Victorian London.

Dickens.

Come be part of this Minnesota
winter theatre experience.

Dickens classic story returns telling the conversion of the miserly Scrooge from bitter grouching to quiet grumbling to defensive pleading to humble Christmas joy! You can never see it enough. And if you've never seen a Words Players production of it...perhaps you've never really seen it!

The second Words Players Theatre performance of A Christmas Carol at the Mayowood Stone Barn.

Opening Thanksgiving weekend to begin the Christmas season. All shows sold out in 2009; additional shows added this year.

Words Players Theatre is partnering with The Rochester Trolley and The Restaurant to bring you a one-of-a-kind epicurean Christmas event -- for employees, clients, families, friends.

The Restaurant. The Barn. The Trolley.

Guests of the Lord Mayor Evenings

Lord Mayors of London

11/26Former Rochester Mayor, Chuck Hazama
11/26Richard Peterson, KROC Host of "Rochester's Good Morning"
11/27Former Rochester Mayor, Chuck Hazama
12/1Randy Chapman, Publisher of the Post Bulletin
12/2Jonathan Torrens-Burton
12/3Doug Sholz-Carlson (Great River Shakespeare Festival)
12/8Attorney Jeff Mintz
12/9Tom Overlie, KTTC Live Broadcast at 6:10pm
12/10Attorney Jeff Mintz
12/10Superintendent of Rochester Public Schools, Michael Munoz
12/11Jonathan Torrens-Burton
12/15Mayor Ardell Brede
12/16Mayor Ardell Brede
12/17Steve Jorstad
12/17Mayor Ardell Brede

Ride the trolley from the Mayowood Stone Barn to The Restaurant for a Dickens-inspired feast. You will be accompanied on the trolley and waited on at The Restaurant by actors from the Words Players' production of The Spirit of Christmas Past: A Christmas Carol. After the meal, you will be ride the trolley back to the Stone Barn in time for the 7pm show.

As venue for A Christmas Carol, the Barn will be transformed into Dickens-era London streets, complete with urchins, beggars, street lights, carolers, and market. You will spend the evening as Lord Mayor London's guests and be part of a Minnesota Theatre Experience.

$65 Adults     $50 Students

December 3, 9, 10, 16, 17

Details:

4:15-30pmParking at Mayowood Stone Barn
4:40pmTrolley departs Stone Barn for The Restaurant
5-6:10pmDinner at The Restaurant
6:10pmTrolley departs The Restaurant for the Stone Barn
6:30pmTrolley arrives at the Stone Barn
7pmThe Spirit of Christmas Past: A Christmas Carol

The Dickens Feast at The Restaurant (a buffet) will feature organic local raised geese, turducken, and all the fixings: mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potatoes, green beans, scalloped corn, breads, pies ...more.

The Restaurant. The Barn.

The Restaurant will be offering the Dickens-inspired feast in conjunction with all performances of A Christmas Carol. Reservations required.

2:00 pm

December 3, 10, 17

$40 Adults     $32 Students

The Feast:
12 - 2pm and 4:30-6:45pm

7:00 pm


December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17

$45 Adults     $40 Students

The Feast: 4-6:45pm

Contact the box office if you would like to upgrade your already-purchased tickets to include the feast.


The Barn.

Sixteen performances of The Spirit of Christmas Past: A Christmas Carol.

2:00 pm

December 3, 10, 17

$15 Adults     $7 Students

7:00 pm


December 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17

$20 Adults     $15 Students

The Mayowood Stone Barn

3365 Mayowood Rd SW
Rochester, MN 55902
Map

The Restaurant

723 2nd Street Southwest
Rochester MN 55902
507-289-6666
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This activity is funded by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council through the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund as appropriated by the Minnesota State Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.