The “Spike Tape Challenge” is what happens when rehearsals for A Christmas Carol move from the rehearsal room to the stage. Somebody has to pull up all the spike tape that the stage management staff spent so much time putting down, and the stage management staff is busy getting everything all set upstairs. So the Young Ensemble has a competition - boys versus girls - for which team can pull up the most spike tape from the rehearsal room floor. Read below for one Young Ensemble member’s impression of the event.

The following entry was written by a member of the Young Ensemble of A Christmas Carol, the team of 14 local actors between the ages of 6-13 who play all the childrens’ roles in McCarter’s annual production of A Christmas Carol:

I had no fun in the spike tape challenge. The girls beat the boys in what I thought was an unfair match! But today was our first tech rehearsal today, and even though we are working lots and lots of hours, we are having fun.

Posted by a member of the Young Ensemble of McCarter’s annual production of A Christmas Carol.

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