The holiday classic is different every night with ‘An Improvised Christmas Carol,’ featuring a local cast that includes several West Hartford actors.

Cast of ‘An Improvised Christmas Carol.’ Submitted photo

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From Dec. 8 – 18, families around Connecticut will have a chance to change the most classic Christmas story of all. An Improvised Christmas Carol, developed by Seattle’s Randy Dixon, will take live audience suggestions to make this Charles Dickens masterpiece even more fun.

The show is produced by Hot Cocco Productions and presented at the brand new Sea Tea Comedy Theater on 15 Asylum St. in Hartford. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for children under 16 (including candy canes for all!).

The show combines your suggestions with the improvisers’ imaginations to create a performance of A Christmas Carol like nothing you have ever seen. What if Scrooge owned a pet store? What if the Ghost of Christmas Past was a Film Noir detective? What if Tiny Tim wasn’t so tiny? Come find out and see how your suggestions tell an all new tale of how Christmas can (or can’t!) change Ebenezer Scrooge’s life.

The actors populating Dickens’ masterpiece are some of the most experienced and beloved professional improvisers from Sea Tea Improv and Hot Cocoo Productions. This year’s Connecticut cast includes Daniel Davidson, Greg Ludovici, Bryan Thurston of Hartford; Claire Zick and Kevin McDermott of West Hartford; Laura Manasewich of Manchester; and Matt Saccullo of Wethersfield. Technical improvisers are Nate Gagnon and Erica Willis of Hartford. MacDermott is featured as Ebeneezer Scrooge.

An Improvised Christmas Carol was developed by Randy Dixon in 1985 at the Market Theater in Seattle’s historic Pike Place Market. It was first Produced by Unexpected Productions (Seattle, WA). It’s been performed every year since. All eight of the performances at Sea Tea Comedy Theater will be completely improvised and brand-new each night, perfect for repeat viewing. Improvised Christmas Carol will be family-friendly with maximum fun.

There will be eight different performances of An Improvised Christmas Carol. Shows will run Thursday Dec. 8 – Saturday, Dec. 10 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 11 at 2 p.m.; Thursday, Dec. 15 – Saturday, Dec. 17 at 8 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 18 at 2 p.m.

Doors open at 7:30 p.m. for shows beginning at 8 p.m. and at 1:30 p.m. for 2 p.m. Sunday matinees. Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for children under 16. For directions and reservations visit www.seateaimprov.com or call 860-578-4832.

Cast of ‘An Improvised Christmas Carol.’ Submitted photo