Albert Lea Community Theatre will present a comedy centered around a holiday classic with “A Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts” Dec. 4 through 13 at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center, according to a press release.

The release states viewers should be prepared for the funniest “Christmas Carol” ever. When the Styckes-Upon-Thump Repertory Theatre Company’s diva feigns illness, certain the production will be canceled, this merry troupe of over-the-hill and upstart actors carry on without her. Roles are shuffled and the sweet understudy suddenly finds herself on stage knowing only one line of dialogue. She has written her part in and on almost everything, including the Christmas pudding! Midway through the doomed performance, the diva rushes in to reclaim her role. Total mayhem ensues as the company scrambles to keep the show going while everything is going hilariously wrong.

Written by Mark Landon Smith, “A Dickens’ Christmas Carol: A Traveling Travesty in Two Tumultuous Acts” is directed by Brian Mattson. Cast members are Jay Paul, Jason Howland, Kristan Dye, Stephanie Nelson, Scott Bryant, Kristi White and Cheyenne Severtson. The comedy will be performed at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center in downtown Albert Lea Dec. 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12 and 13. Shows start at 7:30 p.m. with the Dec. 7 matinee at 2 p.m.

This show is not part of ACT’s season ticket package. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students. Tickets may be purchased over the phone by calling the ACT Call Center at 1-877-730-3144, logging on to www.actonbroadway.com or at the box office, which opens Monday the week of the show’s opening and is also open every Thursday from 4 to 6 p.m. Tickets are also available at the Albert Lea Convention & Visitor’s Bureau.

Patrons can call the box office at 507-377-4371 or visit the box office at the Marion Ross Performing Arts Center to purchase tickets. Box office hours during show weeks are 3:30 to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6 to 7:30 p.m. on performance nights. On Saturday evenings the box office is open from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.