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Charles Dickens'

A Christmas Carol

Adapted for radio from Charles Dickens’ novella by

ANTHONY E. PALERMO

Original musical score composed & arranged by

Anthony E. Palermo

ANTHONY E. PALERMO (PLAYWRIGHT) is a radio-dramatist, performer, and educator based in Los Angeles. He has done over 2500 shows--on NPR and Satellite Radio, as well as in audiobooks and on-stage with L.A. Theatre Works, California Artists Radio Theater, numerous theatre troupes, and on national tours. His holiday-themed plays, A Christmas Carol, It's A Wonderful Life!, Auntie Scrooge—a BACKWARDS Christmas Carol, and The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow have seen hundreds of productions around the world since 1996. His sound effects work on Yuri Rasovsky’s Sherlock Holmes Theatre contributed to its winning an Audie Award--the Oscar of audiobooks. He directed the 60th anniversary production of Norman Corwin’s On a Note of Triumph—for which he also re-created Bernard Herrmann’s orchestral score. He provided live sound effects for shows such as Eric Idle's What About Dick? [currently on Netflix as a radio-show-on-film], CART's Together Tonight, Good House for a Killing, LATW's Hamlet, A Doll House and Copenhagen, as well as performing 65 solo shows at the California State Fair. His Sonic Storytelling Studio at San Francisco's Exploratorium is a permanent exhibit that has seen thousands of visitors since 2006. His Sparx Sound Effects Extravaganza  assembly programs and workshops are popular with schools and colleges across California, the U.S. and the world. He also hosts the RuyaSonic radio-drama website, offering info on writing, directing, scoring, engineering, and sound effects.www.RuyaSonic.com

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