(HOBOKEN, NJ) -- Mile Square Theatre presents the second production of Kevin R. Free’s first season as Artistic Director, of Tom Mula’s Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. Directed by Jenn Haltman, it will play a four-week limited engagement at Mile Square Theatre. Performances begin Thursday, December 1 and continue through Sunday, December 24.
In this clever and dark retelling of the Dickens classic, Jacob Marley is tasked with helping to redeem his old business partner’s soul and undergoes his own transformation. Says Kevin R. Free of this play, “When I was a kid, this is the kind of Holiday play I wanted to see: something traditional with a dark twist. As an adult, I performed in several versions of A Christmas Carol, but none of them looked like this!”
The production stars Sevrin Anne Mason* as Jacob Marley and Jezabel Montero* as Scrooge. Rounding out the cast are Caturah Brown, Dominic Russo, Grant Cary Peterson and Kristin (KP) Sgarro. *Performing courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.
The production features scenic design by Tim McMath, costume design by Kara Branch, and lighting design by Jennifer Fok. Margaret Montagna is the sound designer; Emmett Grosland is the props supervisor; and Arielle Legere* is the Production Stage Manager.
Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. plays the following regular schedule through Sunday, December 24: Thursdays at 8:00pm; Fridays at 8:00pm; Saturdays at 3:00pm & 8:00pm; and Sundays at 3:00pm. Running Time: 90 Minutes. Tickets are $30-45 and are now available online at www.MileSquareTheatre.org. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the theater a half hour before the performance. The theatre is offering a special “Pay-What-You-Will” performance on December 1.
Tom Mula has been an award-winning playwright, actor, and director for more than 25 years. He received 2 Joseph Jefferson Awards in 1991 for his play Golem at the National Jewish Theatre and for his work on Nicole Hollander's hit musical, Sylvia's Real Good Advice. In 1995, Adams Media published his novel Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol (the backstage version of Dickens' Scrooge story told by Marley's Ghost;) it became a Chicago Tribune bestseller. The audio version has been broadcast nationwide on NPR for seven seasons, and received an INDI Award for Spoken Word from the Association for Independent Music. The play version received the prestigious Cunningham Prize from the Goodman School of Drama at Depaul. It premiered at Chicago's Goodman Theatre, received four Joseph Jefferson nominations, an After Dark Award, and was repeated the following year. Recent and current productions include: Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival (two seasons), American Stage Festival, Houston Stages, North Coast Repertory, Delaware Repertory Company, 1894 Grand Opera House, Third Avenue Playhouse, Bristol Riverside Theatre, New Theatre Miami, and Sage Theatre Group. In 2001, Peninsula Players in Wisconsin premiered his newest play, Almighty Bob.
Some of Mr. Mula's recent acting credits include Hot Mikado at Drury Lane, for which he received an After Dark Award and a Joseph Jefferson Award; his award-winning one-man performance of his book Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol; Lawrence the nurse in Christine Thatcher's Emma's Child; the Fool in King Lear with James O'Reilly; Richard III, Caliban, Bottom, Feste, Malvolio, and Prospero; another award-winning solo turn as The Circus of Dr. Lao; and seven seasons (over 400 performances) as Goodman Theatre's Scrooge. His directing credits include Jeff nominations for Porch and A Life, and the world premiere of Larry Shue's Wenceslas Square in Chicago and at the Queens' Festival in Belfast.
Sevrin Anne Mason (Marley): Proudly making her Mile Square Theatre debut, Sevrin’s New York credits include The Crucible on Broadway (dir. Sir Richard Eyre); The Vineyard Theatre’s Lessons in Survival (Dir. Tyler Thomas, streaming); Twelfth Night (Boomerang, dir. Sara Thigpen) Body: an Anatomy of Being (Blessed Unrest); Charles Mee’s Summertime (Between two Burroughs, dir. Jenn Haltman) ); Heartbroke (New Ambassador’s); I Can’t Explain it Better Than That (Rising Phoenix Rep); Charles Mee’s Trojan Women 2.0 (CSC First Look Festival); Charlotte Miller’s Rocks, part II of the triptych, Zurich, NY (ETG at The Tank); The Calmative (dir. Scott Ebersold); Much Ado About Nothing (Boomerang, dir. Daniel Talbot); and Jessica Dickey’s Row after Row (Rising Phoenix Rep, dir. Stephen Bracket). Regional - Michael Greif's Street Scene, Annie Dorsen's Blue Bird (Williamstown); Comedy of Errors (Vineyard Playhouse). Select film: A Quintet (Omnibus Productions), Public Hearing (Automatic Moving Co.), and Buffalo Girl (Patch Darragh).Webseries: Help Wanted; Downsized . Sevrin also helped found the ukulele trio, The Buttery Barmaids, whose select credits include The Rainbow Room, White Eagle Hall, The House of Yes, The Red Room, and The Ukulele Cabaret, among others.
