Quick pics: A puppet Christmas Carol

Montana Actors' Theatre performers rehearse a scene from the troupe's bunraku puppet-style production of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol." The production opened Thursday in The Little Theatre in Montana State University-Northern's Cowan Hall and continues tonight and Saturday and Monday through Wednesday next week, with the doors opening at 7 p.m. each night, and with 2 p.m. matinées Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students, senior citizens and members of the military and $5 for children under 12.