SeDoMoCha students create Center Theatre’s ‘A Christmas Carol’ artwork

DOVER-FOXCROFT — The Center Theatre is producing “A Christmas Carol” in December and reached out to the SeDoMoCha School art department to highlight the talents of the students.

 Photo courtesy of Center Theatre

CHRISTMAS CAROL ARTISTS — Pictured are the winners and honorable mention students from the Center Theatre’s “A Christmas Carol” Art Contest at the SeDoMoCha School. Pictured are front, from right, Jack Murray, Silas Topolski, Flynn Schriver, Ava Rayfield, Maranda Poulin, Elizabeth Richards, Olivia Johnson, Zeikal Eigenmann and Kristopher “Ryan” McLellan. Back, grade 4-8 art teacher Bobbi Tardif, Luke Stedman, Natalie Robinson, Mollie Brawn, Cheyanne Skomars, Taylor Hibbard, Mackenzie Pearl, K-3 art teacher Martha Ladd and Center Theatre Executive Director Patrick Myers. Not pictured, Annabelle Rhoda.

“We asked the students to create artwork that would go on our Christmas Carol posters and cast T-shirt,” said Patrick Myers, the Center Theatre’s executive director. “We were absolutely blown away by the great artwork the students created.”

Myers said four pieces were chosen to be on four different versions of the “A Christmas Carol” poster and one of those four winners was chosen to be on the cast T-shirt. The four winners of the contest were Elizabeth Richards from grade 3 and seventh-graders Ava Rayfield, Maranda Poulin and Annabelle Rhoda. Rhoda’s design was chosen for the cast T-shirt.

Myers said that choosing the winners was so difficult that they also selected 12 honorable mentions. The honorable mentions were third-graders Jack Murray, Flynn Schriver, Zeikal Eigenmann and Silas Topolski, second-grader Kristopher “Ryan” McLellan, seventh-grader Luke Stedman and eighth-graders Mollie Brawn, Taylor Hibbard, Olivia Johnson, Makenzie Pearl, Cheyanne Skomars and Natalie Robinson.

The posters will begin being seen around the community in the next weeks and the T-shirts will be ready within a couple weeks. Anyone wanting to see the four winning posters can go to www.centertheatre.org and click on the event listing for Christmas Carol.  The four winning entries as well as the honorable mentions will be on display in the Center Theatre lobby and at the Center Coffee House in December.

The Center Theatre’s production of “A Christmas Carol” is based on the classic Dickens’ story and was adapted for the Slightly Off-Center Players by Dani Maupin. Angela Bonacasa is directing the production which opens on Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.. Additional shows are on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m., Dec. 13 at 2 p.m., Dec. 18 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 19 at 2 and 7 p.m. Tickets are available at different rates for kids, seniors, members of the Center Theatre and those serving in the military as well as the general public in advance and also at the door. The Theatre is also offering a family pass for up to four family members to see the show.

Tickets are on sale at the Center Theatre and at www.CenterTheatre.org.