Amy Herzberg talks inspiration for "A Christmas Carol"

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“It has several themes that I’m really taken with,” Herzberg said when asked what makes this a particular story she can’t let go of. ”One is the idea of not ever giving up on someone, that everyone has good in them — you’ve just got to look for it, and you’ve got to give that a chance and a hope. I think that’s terrific. I think it’s all too easy to just write people off instead of looking for how we can support and uplift people rather than tear them down or give up on them — that seems really important to me.

“I guess the biggest thing is how much I love the idea of redemption. We want people to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps, but we have to be participants in it. That feels really big to me.”

Read the full interview with Amy Herzberg, co-adaptor of TheatreSquared’s production of “A Christmas Carol”, at the Fayetteville Flyer.