A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play

Long before we spent our free time staring slack-jawed at our TV sets, American families got their evening’s entertainment from the living room radio, held captive by the sounds of the week’s wildest adventures. Coeur d’Alene Summer Theater is harkening back to that tradition with a limited-run production this week, staging a live radio play of A Christmas Carol. You know the details: It’s Charles Dickens’ timeless tale of miser Ebenezer Scrooge and the three ghosts who visit him on Christmas Eve, forcing him to confront his own past, present and future and changing his holiday-hating ways. As it would have been done in the old days, it will feature just a few actors crowding around microphones and creating the illusion of a sprawling cast of characters. It’s a classic story, classically told.

Thu-Sat, Dec. 19-21 at 7:30 pm and Sun, Dec. 22 at 2 pm • $27 • The Innovation Den • 418 E. Lakeside Ave. • cdasummertheatre.com • 208-660-2958