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PHOTOS from "Inspecting Carol" at Chatham Community Players


By John Posada

originally published: 10/12/2022

(CHATHAM, NJ) -- The Chatham Community Players will kick off their 101st Season with the hilarious “Inspecting Carol” by Daniel Sullivan and the Seattle Repertory Theater. The production runs from October 14-23, 2022. Photographer John Posada was at a dress rehearsal to take photos.

Often described as “A Christmas Carol” meets “The Government Inspector” meets “Noises Off”. The Soapbox Playhouse will lose its funding unless their annual production of A Christmas Carol can really impress the Inspector sent by the National Endowment for the Arts!! But who is he? When will he arrive? Is he at the theatre already? The director is desperate! The cast is discombobulated! Why is Tiny Tim so big?!! “A Christmas Carol” goes terribly, hilariously wrong - with mistaken identity, wardrobe malfunctions and backstage high-jinks! It’s a Dickens of a show! Director Wesel added, “This is your chance to step backstage in a small, regional theatre and see what happens to a heartfelt, holiday classic when everything falls apart!  

Belle Wesel of New York City returns to the Chatham Playhouse to direct this play. Her previous work at this theater was her hilarious production of “The 39 Steps.”

The talented group of actors that make up the “Inspecting Carol” cast includes Shannon Campbell from Chatham as Betty Andrews, Jim Clancy from Basking Ridge as Sidney Carlton, Parker Ebert from Westfield as Luther Beatty, Paula Ehrenberg from Summit  as MJ McMann, Alan Ellis from Florham Park  as Larry Vauxhall, Ed Faver from Roselle  as Phil Hewlit, Sharon Garry from Cedar Grove  as Zora Bloch, Michael Gencarelli from Little Falls  as Wayne Wellacre, David Romankow from Gillette  as Kevin T. Emery, Terri Sturtevant from Hillsborough  as Dorothy Tree-Hapgood, Idris Talbott from Harrison  as Walter E. Parsons and Kevin Vislocky from Hamburg as Bart Francis.

Rounding out Wesel’s talented production team, the Producer is Emily Miller, Production Coordinators are Leslie Williams-Ellis and Joe DeVico, Stage Managers are Ellie Leick and Janet Sales, Scenic Designers is Roy Pancirov and Alan Ellis, Scenic Painting is Dean Sickler, Sound Design is Joe DeVico, Costume Designer is Heidi Hart, Lighting Designer is Ed Whitman and Props & Set Decoration is Carol Saso.




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Performance dates are October 14, 15, 20, 21 and 22 at 8:00pm and October 16 and 23 at 3:00pm. All performances are at the Chatham Playhouse, 23 North Passaic Avenue, in Chatham. Tickets are $25 for adults and $23 for youth/senior. Join them for a talk back about the production and meet members of the company, immediately following the matinee on October 16.

Tickets can be purchased at our Box Office or Online. To access the theater’s new online ticketing service, where you can now reserve your particular seat, simply go to ccp.booktix.com. The service is available 24 hours a day and tickets can be purchased online up until three hours prior to curtain on the day of a performance. Chatham Playhouse’s box office will begin accepting phone reservations on October 4 at (973) 635-7363. For information regarding box office hours, please call the box office number listed above. Patrons with special needs requiring seating accommodations should contact the Playhouse at least 24 hours prior to the performance. Without prior notice, accommodations cannot be guaranteed.

Here are more photos from the production.

The Chatham Community Players has been entertaining residents of Morris County and the surrounding area since 1922. The organization’s mission is to produce high-quality theater for a diverse audience, while elevating its standard of excellence and providing a creative outlet with educational opportunities and outreach programs. Funding has been made possible in part by Morris Arts through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

John Posada is a New Jersey based photographer specializing in photographing live theatre and music performances. For more than 15 years, John has photographed live events where he mastered the techniques of timing and capturing fast moving action under challenging lighting conditions. Currently, John has spent the last 3 years concentrating on photographing almost 200 theatre productions for over 70 different theatres. Click here for John's website.




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