PRESS RELEASE
November 14, 2014
Diana Wortham Theatre
2 South Pack Square
Asheville, NC 28801
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Ellis, Managing Director
Diana Wortham Theatr
Office Ph#: (828) 257-4512
E-Mail: jellis@dwtheatre.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
What:
Bring Your Own Scrooge: A special offer to see
Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by Jeremy Webb
When:
Friday, November 28, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.
Where:
Diana Wortham Theatre
Tickets:
Regular $30, Student $25, Child $15
Student Rush Day of Show (with valid I.D.) $10
Info/Tickets:
Box Office (828) 257-4530 • www.dwtheatre.com
Bring Your Own Scrooge: www.dwtheatre.com/bring-your-own-scrooge
Click here for Performance Page with Preview Video
Artist Website:
www.offtheleash.ca/a-christmas-carol-2
For Interviews:
Jeremy Webb: jeremy@offtheleash.ca
For Calendar Listings: Dickens’ A Christmas Carol is re-envisioned by actor Jeremy Webb in
a 30-character, high-spirited, family-friendly extravaganza. A definitive holiday experience.
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Mainstage Theatre Series, Diana Wortham Theatre. Friday, November 28, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.; and
Saturday, November 29, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Tickets: Regular $30, Student $25,
Children 12 and under $15; Student rush day-of-show (with valid I.D.) $10. Tickets/Info: (828)
257-4530 or www.dwtheatre.com.
“Every idiot who goes about with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled
with his own pudding and buried with a stake of holly through his heart.”
–Ebeneezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
DIANA WORTHAM THEATRE ANNOUNCES BRING YOUR OWN SCROOGE, A
SPECIAL OFFER TO SEE DICKENS’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL – THANKSGIVING
WEEKEND, FRIDAY AND SATURDAY NOVEMBER 28 & 29
Diana Wortham Theatre is pleased to announce Bring Your Own Scrooge, a special ticket offer
for family and friends to see Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, performed by Atlantic Presenters
Association’s 2014 Touring Performer of the Year, Jeremy Webb, on Thanksgiving weekend:
Friday November 28 at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday November 29 at 2:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. at
Diana Wortham Theatre in downtown Asheville.
This internationally touring production of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol features Jeremy
Webb, creator and remarkable character of Shakespeare On Trial – the show that brought down
the house during two past Mainstage Seasons at the Diana Wortham Theatre. Webb has reenvisioned A Christmas Carol in a brilliantly entertaining, 30-character, family-friendly
extravaganza. With a run time of 90 minutes, families and friends can catch this production and
still have plenty of time to indulge in downtown Asheville’s festive street scene on Thanksgiving
weekend.
Bring Your Own Scrooge
Who's Your Family Scrooge? Every family has a Scrooge, right? Somebody who's
a little grumpier, a little tighter with their wallet?
Tell us about your Scrooge and we'll treat them to this show! That's right: Drag
the Scrooge from your family, group, or familial group, and your Scrooge gets in
free. 90 minutes of this high-spirited, family friendly holiday classic on stage . . .
like you've never seen it before. Buy Three, Get Your Scrooge in Free.
Bring Your Own Scrooge is an opportunity for families, familial groups, and groups of friends to
take a break from the Thanksgiving rush, bring out-of-town guests, and launch the holiday
season with a ticket offer to see this high-spirited holiday classic. Patrons simply visit
www.dwtheatre.com, click the “Bring Your Own Scrooge” icon, and complete a simple form to
nominate their family’s or group’s “Scrooge.” Upon completion, a promo code is presented to
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use at the box office for a free ticket to see A Christmas Carol; Buy three tickets and the fourth
ticket, for the Scrooge-iest member of the group, is free.
Jeremy Webb grew up in Cambridge and trained at The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. Since
moving to Canada in 1998, Webb has been involved in countless productions as an actor,
director, and writer, especially with the historical Neptune Theatre in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In
2009, he founded Off The Leash Creative, a theatre company collective that produces theatre and
film. His Off The Lease production of A Christmas Carol has toured Nova Scotia and United
States venues and has been entertaining audiences for over a decade, to critical and box office
acclaim.
The Asheville performances of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol are made possible by Performance
Sponsors David & Dianne Worley and Asheville Regional Airport, and by Mainstage Theatre
Series sponsor Henry LaBrun, with additional support from Media Sponsors 880AM The
Revolution, The Laurel of Asheville, News Radio 570 WWNC, and WTZQ AM 1600.
The new entrance for the Diana Wortham Theatre at Pack Place is marked by the location of the
theatre’s marquee between 12 and 14 Biltmore Avenue. Patrons enter the theatre through the
breezeway between Marble Slab Creamery and White Duck Taco restaurants, and into a large
interior courtyard for Pack Place with multiple glass doors to the theatre’s lower lobby and new
box office. The intimate theatre seats just over 500 and boasts exceptional acoustics and
sightlines, making it the premier performance space in Western North Carolina. The Mainstage
Series is supported by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. The
Mainstage Series 2014/2015 Season Sponsors are the Asheville Scene, Blue Moon Water,
Creative Energy, Laurey’s Catering and Gourmet-to-go, the North Carolina Arts Council, and
the Renaissance Asheville Hotel. To obtain more information on the Mainstage Series or to
purchase tickets, call the theatre’s box office at (828) 257-4530 or visit www.dwtheatre.com.
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