Middlebury Acting Company locks in a new yuletide tradition

In 1843, author Charles Dickens became so troubled by the plight of England’s poor that he considered publishing a pamphlet. A pamphlet!! What can save the world better than … a pamphlet? Lucky for us, Dickens suddenly got a better idea. He wrote his story “A Christmas Carol,” about a wealthy London miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, who has a startling spiritual awakening, and changes his mind and heart about Christmas and everything else. Scrooge’s overnight journey from “Bah, humbug!” to “God bless us, every one!” … (read more)

From the magical moment just before Christmas of 1843 when Charles Dickens released his novella “A Christmas Carol,” it was an instant bestseller.

‏The Middlebury Performing Arts Series will present this streaming-only event Dec. 9-11, with free streaming tickets available to all. Watch from home and create your own holiday memories.

Nine seasoned actors and five local children will take the stage at the Town Hall Theater in Middlebury to perform an imaginative and theatrical version of Charles Dickens’s classic “A Christmas Carol.”

I would like to report a midwinter night’s dream: Last night, in the middle of the night, I dreamed about Dickens’ “Christmas Carol.” I dreamed that Donald Trump desired to enter into the spirit of Christmas and became stuck in a White House chimney. He w … (read more)