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![]() 2013/14 Season A Child's Christmas in Wales
World Premiere By Dylan Thomas Created by Charles McMahon and Sebastienne Mundheim Directed by Sebastienne Mundheim December 5, 2013 - January 5, 2014
From the Lantern and Philadelphia performance artist Sebastienne Mundheim comes an original adaptation of one of the best-loved works from great poet Dylan Thomas. Looking back on a boyhood walk through his Welsh village on Christmas Day, Thomas invites us to join him as he relives his childhood: a larger-than-life world of imagination, myth, and wonder. Mundheim's unique work has been described as "three-dimensional storybooks," combining language and puppetry to imbue everyday objects with life and magic. United with Thomas' comic prose and four of Philadelphia's finest actors, Mundheim's stunning visual landscape will transport audiences of all ages.
"The language is enchanting and the poetry shines with an unearthly radiance." –The New York Times on A Child's Christmas in Wales ![]() ![]() Cast & Production Team
Charlie DelMarcelle
Doug Hara
Geneviève Perrier
Amy Smith
Meghan Jones, Production Manager Sebastienne Mundheim, Production Designer Jillian Keys, Costume Designer Shon Causer, Lighting Designer Robert Kaplowitz, Sound Designer & Composer Rebecca Smith, Stage Manager Katherine Coots, Assistant Director ![]() ![]() News & Reviews
"It will surely steal your heart in an instant! Lantern Theater Company's world premiere adaptation captures all the warmth, nostalgia, and childlike wonder of the original, employing live actors, puppets, miniature houses, plastic-bag clouds, and exhilarating snow flurries to transform Thomas's descriptive language and idealized memories into an enchanting theatrical vision." –Phindie
"A Child's Christmas in Wales is a Christmas show for people like me who hate Christmas shows, but who love stage enchantment without cliché or trite sentimentality. Do yourself a favor and recapture some of the innocent magic of childhood as displayed by this wonderful piece of work." –Broad Street Review "Words cannot express the euphoria that is watching Dylan Thomas' A Child's Christmas in Wales. Not enough can be said to compliment the design team (Shon Causer for Lighting and Robert Kaplowitz for Sound), the cast, and co-creators, Charles McMahon and Sebastienne Mundheim, for doing the impossible: for returning theatre to its roots of storytelling, imagination, and making tangible the impossible." –Examiner ![]()
Header Photo: Paul L. Nolan, Sally Mercer, and Charles McMahon in Copenhagen (2018); Charlie DelMarcelle, Anthony Lawton, Jered McLenigan, and Brian Anthony Wilson in The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (2019); Anthony Lawton and Paul L. Nolan in The Craftsman (2017); and Bi Jean Ngo and Peter DeLaurier in The Tempest (2018). Photos by Mark Garvin.
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