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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Fifth Annual One-Minute Play Festival

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

The One-Minute Play Festival is a fast-paced evening of non-stop theater that will twist and turn your mind and heart - featuring brand new one-minute plays by 50+ of the Bay Area's growing talent pool of exceptional contemporary writers, including some of the most important artistic voices in the nation.

$18 – $25

Harry Shearer and Judith Owen Present: Christmas Without Tears

The Addition 1330 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

A holiday show in two acts. In a set of potent songs about love and loss, pain and joy, dreams and despair, the Judith Owen fearlessly explores the duality of the human condition. Join Harry Shearer for a rare personal appearance and interactive conversation

$30 – $40

Fifth Annual One-Minute Play Festival

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

The One-Minute Play Festival is a fast-paced evening of non-stop theater that will twist and turn your mind and heart - featuring brand new one-minute plays by 50+ of the Bay Area's growing talent pool of exceptional contemporary writers, including some of the most important artistic voices in the nation.

$18 – $25

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

Swirl on the Square 21 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA, United States

Celebrate the season with Shakespeare’s Associates artists as they present a staged reading of Truman Capote’s holiday classic, A Christmas Memory. Guests will enjoy delicious wine and tapas from Swirl on the Square as the artists perform.

$35

A Christmas Memory by Truman Capote

Swirl on the Square 21 S. Livermore Avenue, Livermore, CA, United States

Celebrate the season with Shakespeare’s Associates artists as they present a staged reading of Truman Capote’s holiday classic, A Christmas Memory. Guests will enjoy delicious wine and tapas from Swirl on the Square as the artists perform.

$35

Laughter And Liberation: Comedy for Palestine – with a Chanukah Twist!

Impact HUB Oakland 2323 Broadway, Oakland, CA, United States

This Chanukah, celebrate a real miracle: Palestinians and Jews, socialists and socialites, rabbis and atheists and even real-live actual Christians together in one room, doing the most subversive thing imaginable… laughing.

$25

The Biggest Gift

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

Did you send your letter to Santa? Then why has he not received it? No letters - No Christmas. Join the fun and laughter as Tucker the elf and the toys set out to save Christmas.

Merry Murder at the Tropicabana: Murder Mystery Dinner Theater

Zio Fraedo’s 611 Gregory Lane, Pleasant Hill, CA, United States

Get engulfed in the fun and adventure of Murder Mystery Dinner Theater. It’s up to the audience to answer the all-important questions of who did it and with what in between bites of savory Italian dishes.

$59

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