It's a wrap on A #Christmas Carol! Congrats to actors @vincegatton.bsky.social, John Kevin Jones, & our intrepid crew: Dan Renkin, @joeystocks.bsky.social, & Neil Polich. Thanks to our audiences + the staff & volunteers at the Merchant's House. Next up: Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe.

As we wind down our 13th season of sold out performances at the Merchant's House Museum, we're also nearly sold out of our unique #Christmas Carol merch: bottled wassail, magnets, and illustrated notecards. Only available on site while supplies last. #theatre #theater #NYC

Our programs for A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House are full of information AND also a coupon for two for one admission to tour the #museum! Your attendance helps support both the Merchant's House and @summonersensemble.bsky.social. #NYC #theater #theatre

Thanks to Rachel Sherman at @nytimes.com for highlighting our #holiday home streaming rental of A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House. Only $25 gets you unlimited views through January 1, 2026. www.summonersensemble.org/a-christmas-... #theatre #theater

SUPPORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT THE #ARTS! We gratefully acknowledge the support of the following independent bookstores: Then Drama Book Shop, Fountain Book Shop, @mcnallyjackson.bsky.social, @housingworksnyc.bsky.social, and @strandbooks.com THANK YOU.

A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House is SOLD OUT for 2025! Before you say "Bah, humbug" you can join our waiting list or stream our #holiday home rental. $25 gets you unlimited streams until January 1, 2026. www.summonersensemble.org

We’re in print! Thanks again @nytimes.com for listing us among the “11 Shows That Are Certain to Spice Up Your #Holidays.” Get tickets today! Link in bio. #theatre #theater #NYC

"For purists...this production of A #Christmas Carol feels like a time-transporting journey back to what the #holiday is supposed to be all about." Thanks to John Soltes of Hollywood Soapbox for the kind words. Get tickets today: www.summonersensemble.org #theater #theatre #nyc

Thanks to Deb Miller at DC Theater Arts for highlighting our production! Get your tickets today. www.summonersensemble.org #theater #theatre #Christmas

Can’t attend our performances in person this year? Looking for a unique holiday gift? For only $25, A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House #Holiday Home Rental allows you unlimited views between now and January 1, 2026. www.summonersensemble.org/a-christmas-...

Thanks to Laura Collins-Hughes of @nytimes.com for listing us in the 15 Shows to Spice Up Your Festive Season. Tickets are nearly sold out. Get your tickets today: www.summonersensemble.org/a-christmas-...

Thanks to Rossilynne Skena Culgan for putting us on TimeOutNY's best things to do in #NYC this #holiday season. Get tickets today! Link in bio. #theatre #theater #Dickens #Christmas www.timeout.com/newyork/thin...

After so many conversations this season about how writers get paid (or not), in the last episode of season six of TALKBACK, Christine talks to the Guild’s Executive Director of Business Affairs, Ralph Sevush, to clarify the questions that have come up and give us his expert perspective.

“Vince Gatton is a formidable performer. His powerful acting and excellent voice work made for a compelling hour of theater.” Thanks to Andrew Poretz of Theater Pizzazz for the lovely review. Get tickets today. Link in bio. theaterpizzazz.com/charles-dick...

“…a pure delight from beginning to end.” thefrontrowcenter.com/2025/11/a-ch... Thanks to David Walters of Front Row Center for the glowing five-star review of A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House Museum. Get tickets today: www.summonersensemble.org

Our production of A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House is listed in The New Yorker's "Goings On" this week! Tickets are going quickly. Get yours today: www.summonersensemble.org/a-christmas-...

Ian Sklarsky helping me install posters for A #Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House. Get your tickets at www.summonersensemble.org @summonersensemble.bsky.social #theatre #holiday #NYC

See our own John Kevin Jones in this Poe Room event tomorrow from 6 - 8 pm, 245 Sullivan Street Furman Hall, Room 216. Scan QR for info.

“…a production of A Christmas Carol like no other.” – Laura Jacobs, @airmail.news Get your tickets today: www.summonersensemble.org #theatre #Christmas #Dickens

Our ads are up on #LinkNYC kiosks around #Manhattan! Get your tickets to see A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House today. Link in bio.

I just voted to help @credomobile.bsky.social decide how to distribute its monthly funding to progressive nonprofits. You can vote, too! It's free and takes less than a minute. Vote here: bit.ly/3hA7arP

Get tickets now to see A #Christmas #Carol at the Merchant's House, a uniquely #NewYork #holiday tradition. This season, @vincegatton.bsky.social & John Kevin Jones share the role of Mr. #Dickens at alternate performances. Visit summonersensemble.org for tickets.

