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"The Snow Queen," adapted by Rachel Teagle, at the Serenbe Playhouse in Palmetto, Ga. through Dec. 23. Pictured: Lauren Chamblin. (Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus)
Crowd pleasers rub shoulders with outright provocations this week, with a wide enough range of warm holiday programming, and stark counter-programming, to keep any theatregoer on their toes.
“Appalachian Christmas Homecoming” at Taproot Theatre in Seattle through Dec. 27. Pictured: Theresa Holmes, Melissa Maricich and Edd Key. (Photo by Erik Stuhaug)
“Arthur and the Tale of the Red Dragon” by Samantha Bellomo, Pete Pryor and Michael Ogborn, at People’s Light and Theatre in Malvern, Pa. through Jan. 11, 2015. Pictured: Christopher Patrick Mullen and Susan McKey. (Photo by Mark Garvin)
“Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” by Rajiv Joseph, at the Unicorn Theatre in Kansas City, Mo. through Dec. 28. Pictured: Damron Armstrong and Michael Thayer.
“Bill W. and Dr. Bob” by Samuel Shem, at the Open Stage of Harrisburg in Harrisburg, Pa. through Dec. 14. Pictured: Kevin Strawser.
“Blithe Spirit” by Noel Coward, at Artists Repertory Theatre in Portland, Ore. through Jan. 4, 2015. Pictured: Jill Van Velzer and Sara Hennessy. (Photo by Owen Carey)
“Buddy–The Buddy Holly Story” by Alan Janes, at the History Theatre in St. Paul, Minn. through Dec. 21. Pictured: Nicholas Freeman.
“Captain Boycott” by Bread and Puppet Theater, at Theatre for New City in New York City through Dec. 21. (Photo by Mark Dannenhauer)
“A Christmas Carol,” adapted by Michael Wilson, at Hartford Stage in Hartford, Ct. through. Dec. 28. (Photo by T. Charles Erickson)
“Every Christmas Story Ever Told (and Then Some!)” by Michael Carleton, James Fitzgerald and John K. Alvarez, at Commonweal Theatre Company in Lanesboro, Minn. through Dec. 21. Pictured: Diana Jurand, Hal Cropp and Mike Swan.
“The Great Society” by Robert Schenkkan, at Seattle Repertory Theatre through Jan. 4, 2015. Pictured: Jack Willis. (Photo by Jenny Graham)
“Harvey” by Mary Chase, running at Milwaukee Repertory Theater through Dec. 21. Pictured: Jonathan Gillard Daly. (Photo by Michael Brosilow)
“The Nutcracker” by Jake Minton, Phillip Klapperich and Kevin O’Donnell, at New Village Arts in Carlsbad, Calif. (Photo by Daren Scott)
“OPC” by Eve Ensler, at American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, Mass. through Jan. 4, 2015. Pictured: Liz Mikel, Olivia Thirlby and Nancy Linehan Charles. (Photo by Evgenia Eliseeva)
“Smart Blonde” by Willy Holtzman, at City Theatre in Pittsburgh through Dec. 21. Pictured: Adam Heller, Andréa Burns and Jonathan Brody. (Photo by Kristi Jan Hoover)
“The Snow Queen,” adapted by Rachel Teagle, at the Serenbe Playhouse in Palmetto, Ga. through Dec. 23. Pictured: Lauren Chamblin. (Photo by BreeAnne Clowdus)
“Sunset Baby” by Dominique Morisseau, at the Kitchen Theatre in Ithaca, N.Y. through Dec. 21. Pictured: Alexander Thomas and Gillian Glasco. (Photo by Dave Burbank)
“La Virgen del Tepeyac,” adapted by Luis Valdez, at El Teatro Campesino in San Juan Bautista, Ca. through Dec. 21. Pictured: Katrina Valdez.
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