by Scott Burkell
directed by Philip Lehl

December 3 - 23, 2015

Ho Ho Humbug 2.0

Ho Ho Humbug 2.0is a semi-autobiographical story of a disillusioned and acerbic middle-aged New Yorker who unexpectedly finds himself dressed in a red velvet costume (with beard!) and awash in a sea of candy canes, artificial snow, and crying babies.

Is this sardonic Santa capable of suppressing his contempt for the season long enough to collect a paycheck? Or will Macy’s Santaland actually make a believer out of its resident cynic?

  • Scott Burkell as Guy

    Kristin Warren as Woman 1 (Joy and others)

    Susan Draper as Woman 2 (Sparkle and others)

    Philip Lehl as Man 1 (Doofus and others)

    Jesse Merrill as Man 2 (Bobby and others)

  • Stage Manager | Rebecca Skupin

    Set Design | Ryan McGettigan

    Lighting Design | Kevin Holden

    Costume Design | L.A. Clevenson

    Sound Design | Santry Rush

    Properties Design | Tina Montgomery

    Asst. Director | Robert Leslie Meek

    Carpenter | Drew Hoovler

  • Scott Burkell is an award-winning lyricist and librettist, often co-writing with his longtime creative partner, Paul Loesel. Scott and Paul’s songs have been performed in such venues as Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, Lincoln Center, Birdland, Symphony Space and Joe’s Pub. Their songs have been premiered by Kristin Chenoweth, Rebecca Luker, Marin Mazzie, Jason Danieley, Stephanie J. Block and Liz Callaway. Recordings of their songs appear on Marin Mazzie and Jason Danieley’s album Opposite You, Stephanie J. Block’s This Place I Know, Rebecca Luker’s Greenwich Time, and on their own album Sorta Love Songs (Sh-K-Boom/Ghostlight Records).

    Their musical The Extraordinary Ordinary (Jonathan Larson Foundation Grant, ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, CAP21 workshop, Philly Fringe Festival) played the Clurman Theatre/Theatre Row in NYC. Musical revues include Love Songs and Other Crap (MAC Award nomination) and Sorta Love Songs (Birdland). Their musical LMNOP, based on the popular novel by Mark Dunn, received productions at Goodspeed Musicals (CT), Theatre Under the Stars (TX), the University of Michigan and Louisiana State University.

    (Biography from Concord Theatricals)