The Civic is staging two shows with different takes on Christmas — one a seasonal staple, the other poking fun at it

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Sam Shick in the iconic role of Ebenezer Scrooge.

This weekend, as in many years past, A Christmas Carol opens on the main stage of the Spokane Civic Theatre. This production makes use of the popular adaptation by Barbara Field, which has been the theater’s preferred version of Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale for more than 40 years.

“Civic has done all the musical versions, the play, everything, but the Barbara Field is what we keep coming back to,” says the theater’s executive director, Jake Schaefer.

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