A Christmas Carol - PCPA Theaterfest

will bring ruin and evil to the world. The Ghost has aged over his time with Scrooge and so must leave at the
stroke of twelve.
As he disappears, The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come enters during Yet to Come: Fourth Refrain. The Ghost
leads Scrooge through various conversations about an unknown man‘s death. Scrooge watches businessmen
discuss his riches and thieves divide the dead man‘s possessions. Finally, Scrooge is brought to the Cratchit
house, which is now replete with the gloom of Tiny Tim‘s death. Scrooge is unsettled, and begs to know who
the dead man is whose death caused so much joy to others. Ever silent, The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
shows Scrooge to a graveyard, where he reads his own named engraved on the tombstone. In desperation,
Scrooge begs to be spared of this future written on this tombstone, and vows to live the life of a changed man,
with love in his heart.
Suddenly Scrooge awakes in his own bed, hearing a Christmas song outside his door in Streetsinger: Fifth
Refrain. Scrooge is gleeful, and filled with relief since he discovers that not only is his future unwritten, but
today is in fact Christmas. He purchases a turkey for the Cratchit family, and upon encountering the very same
charity gentlemen from the first scene, he decides to donate a generous amount to their cause. Scrooge visits his
nephew Fred. He celebrates his new reformed life by becoming a better employer to Bob Cratchit and a second
father to Tiny Tim. Over the years, Scrooge lives with generosity and love for his fellow man, and the entire
cast sings Finale: Sixth Refrain.
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