A Christmas Carol 2021

Paul Morella (Adapter/Director/Performer) will be presenting A Christmas Carol for the 12th year at Olney Theatre Center, after having first workshopped the production at the Arts Barn Theatre in 2009. His regional appearances include leading roles with the Folger Theatre, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Ford’s Theatre, The Studio Theatre, Round House Theatre, Potomac Theatre Project, Theater J, Mosaic Theatre, Everyman Theatre, Rep Stage, The Delaware Theatre Company, Two River Theatre and The Kennedy Center. A multiple Helen Hayes Award nominee, Mr. Morella has previously appeared at Olney Theatre in Mary Stuart, The Crucible, The Diary of Anne Frank, Awake and Sing!, The Tempest, Rancho Mirage, Over the Tavern, Witness for the Prosecution, Opus, Dinner With Friends, A Passion For Justice, The Millionairess, Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn Boy, Sight Unseen, The Mousetrap, Private Lives, ‘Art’, Coffee with Richelieu, The Laramie Project, The Rivals, Becket, Broken Glass, M. Butterfly, Monster, Night Must Fall and The Time of Your Life. An M.F.A. (Acting) graduate of Catholic University, he has also starred opposite Julie Harris and James Farentino in All My Sons, and Marsha Mason and Fred Thompson in The Best Man, both for LA Theatre Works.

Sonya Dowhaluk (Lighting Designer) is honored to have been a part of this production for the past 12 years and has enjoyed experiencing its evolution. Olney Theatre: Comedy of Tenors, Dial M for Murder, Godspell, The Tempest, and National Players Tour 63. Television: Assistant Lighting Director at CNN. Education: BA, The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; MFA, The University of Maryland.

Patrick W. Lord (Projections Designer) NEW YORK: Where Words Once Were (Lincoln Center); The Tempest (R. Evolución Latina); The Bodyguard: The Musical (White Plains Performing Arts Center). DC: Earthrise, Voyagers, Digging Up Dessa, Where Words Once Were (The John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts); Hamlet, Twelfth Night (Shakespeare Theatre Company); Fame: The Musical (Gala Hispanic Theatre); Love and Information, Building the Wall, Blackberry Winter (Forum Theatre); Mnemonic (Theatre Alliance); Bridges of Madison County, Big Fish, Outside Mullingar, American Idiot, Picasso at the Lapin Agile (Keegan Theatre); Outside the Lines (Arts on the Horizon); Columbinus (1st Stage); A Human Being Died That Night (Mosaic Theatre Company of DC); Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Musical, Jumanji (Adventure Theatre), The Color Purple (Riverside Performing Arts Center); The Happiest Place on Earth, Redder Blood, Leto Legend (The Hub Theatre); Don Juan (Taffety Punk). REGIONAL: South Pacific (Flatrock Playhouse); Beauty and the Beast, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Croswell Opera House); Peace On Your Wings (Ohana Arts). MFA, The University of Texas at Austin. www.patrickwlord.com.

Tashiana Quiñones (Production Stage Manager) is a Stage Manager from Northern New Jersey who has studied with both Rutgers, Mason Gross School of The Arts Conservatory and The Olney Theatre Center Apprenticeship. Olney Theatre Center credits include: The Thanksgiving Play, The Royale, Singin’ In The Rain, Miss You Like Hell and The Humans (Virtual). Independent credits include: Orphans (directed by Nicholas Polonio), Frailty Thy Name (Nutshell Theatre Company), and the short film Where Do The Birds Go? (directed by Israel Orengo). Live Event credits include: Immersive Van Gogh Exhibit NYC.