Arts Center Theater proudly announces its Christmas production of "Scrooge - the Musical" - a light-hearted look at one of Charles Dickens' perennial masterpieces - "A Christmas Carol."

This festive event is full of magic and music written by Leslie Bricusse and performed by a cast of talented locals. The show is a musical re-telling of the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge, who is forced to face his unpleasant past, present, and future via three ghosts. As a result he undergoes a major transformation and his Christmas spirit is restored. This musical show is unpretentiously joyous in its message and irresistibly generous in it outpouring of memorable tunes!

Tickets for the December 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19, performances are now available. On Friday and Saturday the curtain rises at 7 p.m. Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $9 for children under 12 and are available at the Gualala Arts Center office, by phone at 884-1138, and the Dolphin Gallery.

Let the Ghost of Christmas Past make you sad, the Ghost of Christmas Present make you laugh, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet-To-Come make you scared!