Production 1

Ebenezer Scrooge (GQ) travels through the hip-hop ages—decade by decade from past to present to future—in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol in the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, now through December 31. Photo by Michael Brosilow.

Production 2

A Rastafarian Jacob Marley (JQ, center) and his crew of reggae spirits (left to right, Jackson Doran and Postell Pringle) haunt Scrooge in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol in the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, now through December 31. Photo by Michael Brosilow.

Production 3

Lil’ Tim (JQ, at center) hip hops along with his family, Mrs. Cratchit (Jackson Doran, left) and older sister Martha Cratchit (Postell Pringle, right) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol in the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, now through December 31. Photo by Michael Brosilow.

Production 4

 “There’s no time like the present” for the Ghost of Christmas Present (JQ, left of center) as he shows Ebenezer Scrooge (GQ, right of center) the errors of his ways, surrounded by dancers (far left and right: Jackson Doran and Postell Pringle) in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol in the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, now through December 31. Photo by Michael Brosilow.

Production 5

The old-school Ghost of Christmas Past (Postell Pringle) spins Scrooge back in time in Chicago Shakespeare Theater’s production of A Q Brothers’ Christmas Carol in the theater Upstairs at Chicago Shakespeare, now through December 31. Photo by Michael Brosilow.