Entertainment Description

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Poster Design: Matthew McDowell & Do Well Events
The premise of the parody is the question, "What if Dickens' Mrs. Cratchit wasn't so goody-goody, but instead was an angry, stressed-out modern-day American woman who wanted out of this harsh London 1840s life?" The main character in Binge is the hard-drinking, suicidal Gladys Cratchit, whose harshness to her family surpasses Mommie Dearest by a mile. The other two leads are The Ghost and Ebenezer Scrooge. The Ghost, whose character is written to be an African-American woman, plays the narrator role as she escorts Ebenezer Scrooge through the past, present and future of his life. But, as she says, everything keeps going "kaplooey" because she can't get her magic to work properly. In their first journey, the Ghost tries to take Scrooge to his past at the Fezziwig Christmas party, but they end up at the Cratchits' home in the present, where we meet Mrs. Cratchit and her eternally hungry yet eternally sunny children, all 21 of them. The majority of the 21 live in "a bunch in the root cellar."
Most of the characters retain their original Dickensian qualities. Ebenezer Scrooge is old and miserly. Bob Cratchit is the gentle family man who is the primary target of Scrooge's cheapness. Tiny Tim is crippled and heart-rending. Equally heart-rending is Little Nell from Dickens' The Old Curiosity Shop, who appears as one of the Cratchit children. In typical Durang style, these qualities are heightened and shaded dark (not to blackness this time, just to blueness) to give it his brand of comic tone.

Durang adds many classic allusions and pop-culture references to the story, including scenes where the Ghost accidentally takes Scrooge to the lives of Oliver Twist and Leona Helmsley. The play also makes stops in It's a Wonderful Life, the Enron scandal, The Gift of the Magi, and Touched by an Angel.

Show Dates & Times

Fri, Nov 29th, 7:30 pm  
​​Sat, Nov 30th,  7:30 pm
​Thu, Dec 5th, 7:30 pm
​Fri, Dec 6th,  7:30 pm
​Sat, Dec 7th, 7:30 pm
​Sun, Dec 8th,  2:00 pm
Thu, Dec 12th, 7:30 pm
Fri, Dec 13th, 7:30 pm
Sat, Dec 14th, 7:30 pm
Sun, Dec 15th, 2:00 pm
Wed, Dec 18th,  7:30 pm
Thu, Dec 19th,  7:30 pm
Fri, Dec 20th,  7:30 pm
Sat, Dec 21st,  7:30 pm
All live entertainment takes place at
124 West Taylor Street, Reno, NV 89509

Tickets are $18 in Advance / $20 at the door / $30 for VIP Champagne Seating 

​Tickets can be purchased at the door, starting 30 minutes before showtime. 

​Our shows may sell out.  You save money & secure your seat when you purchase on-line. ​