Jezabel Montero (Scrooge) began as a child actor. She been a professional bilingual actor for over thirty years. She is a Cum Laude graduate of U.C.L.A. with a B.A. in Theatre. Theatre credits: Christmas Contigo (Oregon Cabaret Theatre), The Cubans (Miami New Drama/The Colony Theatre), Dinner For Two (Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre NYC), Yo Soy Latina! (Crossroads Theatre Company, NJ), LobsterFace (INTAR, NYC), The Giants Have Us in Their Books (INTAR NYC), Chewing Mother’s Bones (Kismet Theatre Company, NJ), La Gringa (Spanish Repertory Theatre MYC), Blood Wedding (Spanish Repertory Theatre, NYC) Film/TV credits: Cassanova Was A Woman (Amazon Prime), Unlawful Justice (Amazon Prime), Wassup en LA (sitcom pilot), Dangerous Relationships (NBCUniversal), Far From Heaven (Sarah Jane Prods.). Ms. Montero has been the recipient of several A.C.E. and H.O.L.A. awards. When she is not in front of the camera or on stage, she is busy writing, directing and producing. She is currently developing an LGBTQ, Latinx cartoon series and a feature film about her childhood called The Duke and Duchess of Queens. For more info on Jezabel’s company and film making career go to www.fuacatafilms.com
Dominic Russo (Bogle) is extremely excited to be sharing some Christmas joy with you all and also to be playing a little spirit who is bothersome but cute. That's two bucket list items crossed off in one show. This is his fourth show working with Jenn Haltman, proving once and for all that they are friends. Previous theatre credits: Twelfth Night (Malvolio), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Launce), and several other non-Shakespeare shows that ran in small theatres around the New York Area. Previous TV credits include Gotham (A Spooky Clown Guy) and a national commercial for Experian (A Dad). He is the voice of "Jimmy" on the podcast "Tomorrow: The Continuing Adventures of Annie Warbucks" starring Laura Benanti and also writes/hosts the Gen-Z Media Morning Show. Find out more at Dominicrussoactor.com! Thank you to Jenn, Alaina, Kevin, the cast, my friends, and the great and powerful city of Hoboken. My never-ending love to Helen: the ultimate best friend and my cohost through life.
Caturah Brown (Recordkeeper) As a performer born and raised in White Plains, New York, Caturah Brown received her BFA from Marymount Manhattan College and completed the Midsummer in Oxford program at British American Drama Academy. Her most recent theater credits include Love’s Labour’s Lost (Irvington Shakespeare Company), The Tempest (Hudson Valley Shakespeare), Dracula and the Theater of Doom (Tarrytown Music Hall), good friday (The Flea Theater), and Or, An Astronaut Play (The Tank Theater). Caturah also hosts weekly new play readings live via zoom with her company Online Theater Company.
Grant Cary Peterson is making their Mile Square Theatre and Understudy Debut in this production. They're beyond proud to continue working with a company who is spearheading, education, diversity, and theatrical awareness in Hoboken. Grant would like to thank all of the T/NBGNC people who have paved the way for me and many like me in MST and this business in general. Grant could be seen in many different things like this upcoming season of 'The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," As the Prince in Cinderella at The Players Theatre Off-Broadway, Ronette in Little Shop of Horrors, or as a Cool Yule Vocalist for RWS Entertainment. They're also a inaugural graduate of The New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts Musical Theatre Class of 2020. If not on stage or screen you can find Grant playing TTRPGS, or streaming on Twitch. Love Always.
Kristin Sgarro (they/them), or KP, is a nonbinary actor, musician, and emcee who is extraordinarily grateful to make their debut this holiday season with Mile Square. New York (acting, selected): Little Egg, Big World, The Catamite (BBTF); Romeo & Juliet, Twelfth Night, Othello, As You Like It, Macbeth (Match: Lit); Under Woodside (Original Cast, NYC Parks Tour); Mirrors (NYC Premiere Cast, Teatro Latea); Storm Still, This Is Not What It's Supposed To Be, Romeo & Juliet (NETC); Holy Ghost People, Dangerous Games (The Brick); Richard III, A Twelfth Night, A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, The Merry Wives of Windsor (Stag & Lion). New York (music, selected): A Midsummer Night's Dream (Musical Director and Composer, Queens College); As You Like It, Twelfth Night (Performer and Original Music, Match: Lit); Blood on These Hands (Guitar and Original Music, The Tank); Scar Tissue (Original Music, Players' Theatre and others). As an emcee, KP has hosted trivia nights and other events all over NYC, including the legendary QED Astoria. Extra special thanks to R, M, & L for your love and support.
Jenn Haltman (Director) Jenn (she/her/hers) is a director, casting director, and producer and is delighted to be making her Mile Square debut. With her company Between Two Boroughs, she has produced and directed Trich, Cannibal Galaxy: a love story, Summertime, and The Understudy. Other directing credits include Cast and Loose Live! (series at Joe's Pub), Gun Play (Sam French Festival), and Maybe Never Fell (Axial Theatre). She is also the Casting Director for Portland Stage in Maine where she has most recently cast Sherlock: The Final Adventure, Sabina, and Native Gardens. Film projects include "Boy Meets Girl" (dir. Eric Schaeffer), the award-winning shorts "Behind the Wall" (dir. Bat-Sheva Guez) and “Someone Will Assist You Shortly” (dir. Jon Levenson), and the 2017 Sundance selection “Madeline’s Madeline” (Josephine Decker). Previously, she was the Casting Associate at New York Theatre Workshop (shows include Peter and the Starcatcher, Little Foxes, Aftermath, The Seven) and has also worked with Page 73 Productions, Pig Iron Theatre Company, and Soho Rep. Jenn is a proud graduate of Muhlenberg College.
Mile Square Theatre is located at 1400 Clinton Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. It was founded in 2003 as a non-profit professional theatre. MST’s mission is to enrich and engage the region through the production of professional theatre and innovative arts education. MST produces professional theatre year round, including shows for young audiences and our annual festival of plays about baseball, 7th Inning Stretch.
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