The Velveteen Rabbit

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 700 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Join us for this beloved Bay Area holiday tradition. ODC/Dance enlivens Margery Williams’ classic tale of a well-worn nursery rabbit that becomes real.

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Sharon and Winter Knight – Rabbit Warren House Concert

Rabbit Warren, a private home in Hayward address given upon RSVP, Hayward, CA, United States

Sharon and Winter offer their lush Neofolk Romantic style music in Hayward for the first time! Come kick of the Yule season with an evening of enchanting music!

$25

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

ACT’s A Christmas Carol

American Conservatory Theater 415 Geary Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

The Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns to A.C.T. with a sparkling, music-infused A Christmas Carol. Bring your family, bring your friends, and check your humbugs at the door!

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The MeshugaNutcracker

Marines’ Memorial Theater 609 Sutter Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Through the course of the two-act musical, eight chelmniks tell stories which celebrate and honor the triumphs of Chanukah heroes from the time of the Maccabees through modern day - all in their delightfully foolish Chelm style.

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The Latke Who Couldn’t Stop Screaming

SecondStage, Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts 500 Castro Street, Mountain View, CA, United States

In this clever spin on The Gingerbread Man, the minute the Latke hits the pan he starts screaming… and he can't stop! As he dashes through the forest he meets many creatures who don't understand - what is a Latke anyway? And why is he screaming?

$12

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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11th Annual Slavic Choral Christmas Concert

Church of The Nativity 240 Fell Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble presents the 11th annual Slavic Choral Christmas Concert, a rich tapestry of seasonal carols and winter songs of East-Central Europe and the Balkans, featuring traditionally costumed Community artists from the Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Jewish, Moldovan, Polish, and Ukrainian Bay Area populations.

$15 – $18

The Totalitarians

Z Below, downstairs at Z Space 450 Florida Street, San Francisco, CA, United States

Z Space is thrilled to present the first play commissioned for us by our in-house playwright, Peter Sinn Nachtrieb.

Swearing In English

Altarena Playhouse 1409 High Street, Alameda, CA, United States

Following sold-out performances at the Ashby Stage in Berkeley, acclaimed actor and author Johnny Mercer brings his memoir series, Swearing In English, to the Altarena Playhouse for two nights only.