A Christmas Carol December 12, 2009

Trinity Rep is celebrating its 33rd year of presenting Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' adapted by Adrian Hall and Richard Cumming. Heralded as "The crowning jewel of holiday theatre here in Rhode Island" by EDGE Providence, this annual New England holiday tradition will be reimagined for local audiences by director Birgitta Victorson. This year's production features only one adult cast led by Timothy Crowe in the role of Scrooge, who will be joined by an ensemble of many Trinity Rep acting company favorites. The 14 child actors will rotate. Ebenezer Scrooge is confronted on Christmas Eve by the eerie apparition of his deceased business partner, Jacob Marley. The ghost bears a stern warning that he has one last chance to mend the errors of his ways. Three spirits visit him that Christmas Eve -- the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Through their magical travels that night, Scrooge greets Christmas morning with newfound joy and seizes the chance to redeem his ways.