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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
* “A Holiday Reception with Mr. Dickens” available at $35
Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, November 26 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
Friday, November 28 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Saturday, November 29 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Sunday, November 30 at 6:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Tuesday, December 2 at 7:30PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, December 3, at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
Thursday, December 4 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Friday, December 5 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 6 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Saturday, December 6 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception (7:30PM)
Sunday, December 7 at 6:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Tuesday, December 9 at 7:30PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, December 10 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Thursday, December 11 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
*Friday, December 12 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 13 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Saturday, December 13 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 7:30PM)
Sunday, December 14 at 6:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Tuesday, December 16 at 7:30PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, December 17 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Thursday, December 18 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
*Friday, December 19 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 20 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Saturday, December 20 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 7:30PM)
Sunday, December 21 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
Monday, December 22 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
Tuesday, December 23 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Tuesday, December 23 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 7:30PM)
*Wednesday, December 24 at 4:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 3:00PM)
*Wednesday, December 24 at 6:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 5:30PM)
*Friday, December 26 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 27 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones
This is a strictly limited engagement.
* “A Holiday Reception with Mr. Dickens” available at $35
Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, November 26 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
Friday, November 28 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Saturday, November 29 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Sunday, November 30 at 6:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Tuesday, December 2 at 7:30PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, December 3, at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
Thursday, December 4 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Friday, December 5 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 6 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Saturday, December 6 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception (7:30PM)
Sunday, December 7 at 6:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Tuesday, December 9 at 7:30PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, December 10 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Thursday, December 11 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
*Friday, December 12 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 13 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Saturday, December 13 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 7:30PM)
Sunday, December 14 at 6:00PM - John Kevin Jones
Tuesday, December 16 at 7:30PM - Vince Gatton
Wednesday, December 17 at 7:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Thursday, December 18 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
*Friday, December 19 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 20 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Saturday, December 20 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 7:30PM)
Sunday, December 21 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
Monday, December 22 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
Tuesday, December 23 at 6:00PM - Vince Gatton
*Tuesday, December 23 at 8:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 7:30PM)
*Wednesday, December 24 at 4:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 3:00PM)
*Wednesday, December 24 at 6:30PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 5:30PM)
*Friday, December 26 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones (reception 6:00PM)
Saturday, December 27 at 7:00PM - John Kevin Jones
This is a strictly limited engagement.
JOHN KEVIN JONES (Actor, Co-Adapter) Kevin is a member of Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, and the Dramatists Guild of America. In New York Kevin has been seen in Nothing But Trash, Theater for the New City; Jeffrey (starring Bryan Batt), Lincoln Center; The Winter’s Tale and The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Hipgnosis Theatre. Regional credits include The Pavilion (American Stage), Othello (Arkansas Rep), The Rivals, All My Sons (Kentucky Rep), Angels in America, Gross Indecency (Playhouse on the Square). BA in Theatre Performance from the University of South Florida and MFA in Theatre Directing from the University of Memphis.
VINCE GATTON (Actor) Vince is delighted to be returning to the Merchant’s House Museum in another ghost story, having previously performed The Turn of the Screw in the hallowed double parlors for Two Turns Theatre Company. He received a Drama Desk nomination for David Johnston's Candy and Dorothy; other notable multi-character acting credits include SPILL at EST; I Am My Own Wife and Fully Committed at Barrington Stage Company; and I Am My Own Wife again at Coachella Valley Rep (Desert Star Award Nomination) and for Two Turns, staged in an antique shop in Brooklyn. More at vincegatton.com
RHONDA DODD (Director, Co-Adapter): An award winning actor, technician and director, Rhonda arrived in New York with over 150 shows under her belt. Once here she made her Off-Broadway acting debut with Terese Hayden and Jacqueline Brookes’ Workshop in Tennessee Williams’ Period of Adjustment, finished her Ph.D., and spent 10 years working at Circle in the Square Theatre School. Dr. Dodd is the Artistic Director of Summoners Ensemble Theatre, a member of Actors Equity, and a participant in The Playground Experiment – a forum for theatre artists to explore, test, and showcase new work while finding inspiration and support from the community it creates.
NATALIA PARUZ (Reception Bell Ringer - December 12-26 only): Natalia Paruz was one of the pioneers of the technique of 6-in-hand (ringing three bells in each hand), was featured on ABC World News, and can be heard ringing at different church services. She also created a dramatic style of ringing tabled bells for telling ghost stories. She participates in historical reenactment as a bell ringer at historic houses and cemeteries, such as at Historic Richmond Town, Greenwood cemetery, Maple Grove cemetery, the St George theater, and now is very happy to be part of the Summoners Ensemble at Merchant’s House. In 2017 she initiated a new way of teaching bell ringing, called 'Social Bell Ringing', without the need for sheet music, in a way that can be enjoyed by all as a form of socializing. Her students included the legally blind, people on the spectrum, and elderly folks with disabilities. Her students ranged from age 7 to 98.
CHARLES DICKENS (1812 – 1870): Considered the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters. When destitution landed his family in debtor's prison, young Charles was forced to give up school and work in a blacking warehouse. This era of his life heavily influenced his writing, which later made him a much sought-after orator. After giving a speech to a group of working-class poor, Dickens found himself contemplating the plight of exploited child workers. Taking only six weeks to complete, in 1843, A Christmas Carol stripped away the mask from some of England’s most acute social evils. By speaking up for the poor and oppressed, Dickens directly confronted the apathy and callousness of his countrymen. But more than just a timely political screed, Dickens’ spirit-filled holiday story has become a timeless treatise about love, compassion, and the transformation of the human heart. He impelled his contemporaries then -- and now us today -- to care about everyone and to reach out and help if we see someone in need.
