OGDENSBURG -- St. John’s Conservatory Theater has cast their all-new musical comedy “Brazillia R. Kreep’s Christmas Carol,” to open Dec. 11 for a two-week run.

The play is a musical comedy adaptation on the Charles Dickens’ holiday classic “A Christmas Carol.” The play’s book, music, and lyrics are by award-winning writer-composer Brazillia R. Kreep, whose real name is Richard O’Donnell.

“We’ve abandoned the ‘reader’s theater’ version, whereby we held scripts, to present a fully staged production. There’s more music, a bigger cast, a bigger set, and costumes galore,” said Ogdensburg Free Academy student Jillian LeBel, who portrays Street Urchin Cager. “This is hopefully turning into a reoccurring Ogdensburg holiday tradition.”

Return to old St. Lawrence, 1843 whereby old miserly Ebenezer Scrooge (O’Donnell) “Bah Humbugs” the Christmas spirit, wishing to avoid the aged-old holiday tradition altogether. Yet comical ghosts from his past, present, and future come out of the closet to scare some sense into the doomed man.

“Think Monty Python meets Tim Burton in ‘Brazillia R. Kreep’s Christmas Carol,’ a full-scale musical comedy with over a dozen toe-tapping songs and a talented cast, 24 in all, hailing from every nook and cranny of the glorious North Country,” O’Donnell said.

“There’s a big production number where my character sings that her wish for Christmas is to dance,” said Heuvelton Central School student Dee Bellinger, who returns to recreate her starring role as Tiny Tina. “The back-up singers are street urchins Cager, Nipper and Dolly, and it’s a lot of fun to perform.”

The show also stars Stephen Chambers as Jacob Marley, Eric Key as Thaddeus Plum (Ghost of Been There Done That), Angela Dwyer as Matilda Pift (Ghost of Christmas Presents), Hailey Weber as Elvira Fripple (Scrooge's old love interest) and Ryan Woodard as Fezziwig.

The Cratchit Family stars Christopher Dwyer as Bob, Shelly Murdock as Emily, Macy Murdock as Martha, Myah Myers as Bell, and Dee Bellinger as Tiny Tina. The Street Urchins are portrayed by Sloane Ryan as Nipper, Jillian LeBel as Cager, Grace Brunet as Dolly, Grace Wills as Scrubs, Grant Brunet as Rusty, and Chris Rodriguez as Spider. Carolers star Katrina Putman as Mrs. Sparkles, Mike Wills as Mr. Sparkles, Maeve Putman as Angie Sparkles, Grant Putman as Joey Sparkles, Kenzie Bucher as Kelly Sparkles, Myah Myers as Robin Sparkles, and Emma Murray as Tipsy Sparkles.

“My character is the leader of a tough gang of cockney street kids like in Oliver Twist, and we help move the plot along with songs such as ‘The Ballad Of Scrooge’ and A Christmas Carol,’” said Ogdensburg Free Academy student and fourth-year Odyssey of the Mind participant Sloane Ryan, who plays Nipper. “Although my character’s tough-as-nails, I do get to sing one of the more thoughtful ballads in the show titled ‘Wish.’ The whole experience has been wonderful.”

JCT principal creative staff includes Producer and Director R. O’Donnell, Musical Director and Choreographer Angela Conzone Dwyer, Arranger and Orchestrator Ryan C. McNally, Scenic and Prop Designer Stephen Chambers, Costume and Makeup Designer Karen Fischbeck Carmony, Technical Director and Production Coordinator Christopher Dwyer and Stage Manager Sadie Smith.

Collectively, they have over five decades of professional theatrical and academic experience including regional, stock, bus and truck, off-off-Broadway, off-Broadway, and Broadway stages, O’Donnell said.

Show times are December 11, 12, 18 and 19 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 18 and 25 at 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15 at the door (suggested donation), or $10 at BrownPaperTickets.com. JCT is located on the second floor of St. John’s Parish House, on the corner of Franklin and Knox streets in Ogdensburg. St. John’s Conservatory Theater’s Facebook page is at http://www.facebook.com/stjohnsconservatorytheater .