'Fairy Tale Christmas Carol' in Ocean City on Saturday

The Greater Ocean City Theatre Company invites you to come celebrate the most wonderful time of the year as students in 3rd to 8th grades come together to perform a unique version of a classic story.

"A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol" will have two showings on Saturday, Dec. 21, at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Ocean City Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace and the Boardwalk.

All tickets are $10 and can be purchased in advance by calling 609-525-9300 or online at www.ocnj.us/boxoffice. Tickets are available at the door the day of the show but only cash or check will be accepted.

Everyone’s favorite classic holiday tale gets the fractured fairy-tale treatment.  All the famous fairy-tale characters take on all of the memorable roles of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.  You’ll never know who will show up next as the Big Bad Wolf (as Ebenezer Scrooge) meets his old business partner Jacob Midas (Marley), who could turn anything to gold.  Midas warns Big Bad that he’ll be visited by The Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future (respectively played by a Fairy Godmother, Old King Cole, and the Queen of Hearts).  The ghosts make Scrooge realize what a scoundrel he’s been to the Charming (or Crachit) family — including Prince Philip, Cinderella and their kids, Hansel, Gretel and Tabitha, their Little Match Girl — and help him to remember what the Christmas spirit is all about.  This fun-filled adaptation stays true to the warmth and heart of the classic.

'A Fairy Tale Christmas Carol' is under the direction of Donald and Lisa Toal. With over 20 kids from across Cape May and Atlantic Counties the Greater Ocean City Theatre Company is thrilled to create such a memorable arts opportunity during a very special time of the year.

Visit www.oceancitytheatrecompany.com for more information.

— News release from Ocean City Theatre Company