Scrooge is coming to downtown Arlington, and the whole cast is under 19.

The show: Arlington Community Theatre (ACT) is staging Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol this weekend, Friday, Nov. 13, through Sunday, Nov. 15, at The Crossing, 12118 Forrest St. in Arlington. The run opens Friday at 7 p.m. and wraps up Sunday afternoon, according to the theatre’s ticket page.

Who’s on stage: It’s a kids-only production. ACT held auditions on Sept. 19 at Arlington Church of Christ on Polk Street for performers ages 8 to 18, with cold readings and a few bars of everyone’s favorite carol. No experience was required. The theatre announced its cast in late September and has been rehearsing since.

What to expect: ACT says the show will have songs, dancing and refreshments. The theatre also plans to announce its 2027 lineup of shows during the run, so theatre fans will get a first look at what’s next.

Tickets: General admission is $15 on TicketLeap (fees may apply).

A little background: It’s the last of three shows on ACT’s 2026 season lineup. The group staged a 1970s-themed A Midsummer Night’s Dream in June and Thornton Wilder’s Our Town in September, both outdoors at Holy Innocents Cemetery. Rain forced a last-minute relocation for one Our Town performance about an hour before curtain. A Christmas Carol moves the troupe indoors to The Crossing.

The theatre’s roots in town go back to 1999, when a group of local artists formed Arlington for the Arts and performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream. That group later ran the East End Playhouse in Lakeland before dissolving in 2008. Arlington Community Theatre launched in 2017; during the pandemic it shifted to virtual shows and a talent showcase until dissolving in 2021. ACT was revived in 2024 when President Daniel Pound put out a call to bring theatre back to Arlington. Its focus is giving local children and teens a chance to act, direct, design and produce. Its motto: “Inform. Involve. Inspire.”

Want to go? Grab tickets at TicketLeap. Questions can go to the theatre at arlingtoncommunitytheatre@gmail.com.

Sources: Arlington Community Theatre, ACT’s A Christmas Carol ticket page on TicketLeap (both checked Nov. 11, 2026), and Arlington Community Theatre’s public Facebook posts.

Photo: Arlington Community Theatre (from a past ACT production)