Rider Stanton, McKenna Powell and Eric Hill in Berkshire Theatre Festival’s 2009 Unicorn production of ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens. (photo Jaime Davidson)

(PITTSFIELD, Mass.) – Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol gets its eighth annual staging by Berkshire Theatre Group, presented for the third time at the Colonial Theatre, in a run from Saturday, December 14 through Sunday, December 29, 2013. The timeless tale of Ebenezer Scrooge, the infamous miser who is reformed and shown the error of his ways by four spirits, has fast become a Berkshire holiday tradition, mixing theater professionals with community members, including 28 Berkshire County children.

Tickets can be purchased from the Colonial Ticket Office at 111 South Street, Pittsfield, by calling 413-997-4444, or online at the Colonial Theatre. The Ticket Office is open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, Saturdays 10am-2pm or on any performance day from 10am until curtain.