Local residents can start the season with a double decker of holiday spirit when Uptown! Entertainment Alliance (UEA) partners with the Pennsylvania Academy of Performing Arts (PAPA) to present its third annual Christmas Show in West Chester on Saturday, December 6^th.   The evening will begin with a 6 p.m. performance of “A Christmas Carol…More or Less” at the West Chester Historical Society on North High Street, followed by a 7 p.m. candlelit Christmas Carol Walk through downtown West Chester.

Director Kristin McLaughlin Mitchell describes the staged reading of “A Christmas Carol…More or Less” as a hysterical retelling of the beloved holiday classic, appropriate for all ages: “When a snow storm keeps the cast and crew of ‘A Christmas Carol’ from getting to the theater, can Charlie and Sarah, the show’s producers, keep the show from being cancelled by playing all the parts themselves?”

“A Christmas Carol…More or Less” stars Tom Wang of West Chester and Sue Murphy and features the PAPA chorus, who will lead the audience in a candlelit Christmas Carol Walk to the County Courthouse steps immediately following the performance.  Both events are a part of West Chester’s  annual Old-Fashioned Christmas Celebration, called “one of the top ten places to experience the arrival of Santa Claus during the holiday season” by USA Today.

According to Uptown! Entertainment Alliance spokesperson Angela Scully, the show is free ($5 donation suggested), with all proceeds benefitting UEA’s mission to bring a performing arts theater to West Chester.