The Open Book Players will present “A Christmas Carol” and other holiday tales at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 1, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2, at Johnson Hall in Gardiner. Tickets are $7 for adults, $5 for students and seniors. Cast members include Kenyon Fraser, front, and, from left, Gwenyth Fraser, Elijah Washburn, Isaac Fair and Rebecca Soule. Also appearing in “The Elves and the Shoemaker” by the Brothers Grimm and “The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde are Cindy Turcotte, Andy Tolman, Kathleen Brainerd, Kristin and Nicholas Pooler, Christiana and Michaela Daigle, Kelcey Thornton and Maryjane Lane. The show is directed by Lucy Rioux, assisted by Cindy Turcotte. Technical crew members are Katie MacLagan and Heather White. For tickets or more information, call 582-5717, or log on to www.openbookplayers.org.