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Coyote's Christmas Carol
is a fun, hip adaptation of Charles Dickens'
A Christmas Carol written by Malcolm
MacDonald.
It is a lively play script, a folklore-infused celebration of Mexican and Native American culture in today's American Southwest that has been performed by community theaters, universities, and high
school drama programs throughout the world.
Otero Junior College - La Junta, CO -
2008
Scrooge is a wealthy landlord in
Santa Fe, New Mexico who has long since turned his back on his Mexican
roots. He is a bitter, miserly old man who has no intention of
honoring Christmas, until a heart attack lands him in the hospital.
There, he is visited by the great Native American animal spirit Coyote.
East Mountain Community Theatre - Sandia Park,
NM -
2008
Coyote is a humorous character celebrated
in hundreds of Native American stories and legends. He is not only a
great creator who placed the stars in the heavens, but he is also a
shape-shifter and a silly trickster intent on puncturing our puffed-up egos. Coyote introduces Scrooge to three other
spirits, Mariposa, Venado, and La Llorona who
journey with him to his Christmas Past in a village in Mexico, as well as
Christmas Present and Future in his adopted New Mexico.
Orville Wright Middle School - Los Angeles, CA - 2007
Coyote's Christmas Carol
is an award winning play script that celebrates the
cultures of our country's 50 million Mexican and Native Americans. It
is a success with community theaters, universities, and high schools throughout
the world, and is often used in English and drama classes. It could be performed by a cast
of twelve, or a cast fifty; with elaborate design elements, or minimal props. There are three wonderful
original songs
by Diego Flores.
Running time is about an hour and a half.
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Read the
play at
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