#HappyHalloween! By popular demand, we're bringing Killing an Evening with Edgar Allan Poe back to Merchant's House Museum March 25-April 6, 2026. #theatre #poe #literature #theater #nyc playbill.com/article/kill...

Every #Dramatist Insured: Fall Open Enrollment November 4, Venturous Theater Fund offers a free 90-minute workshop giving you the info you need to successfully find and keep coverage for 2026. Click link to register!

Theatre writers, you owe it to yourself to listen to TalkBack, the podcast made by and for dramatists. Congratulations to my friend and colleague, @ctoyj.bsky.social and Dramatists Guild Foundation on the new season. If you are not a @dramatistsguild.bsky.social member, join today.

UNTIL IT’S DONE, Ep. 4: Sylvia Rivera In the 1970s, queer New Yorkers had been pushed to the margins of NYC. Our trans neighbors faced immense cruelty. But in Sylvia Rivera, they found a champion. As we combat Trump’s politics of darkness, her legacy can light the path forward.

Join us for our 13th smash season of A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s House, Nov 25 - Dec 28, 2025. This year, we welcome actor @vincegatton.bsky.social, who shares the role of Mr. Dickens with John Kevin Jones at alternate performances. Get your tickets now at www.summonersensemble.org.

Swipe to read the full statement from the Dramatists Guild on ABC's decision to pull Jimmy Kimmel Live! You can also find the WGA Statement on this subject at the link in our bio.

Get your tickets now for A Christmas Carol at the Merchant's House: www.summonersensemble.org/full-2025-sc...

This season, we welcome actor @vincegatton.bsky.social who is sharing performances with John Kevin Jones at alternating performances! Check our performance schedule here: www.summonersensemble.org/full-2025-sc...

By the end of August my Christmas scheduled was basically all booked. Looking forward to returning to the @summonersensemble.bsky.social's A Christmas Carol @ Merchant's House Museum, where I'll ring #handbells at pre-show receptions. www.summonersensemble.org/full-2025-sc... @joeystocks.bsky.social

Join me at the Deep Water Literary Fest, June 20-22, 2025 in Narrowsburg, NY. I'll be moderating a panel on adaptation featuring @lynnbrooklyn.bsky.social, Marlon James, and Lisa Kron! Get tickets here: deepwaterfestival.com

#1000wordsofsummer started a day late, but logged 1,200 today.

Join me at the Deep Water Literary Fest, June 20-22, 2025 in Narrowsburg, NY. I'll be moderating a panel on adaptation featuring @lynnbrooklyn.bsky.social, Marlon James, and Lisa Kron! Get tickets here: deepwaterfestival.com

I just voted to help @credomobile.bsky.social decide how to distribute its monthly funding to progressive nonprofits. You can vote, too! It's free and takes less than a minute. Vote here: bit.ly/3hA7arP

I just voted to help @credomobile.bsky.social decide how to distribute its monthly funding to progressive nonprofits. You can vote, too! It's free and takes less than a minute. Vote here: bit.ly/3hA7arP

"Woke just means you give a damn about other people." — Jane Fonda accepting the Life Achievement Award at the SAG Awards

If you're in #Arkansas, check out ‘Memories in Metal’, a silverpoint exhibition by artist (and former professor of mine) Marjorie Williams-Smith at Fort Smith Regional Art Museum now through April 27, 2025. #art #fineart #drawing #silverpoint #exhibition fsram.org/memories-in-...

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Love this exhibit of Bućan theatre posters at Poster House. And don't miss the Lester Beall exhibit downstairs. posterhouse.org/exhibition/f...

2025 Community Action Fund Grant Cycle is now Open, supporting Indigenous-led direct actions and organizing efforts that are often urgent and time sensitive. ndncollective.org/community-ac...

Welcoming @sawlady.bsky.social back to select pre-show receptions of our production of A Christmas Carol at the Merchant’s House! Come join us and party like the Dickens! #bellringer #bells #christmas #theatre #theater #NYC

And so my 5 show run at the beautiful Merchant's House Museum's 'Christmas Carol' by the @summonersensemble.bsky.social began. So very nice to see everybody again! #handbells

Aspiring theatre-makers: there's still time to apply to Columbia's Theatre MFA program - applications are due January 7, 2025, by 11:59 pm EST! Apply: arts.columbia.edu/apply #columbiauniversity #columbiaschoolofthearts #playwritingmfa #artsschool #lifeatcolumbia @columbiaschoolofthearts

“…this Christmas Carol will envelop you in ways you’ve never experienced before.” — Darryn King and Hayley Levitt, Broadway Buzz www.broadway.com/buzz/205001/...

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