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Exploring new stages and venues is what George Alistair is all about. Alistair plays the title role of Ebenezer Scrooge, the notorious literary skinflint. He retained his role after the merger.
"I've performed on I'd guess about 80% of the community stages around here," he said. "A few of them aren't even there anymore, sadly. I'd have been ready to go to Prescott if we had to. I've been there before. That's what you do. You find a way to be true to your character no matter where you are. You've got a job to do and you do it."
The 80 year old actor has been doing it for over 50 years, and embarks on his fifth Ebenezer Scrooge among unusual circumstances in this joint production. He called it, "an adventure".
"George…is not only a great talent, but he possesses an ease of personality, a gentleness that I envy," Dr. Gruber said of the production's star. "He's been in many of our shows recently because he lives closest to us, and it's getting harder for him to travel, so he says. But he couldn't be less like Scrooge if he tried. Warmest, most patient actor I’ve seen on our stage."
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