The connection between Star Trek and Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" continues to grow. Along with the acclaimed one-man version done by Star Trek: The Next Generation's Patrick Stewart ("Jean-Luc Picard," see related story here), several other productions of the holiday classic in Southern California this season feature Star Trek alums.

Reprising the role of Scrooge for a third consecutive year at the Santa Susanna Repertory Company is Original Series veteran Walter Koenig ("Pavel Chekov"). Playing at the Scherr Forum Theatre in the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza in Thousand Oaks, California, the Koenig-starring version of "A Christmas Carol" runs through December 22.

Moving on down the coast, several other Star Trek alums appear in the South Coast Repertory version of "A Christmas Carol." Playing Scrooge at the South Coast Rep is Hal Landon Jr., who appeared as Neral in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Inter Arma Enim Silent Leges."

Playing the Young Scrooge in the same production is TNG and Star Trek: Voyager alum Jonathan Del Arco (Hugh in the TNG episodes "I, Borg" and "Descent, Part II," as well as Fantome in the Voyager episode "The Void") and playing Scrooge's nephew Fred is Howard Shangraw, who played Tolar in the DS9 episode "In the Pale Moonlight."