Center REP’s A Christmas Carol

Lesher Center for the Arts 1601 Civic Drive, Walnut Creek, CA, United States

Brimming with music and dance, love and laughter, spectacular special effects and scary ghosts, it's no wonder the critics have called it ‘THE Christmas Carol to see in the Bay Area.’ Join the thousands who make this theatrical event a part of their annual holiday traditions.

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Cinderella

Buriel Clay Theatre, African-American Art and Culture Complex 762 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

This classic production of Cinderella is a timeless tale, brought to whimsical, magical life just in time for the holidays, is an uplifting re-telling of the classic fairytale, featuring all of the pageantry, hilarity, and charm of the original, but with a soulful twist.

It’s A Wonderful Life – a live radio play

Tides Theatre 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, United States

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

$35 – $50

Christmas Revels – A Theatrical Celebration of the Winter Solstice

Scottish Rite Center 1547 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA, United States

This year’s Revels opens in the 1930s, where our protagonist meets a mystery man who sends him on a journey east to Appalachia, south through the bayous of Louisiana, north to the mid-Atlantic states, and finally westward ho to California!

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The Dragon Play

Impact Theatre at La Val's Subterranean 1834 Euclid Avenue, Berkeley, CA, United States

Two achingly poignant stories alternate in a heart-rending dance of desire, longing, and commitment that spans time and geography.

Crumbs: a Cinderella Story

The Imaginists 461 Sebastopol Avenue, Santa Rosa, CA, United States

Timeless and timely, just in time for the darkness, the old stories and songs get to the roots. We invite you to be listeners and to dance at the Ball.

$15 – $20

It’s A Wonderful Life – a live radio play

Tides Theatre 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, United States

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

$35 – $50

It’s A Wonderful Life – a live radio play

Tides Theatre 533 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA, United States

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

$35 – $50

Home For All Of The Holidays

Brava Theater 2781 24th Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

The San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Company presents: Home For All Of The Holidays, a holiday revue about reunited friends who rejoice being brought back together after spending far too much time apart.

$29