The “live radio play” is now live.

Olympic Theatre Arts’ “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play” is playing now through Dec. 19, with performance times set for 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 10-11 and 17-18, and 2 p.m. on Sundays (Dec. 12 and 19). A pay-what-you-will show for any and all budgets is on tap for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 16.

Enjoy an in-person classic tale of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol” as adapted by Joe Landry, performed in a 1940s radio station — complete with live sound effects and applause sign.

Chosen for the supporters of OTA’s radio plays produced and published over the course of the pandemic, this play allows the performing arts center to finally invite everyone to return to live theatre on the Elaine & Robert Caldwell Main Stage.

“Everybody knows A Christmas Carol, almost by heart,” said director Merv Wingard, who also plays the role of Ebenezer Scrooge.

“And what would Christmas be without it? It is truly a literary masterpiece written for all time,” Wingard said.

Attendees need to show a photo ID as well as a proof of vaccination or a negative PCR lab test less than 72 hours old for admittance; face masks are mandatory.

Tickets to this Main Stage performance are $18 for the general public, $16 for OTA members, and $12 for students with school identification card, and are available at the theatre box office from 1-4 p.m., Tuesday-Friday, or online at OlympicTheatreArts.org.

For more information, call the theatre at 360-683-7326.

From left, Lynne Murphy, Tara Dupont, Taylor Dowley and Cheryl Di Pietro both act and sing in the on-stage chorus of Olympic Theatre Arts’ “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play.” Photo courtesy of Olympic Theatre Arts

Photos courtesy of Olympic Theatre Arts Jim Bradrick and Cheryl Di Pietro have fun with an old-time radio-style commercial during a performance “A Christmas Carol: A Live Radio Play.”