Christmas doesn’t have to be a drag.
But it’s so much better when it is.
This Thursday, Stage West in Fort Worth brings Scrooge in Rouge to audiences. When most of the cast and crew of A Christmas Carol get sick unexpectedly, it’s up to the remaining healthy people to perform the entire show—and all 20 characters.
The quick-change show is a gender-bending extravaganza with laughs to spare in a raucously fun take on the holiday classic. The show stars Cherish Robinson as Alfrred Da Cappo, Jovane Caamaño as Charlie Schmaltz, Alejandro Saucedo as Lottie Obbligato and Gloria Vivica Benavides as Vesta Verile.
There’s even a streaming version you can watch from home starting December 9.
You can find more traditional versions of the Charles Dickens-penned tradition around town, but you most certainly won’t find one funnier.
We’d bet Tiny Tim’s life on it.
Scrooge in Rouge
Photo by Evan Michael Woods
Thursday, December 2 to Friday, December 24
Tickets: $20 (previews December 2&3); $40-45 other nights
Stage West
821 West Vickery Boulevard, Fort Worth
stagewest.org