MERCHANT’S HOUSE MUSEUM: Built in 1832, the Merchant’s House is New York City’s only 19th century family home preserved virtually intact, with original family furnishings and personal belongings. A unique survivor of Old New York, the House offers an intimate glimpse of how a prosperous merchant family and their Irish servants lived in mid-19th century New York, as the city grew from a colonial seaport to thriving metropolis.
The Merchant’s House is a National Historic Landmark and in New York City is distinguished as one of only 120 buildings that have NYC landmark status for both its exterior and interior.
Follow www.merchantshouse.org on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @MerchantsHouse
SUMMONERS ENSEMBLE THEATRE: Founded by a group of actors who studied together at Circle in the Square Theatre School’s Professional Acting Training program, Summoners Ensemble joined the ranks of New York nonprofit theatre companies in 1993. Created as a collaborative to allow the members to share in all of the functions needed in running a theatre company, Summoners remains a collective effort as we jointly produce theatrical events with other nonprofits or as we find ourselves acting and directing, writing and producing.
Visit www.summonersensemble.org for more information.
VINCE GATTON (Actor) Vince is delighted to be returning to the Merchant’s House Museum in another ghost story, having previously performed The Turn of the Screw in the hallowed double parlors for Two Turns Theatre Company. He received a Drama Desk nomination for David Johnston's Candy and Dorothy; other notable multi-character acting credits include SPILL at EST; I Am My Own Wife and Fully Committed at Barrington Stage Company; and I Am My Own Wife again at Coachella Valley Rep (Desert Star Award Nomination) and for Two Turns, staged in an antique shop in Brooklyn. More at vincegatton.com
RHONDA DODD (Director, Co-Adapter): An award winning actor, technician and director, Rhonda arrived in New York with over 150 shows under her belt. Once here she made her Off-Broadway acting debut with Terese Hayden and Jacqueline Brookes’ Workshop in Tennessee Williams’ Period of Adjustment, finished her Ph.D., and spent 10 years working at Circle in the Square Theatre School. Dr. Dodd is the Artistic Director of Summoners Ensemble Theatre, a member of Actors Equity, and a participant in The Playground Experiment – a forum for theatre artists to explore, test, and showcase new work while finding inspiration and support from the community it creates.
NATALIA PARUZ (Reception Bell Ringer - December 12-26 only): Natalia Paruz was one of the pioneers of the technique of 6-in-hand (ringing three bells in each hand), was featured on ABC World News, and can be heard ringing at different church services. She also created a dramatic style of ringing tabled bells for telling ghost stories. She participates in historical reenactment as a bell ringer at historic houses and cemeteries, such as at Historic Richmond Town, Greenwood cemetery, Maple Grove cemetery, the St George theater, and now is very happy to be part of the Summoners Ensemble at Merchant’s House. In 2017 she initiated a new way of teaching bell ringing, called 'Social Bell Ringing', without the need for sheet music, in a way that can be enjoyed by all as a form of socializing. Her students included the legally blind, people on the spectrum, and elderly folks with disabilities. Her students ranged from age 7 to 98.
CHARLES DICKENS (1812 – 1870): Considered the greatest English novelist of the Victorian era, Charles Dickens created some of the world's most well-known fictional characters. When destitution landed his family in debtor's prison, young Charles was forced to give up school and work in a blacking warehouse. This era of his life heavily influenced his writing, which later made him a much sought-after orator. After giving a speech to a group of working-class poor, Dickens found himself contemplating the plight of exploited child workers. Taking only six weeks to complete, in 1843, A Christmas Carol stripped away the mask from some of England’s most acute social evils. By speaking up for the poor and oppressed, Dickens directly confronted the apathy and callousness of his countrymen. But more than just a timely political screed, Dickens’ spirit-filled holiday story has become a timeless treatise about love, compassion, and the transformation of the human heart. He impelled his contemporaries then -- and now us today -- to care about everyone and to reach out and help if we see someone in need.
MERCHANT’S HOUSE MUSEUM: Built in 1832, the Merchant’s House is New York City’s only 19th century family home preserved virtually intact, with original family furnishings and personal belongings. A unique survivor of Old New York, the House offers an intimate glimpse of how a prosperous merchant family and their Irish servants lived in mid-19th century New York, as the city grew from a colonial seaport to thriving metropolis.
The Merchant’s House is a National Historic Landmark and in New York City is distinguished as one of only 120 buildings that have NYC landmark status for both its exterior and interior.
Follow www.merchantshouse.org on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @MerchantsHouse
SUMMONERS ENSEMBLE THEATRE: Founded by a group of actors who studied together at Circle in the Square Theatre School’s Professional Acting Training program, Summoners Ensemble joined the ranks of New York nonprofit theatre companies in 1993. Created as a collaborative to allow the members to share in all of the functions needed in running a theatre company, Summoners remains a collective effort as we jointly produce theatrical events with other nonprofits or as we find ourselves acting and directing, writing and producing.
Visit www.summonersensemble.org for more information.
