A music stand, small table and pitcher of water are all the props veteran stage actor Byron Tidwell needs to bring Dickens' beloved holiday tale to blazing life in the one-man show A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story. Transforming into the character of Dickens himself, Tidwell's nuanced performance gives a fresh spin to the familiar tale of Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come by stripping it down to its purest narrative elements. Behold the transformative power of storytelling as this nuanced performance comes to Tacoma Armory courtesy of Tacoma Actors Repertory Theater.