Photo Flash: First Look at McCarter Theatre Center's A CHRISTMAS CAROL, Now Playing

McCarter Theatre Center''s production of Charles Dickens'' A Christmas Carol has become a much loved holiday treat for families across the region. This heartwarming and powerfully honest adaptation by David Thompson of Dickens'' classic novel is a wonderful way to honor tradition while experience the joy and warmth of a holiday favorite. Directed by Michael Unger, A Christmas Carol runs December 6 through December 29. (Press opening: Thursday, December 12). The Production Sponsor is Bank of America. The Opening Night Sponsor is McCarter & English. Check out a first look below!

Ebenezer Scrooge is not a fan of Christmas, not one bit. He relentlessly "Bah, Humbugs" every glimmer of holiday happiness. Cheer is costly and good-will is bad for business. This Christmas, however, things are going to be a little different. Ebenezer experiences a change of heart while traveling through his past, present and future on Christmas Eve. Scrooge''s miraculous transformation opens his eyes and his heart to the things that are truly important.

Ever since its publication in 1843, Charles Dickens'' A Christmas Carol has come to embody everything that is good and right about the human spirit not only during the holidays, but all throughout the year. Originally written in rebuttal of the squalid working conditions of child laborers in Industrial Age England, A Christmas Carol remains a timeless tale of redemption, hope, and love.

Performances of A Christmas Carol in McCarter''s Matthews Theatre are Thursdays and Fridays at 7:30 pm, Saturdays at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sundays at 1:00 pm and 5:30 pm. Additional performances are Monday, December 23 at 7:30 pm and Tuesday, December 24 at noon and 4:00 pm, with post holiday performances on Thursday, December 26 at 7:30 pm, Friday, December 27 at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm, Saturday at 2:00 pm and 7:30 pm, and Sunday December 29 at 1:00 p.m.

Tickets to A Christmas Carol start at $20, and may be purchased by calling the McCarter Theatre Ticket Office at (609) 258-2787 or online at www.mccarter.org or in person at the McCarter Ticket Office, located at 91 University Place in Princeton.

Photos by T. Charles Erickson