The two repertory Christmas shows continue at Fountain Hills Theater.

A Christmas Carol: The Musical, the popular musical adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ classic holiday tale is playing in repertory with the hilarious Inspecting Carol, appropriately about a small theater that mounts the Dickens classic year after year.

A Christmas Carol will play Dec. 14, 16, 22 and 24. Inspecting Carol’sdates are Dec. 115, 17, 21 and 23. Inspecting Carol will feature cast members of A Christmas Carol performing in repertory.

A Christmas Carol: The Musical is a Fountain Hills favorite. With a new musical adaptation by the theater’s Artistic Director Peter J. Hill, Scrooge’s story of redemption remains as powerful and uplifting as ever.

Inspecting Carol is described as A Christmas Carol meets The Government meets Noises Off. Threatened with lost government funding, a small theater mistakes a talentless actor for an informer for the National Endowment for the Arts. Everyone caters to the wannabe actor, and he is given a role in the annual production of A Christmas Carol. When the Dickens sickened actors try to make A Christmas Carol into a politically correct, socially conscious production, everything that can go wrong does go wrong.

Members of the cast of A Christmas Carol play the same or similar roles in Inspecting Carol. Many cast members have been a part of the annual Christmas Carol tradition for years.

Both productions are produced by Bob and Alisa Feugate Hill and Noel Irick direct. A Christmas Carol features musical direction by Jay Melberg and choreography by Noel Irick.

Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and at 2 p.m. Sundays.

Tickets for A Christmas Carol are $30 for adults and $23 for children 17 and younger. Inspecting Carol tickets are $25 for adults and $18 for children. Purchasing tickets for both shows is $45 for adults and $35 for youth.

All performances are at Fountain Hills Theater at 11445 N. Saguaro Blvd. Tickets are available through the Theater Box Office at 480-837-9661, x3 and online at fhtaz.org. Box Office hours are noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays.