The director, Adam Bryan, told the Charleston Gazette.
"I wanted to stick to it being a Gothic tale as much as possible. It’s dark. We’ve got a lot of fog. We’ve got spooky lights."
With a large cast size, the play has required a lot of work on the part of the director, actors, and other volunteers. The Albans Art Center, which is producing the play, had to reach out to other area theaters to borrow costumes. The cast has been in rehearsals since the end of October.
Although the production does acknowledge the scary elements in the story, it also focuses on the human elements of Ebenezer Scrooge's story. The director describes it as “a big story, but also very personal”.
The production began at December 12 and 13 at 8:00 pm, then again on the 19 and 20 at 8:00 pm. The closing performance is December 21 at 2:00 pm. Tickets are $15 for adults. The theater can use printing services to produce the programs for the show and to market the play to those in the South Charleston area.