For the 44th year, the Spring Lake Community House and Theatre is staging Scrooge, its musical version of the Dickens story, and the run opens Thursday, December 3. Performances continue on three weekends through Sunday, December 20, in the theater on Madison Avenue.

The show

Scrooge follows Ebenezer Scrooge through a single Christmas Eve, when three spirits walk him through his past, his present and the future waiting for him, and give him a chance to change course. The theater's version is a musical, and its score includes the song Thank You Very Much. The company lists it as suitable for all ages.

Dates and times

Performance dates are December 3, 4, 5, 6, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19 and 20, with 14 performances in all. Evening curtains are at 7:30 p.m., and the theater has scheduled matinees on several of the weekend dates, including 2 p.m. on Saturday, December 5. The full list of times and seats is on the theater's ticketing page.

The building

The theater is part of the Spring Lake Community House at 300 Madison Avenue, a few blocks from the lake the borough is named for and from the shops on Third Avenue. Besides its main stage season, the Community House runs dance and theater workshops. After Scrooge, the season continues with Mean Girls in February and Les Misérables in April 2027.

Make an evening of it

The Greater Spring Lake Chamber of Commerce, which represents Spring Lake, Spring Lake Heights, Sea Girt and Lake Como, has two holiday events on the same weeks:

  • Holiday Shopping Soiree, Thursday, December 3, 5 to 8 p.m. An evening of shopping in downtown Spring Lake on the same night Scrooge opens.
  • Savor the Shore Holiday Tour, Sunday, December 13, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The chamber's ticketed trolley tour, with tickets sold through the chamber's website.

How to go

Spring Lake Theatre is at 300 Madison Avenue, Spring Lake. The Spring Lake station on NJ Transit's North Jersey Coast Line is within walking distance, and by car the theater is about ten minutes east of Parkway exit 98. Tickets are sold on the theater's website, and the box office can be reached at 732-449-4530 or info@springlaketheatre.com.

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