Rain early. Decreasing clouds with mostly clear skies by morning. Low 34F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%..
Rain early. Decreasing clouds with mostly clear skies by morning. Low 34F. Winds W at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of rain 90%.
Updated: March 25, 2026 @ 4:10 pm
CAST kicks off the holiday season over Thanksgiving weekend with this rollicking parody of Dickens' classic story where Mrs. Bob Cratchit takes center stage.
No longer loving and long-suffering, Mrs. Cratchit is in a rage; she hates her life and she's hearing voices she can't explain so she tries to escape her miserable fate. This zany play with original music sets Scrooge's tale of redemption squarely on its head!
If you've always wondered what the back story was on Bob Cratchit and his wife...: Bob can't resist a foundling and now there are 21 in the basement, and Gladys Cratchit has had it. One day she flips, takes to drink and is about to throw herself off a bridge when she's saved by an angel.
Sound familiar? Meanwhile, Ebeneezer Scrooge gets a visit from the Ghost of Christmases Past, Present, and Future, and a life lesson is not far around the corner.
However, it seems something is wrong with the Ghost's abilities to do her job, and she and Scrooge go on a humorous ride that lets several classic holiday tales have it. In Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge, Obie Award winner Christopher Durang takes on some of the holiday season's sacred cows. Although this semi-musical is based on A Christmas Carol, it quickly spins out of control, colliding with It's a Wonderful Life and The Gift of the Magi.
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge is a co-production of CAST and Columbia Gorge Community College's theater department. Directed by Richard Parker, theater instructor at CGCC and familiar actor and director for CAST, the play marks the second collaboration in this exciting community partnership.
Just over half of the company members are students in the theater rehearsal and performance class offered this term at CGCC, who earn college credit for their participation.
Mrs. Bob Cratchit's Wild Christmas Binge opens the day after Thanksgiving and plays on Friday and Saturday nights for three weekends at 7:30 p.m., November 23, 24, and 30, December 1, 7 and 8. Sunday matinees are set for November 25 and December 2 at 2 p.m.
Ticket prices are $15 and $10 for seniors and students over 16. Tickets are available at Columbia Center for the Arts at 215 Cascade Ave. in Hood River or Collage of the Gorge at 111 E. Jewett in White Salmon.
For more information go to www.columbiaarts.org or call (541) 387-8877.
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