Celebrate Christmas twice in one night

Mid-Michigan Family Theatre presents a pair of holiday-themed productions

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It’s the season of giving, and Mid-Michigan FamilyTheater is not about to be stingy. Director Bill Gordon has puttogether a double feature of holiday-themed plays, “The Goblins and theGravedigger” and “The Christmas Coat,” opening Friday.

That’s not all: Gordon says a there will be a generous dose of Christmas carols in the productions as well.  

“The Goblins and the Gravedigger,” based on an episodefrom Charles Dickens’ “The Pickwick Papers,” puts a spin on Dickens’classic “A Christmas Carol.”

While everyone in a small English village is excitedlypreparing for the Christmas festivities in 1860, the town’s lonely andcantankerous sexton, Gabriel Grubb (played by Chuck Sartorius), headstoward the cemetery and encounters three goblins, played by Erin Deal,Sabrina Boxer and Olivia Schafer. They take him on the ride of his lifeto view events in his past that will lead to his new future.  

A pair of real-life siblings —  10-year-old Adele Colson and 8-year-old Forrest Colson — play the brother and sister at the center of “The Christmas Coat.”

Dick is a shoeshine boy and Maggie ishis match-selling sister. They find themselves on the streets duringChristmas Eve, unable to find any food or shelter, due to lack of sales.

But their luck changes when they meet apoor woman named Mrs. Sullivan (Julie Waterbury) and a gentleman(Antonio Bellosillo) who changes their lives.

“Goblins” and “Coat” are also part of the Stages of theLaw series: Tickets for the Dec. 10 performance are two-for-one, andthe evening features a talkback with Cooley Law School Professor ChrisChurch, followed by a reception.

‘The Goblins and the Gravedigger’ and ‘The Christmas Coat’

Mid-Michigan Family Theatre

440 Frandor Ave., Lansing

Through Dec.11

7 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; 3 p.m.Sundays $6 for students and adults; $4 for pre-school age. Tickets aretwo-for-one on Dec. 10 for Stages of the Law night.

Tickets can be reserved by email (midmichfamilytheatre@gmail.com) or phone (517) 339-2145

www.mmft.net

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