A Klingon Christmas Carol
December 2007: University of Minnesota Saint Paul Student Center, Saint Paul, MN
Playwrights: Christopher O. Kidder & Sasha Walloch
Translated by: Laura Thurston, Bill Hedrick, and Christopher O. Kidder
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? Performed in the Original Klingon with English Supertitles, and narrative analysis from The Vulcan Institute of Cultural Anthropology.
The Dickens classic tale of ghosts and redemption adapted to reflect the Warrior Code of Honor and then translated into tlhIngan Hol (That's the Klingon Language).
A co-production of Commedia Beauregard and the IKV RakeHell of the Klingon Assault Group.
This was the debut production of the first-ever full-length play to be performed in the Klingon Language (tlhIngan Hol). A one-night-only event that also included a gala banquet and charitable auction, the night sold-out and was a success far beyond CommBeau's expectations. It was clear there would have to be another production the following year.
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The Cast & Crew
| Narrator | Nathaniel Churchill |
| SQuja' (Scrooge) | Michael Ooms |
| QachIt (Bob Cratchit) | Christopher O. Kidder |
| vreD (Fred) | Brian Watson-Jones |
| marlI' (Jacob Marley) | Bill Hedrick |
| Kahless Past (Christmas Past) | Brian O'Neal |
| Qe'pa (a youth) | Brian Watson-Jones |
| Qob (a youth) | Christopher O. Kidder |
| Young SQuja (Young Scrooge) | Scot Moore |
| van (Fannie) | Jen Rand |
| veSIwIq (Fezziwig) | Bill Hedrick |
| wIlqInS (Dick Wilkins) | John Gregory |
| bel (Belle) | Erin Haynes |
| Warrior 1 | Andrew Northrop |
| Kahless Present | Rob Withoff |
| emlI' (Mrs. Cratchit) | Jen Rand |
| marDa' (Martha Cratchit) | Erin Haynes |
| tImHom (Tiny Tim) | Himself (Operated by Scot Moore) |
| Guest I | Brian O'Neal |
| marja' (Mrs. Fred) | Laura Thurston |
| Guest II | Andrew Northrop |
| Guest III | Bill Hedrick |
| Kahless Yet-To-Come | Laura Thurston |
| Warrior 2 | Scot Moore |
| Warrior 3 | Jen Rand |
| Warrior 4 | Erin Haynes |
| Weapon Merchant | Rob Withoff |
| Seller | John Gregory |
| Boy | Andrew Northrop |
Director: Sasha Walloch
Stage Manager: Abbey Vargo
Sound: Derek Sandbeck
Lights & Projections: Forest Godfrey
Puppet Design & Construction: Laura Wilhelm
Costumes: Erin Haynes
Make-up: Bill Hedrick & Rob Withoff
Language Coach: Laura Thurston
Reviews & Other Press
City Pages -- Over the Weekend: Klingons, Churches, and Coulton (Oh My)
Mark Simonson Studio -- Notebook: A Klingon Christmas Carol
Kowabunga -- A Klingon Christmas Carol
City Pages -- A-List: A Klingon Christmas Carol
Pioneer Press -- And Then Tiny Klingon Exclaimed, "God Bless Us, Hoch!"
Your Tech Weblog -- It's "A Klingon Christmas Carol" I kid you not
The production, put on by Commedia Beauregard, was cleverly written and very entertaining.
Mark Simonson, Mark Simonson Studio
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