless Present)
Jos. B. Musumeci, Jr.          marlI’ (Jacob Marley)
Emily Ocasio                         pIq qeylIS qa’ (Ghost of Kahless Yet-to-Come)
Ethan Ocasio                         tImHom (Tiny Tim)
Aubri O’Connor                    Suy (Weapon Merchant)
Marc Okrand                         SQuja’ (Scrooge)
Amal Saade                            ’emlI’ (Mrs. Cratchit) / marja’ (Mrs. Fred)
Duyen Washington               van (Fannie) / quvHa’ghach (Corruption) / ngevwI’ (Seller)
Rachel Wyman                       ben qeylIS qa’ (Ghost of Kahless Past)

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A Klingon Christmas Carol, the first play to be performed entirely in Klingon, began in 2007 at Chicago’s Commedia Beauregard theater and has been produced annually ever since. Written by Christopher Kidder-Mostrom and Sasha Warren and translated by Chris Lipscombe, it was originally translated by Laura Thurston, Bill Hendrick, and Christopher Kidder-Mostrom. Lyrics to qu’wI’ are by Terrence Donnelly.

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This program is supported in part by Arlington County through the Arlington Cultural Affairs division of Arlington Economic Development and the Arlington Commission for the Arts, and by the Virginia Commission for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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