"A Christmas Carol" by the Numbers

Our annual holiday favorite has racked up some impressive numbers, which we think you may find interesting:

• 625,000 total audience members over 45 years
• 6,075 hours of rehearsal
• 1,568 total performances
• 720 children’s roles, which have been played by…
• 574 young actors from SCR’s Theatre Conservatory
• 300 labels required to mark all the child actors’ costume pieces each year
• 290 adult costume pieces
• 234 professional actors, many returning year after year
• 33 years that Hisa Takakuwa has been involved as either an actor, assistant director or director
• 3 original costumes from 1980 still appear in the show.

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