When a story like Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” has been told so many times, it is a challenge to keep the classic tale of redemption fresh.
However, Shannon Reilly, artistic director of Topeka Civic Theatre & Academy, believes the community theater will do it with its holiday production of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s adaptations of “A Christmas Carol,” which opens Friday and runs for 18 performances through Dec. 20 in Sheffel Theatre at TCT, 3028 S.W. 8th.