Masqing up for Christmas
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Opening night for Masquers’ Christmas show, “An Enchanted Bookshop Christmas” is Dec. 2.
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“An Enchanted Bookshop Christmas” will run only two weekends in December.
Many characters in “An Enchanted Bookshop Christmas”, put on by Masquers Theater in Soap Lake, are played by two actors.
SOAP LAKE — Masquers Theater will present their Christmas show, “An Enchanted Bookshop Christmas," starting this weekend, to run only two weekends in December.
“It's a hilarious, heartwarming tale that reminds us that the best gifts don't come wrapped in pretty paper and bows,” Masquers Theater’s website states about the play.
Directed by Marla Allsopp, Masquers will recreate the play by Todd Wallinger that brings many different book characters together to solve the mystery of a missing present.
According to Masquers, Kat Stahl plays the owner of the bookshop, Margie, who is delighted when her serious-minded sister Ellen, played by Destiny Bunney, comes to visit with her young daughter, Annabelle (played by Jill Klingenberg and Olivia Noble). After recently losing her job, Ellen feels down on her luck. But a surprise visitor to the shop turns everything around. When a present disappears, it's up to the come-to-life book characters to solve the mystery of the missing bookmark and save the day for Ellen - all without giving away their magical existence.
Performances run Dec. 2, 3, 4 and 9, 10, 11. Fridays at 7:30 p.m. and Saturdays/Sundays at 2 p.m.
Tickets can be purchased online at masquers.com, or call the box office at (509) 246-2611 for more information.
Cast
Margie will be played by Kat Stahl
Ellen will be played by Destiny Bunney
Annabelle will be played by Jill Klingenberg/Olivia Noble
Bombalurina will be played by Alyssa Goodwin/Sophia Bunney
Nutcracker will be played by Zander Leasher/Ellie Schopf
Tom Sawyer will be played by Four Reynolds
Dorothy Gale will be played by Kate Maedke/Emily Williams
Pollyanna will be played by Jordan Granger
Doctor Doolittle will be played by Jake Bang/Athena Tindal
Velveteen Rabbit will be played by Allison Moore/Carmen Rimple
Amy March will be played by Rei Shannon/Athena Tindal
Little Match Girl will be played by Olivia Murphy/Lilly Conway
Jim Young will be played by Marshall Bang/Lucas Chapman
Della Young will be played by Sophia Tackett/Ellie Schopf
Ebenezer Scrooge will be played by Maya Allsopp
Book Fairy will be played by Cheri Barbre/Delilah Villafana
Philippa Brantley will be played by Karyn Becker
Tech Crew is Calvin Becker
Stage Crew is Dom Patricelli and Diane Weber
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