From Tiny to the big time: four actors who graduated from Guthrie's 'Christmas Carol'

November 12, 2015 at 6:00PM
December 11, 1986 Vincent Kartheiser, a 7 1/2-year-old boy from Apple Valley, plays Tiny Tim in the Guthrie Theater production of "A Christmas Carol." The play will run through Jan. 4. Tom Sweeney, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Vincent Kartheiser as Tiny Tim in 1986. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

These four former child actors all played Tiny Tim at the Guthrie and went on to successful acting careers as adults.

Vincent Kartheiser went on to star as Pete Campbell on the hit TV series "Mad Men" and in indie movies.

T.R. Knight is now best known for playing Dr. George O'Malley on ABC's long-running medical drama "Grey's Anatomy."

James Sewell became a dancer in New York before founding the James Sewell Ballet company more than 20 years ago.

Maeve Moynihan, a current member of the University of Minnesota/Guthrie BFA program, has acted in many top local productions, including four Guthrie shows.


TR KNIGHT AS A BOY IN A PRODUCTION OF "A CHRISTMAS CAROL" AT THE GUTHRIE.
T.R. Knight played the role in 1979. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Kara Lindsay (Laura Ingalls), Steve Blanchard (Charles ìPaî Ingalls), Maeve Moynihan (Carrie Ingalls), Jenn Gambatese (Mary Ingalls) and Melissa Gilbert (Caroline ìMaî Ingalls) in the world premiere musical LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. Book by Rachel Sheinkin, music by Rachel Portman, lyrics by Donna di Novelli, based on the ìLittle Houseî books by Laura Ingalls Wilder, initiated for the stage by Adrianne Lobel and Francesca Zam
Maeve Moynihan also played Carrie Ingalls in “Little House on the Prairie” in 2008. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
James Sewell Ballet rehearsing, in costume, parts of a new work, "Awedville" by James Sewell that will be half of the troupe's 2-weekend show at O'Shaughnessy. James Sewell with wife Sally Rousse. // See article Friday April 23, 2004, Star Tribune, page E1, about Sewell, Rousse, and the James Sewell Ballet.
Sewell (The Minnesota Star Tribune)
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