PORT TOWNSEND — The final performances of “Spirit of the Yule,” a Key City Public Theatre production which sets the world of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” in Port Townsend, will be performed today and Saturday.
The curtain will rise on the show, which opened Nov. 30, at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., today and at 1 p.m. Saturday.
Most of the performances have sold out; as of Wednesday the final three still had seats available.
Tickets are available online at www.keycity publictheatre.org or at the KCPT box office from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, or by calling the box office at 360-385-5278 (KCPT).
“Spirit of the Yule” is set in Port Townsend when it was a lumber boom town awaiting the railroad connection that would make it the preeminent port city in the Pacific Northwest.
While the railroad never made it to town, the remnants of that time remain recognizable in the names etched on such landmarks as the Rothschild House, Chetzemoka Park and the Delmonico Hotel, whose sign still hangs at 832 Water St.
“Spirit of the Yule” was written by Denise Winter and Linda Dowdell. It is directed by Winter, KCPT’s artistic director. Dowdell composed the music and lyrics.
Angela Poynter plays Henrietta Maynard, the proprietor of the Delmonico Hotel, described as “an iconoclastic, hard-nosed, twice-divorced businesswoman who loves shooting, drinking and profit.”
Hewitt Brooks carries the chains as Jacob Marley, Maynard’s business partner. Blaine Lewis and Christa Holbrook return to the stage as Bob Cratchit and Maddie Mae, Maynard’s employee and his ailing child.
Leah Finch returns as Young Henrietta. Noah Phillips is Maynard’s nephew Fred. Patricia Willestoft, Consuelo Aduviso and Tomoki Sage appear as ghosts to Maynard.
