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Alongside Scrooge and the Cratchits you’ll find Crumpet, Ralphie and George Bailey, as well as some fun alternative-holiday offerings and some intriguing counter-programming.
“Big Red and the Boys,” a holiday concert presented by About Face Theatre at Theatre Wit in Chicago through Dec. 20. Pictured: Meghan “Big Red” Murphy. (Photo by Timmy Samuel)
“Black Nativity” by Langston Hughes, at the Penumbra Theatre in Minneapolis through Dec. 21. Pictured: Nicole Foster, Alanna Morris and Marciano Silva Dos Santos. (Photo by Ann Marsden)
“A Christmas Carol” at New American Shakespeare Tavern (Atlanta Shakespeare Co.) through Dec. 23. Pictured: Drew Reeves.
“A Christmas Carol,” adapted by Patrick Barlow, at Trustus Theatre in Columbia, S.C. through Dec. 20. Pictured: Stann Gywnn and Catherine Hunsinger.
“A Christmas Carol,” adapted by Geoff Elliot, at A Noise Within in Pasadena, Calif. through Dec. 23.
“Christmas City Follies” at Touchstone Theatre in Bethlehem, Pa. through Dec. 21.
“A Christmas Story,” adapted by Philip Grecian from the film, at the Nashville Repertory Theater. Pictured: Jamie Famer and Samuel Whited. (Photo by Britanie Knapp)
“Crumbs: a Cinderella Story” at the Imaginists in Santa Rosa, Calif. through Dec. 21.
“Great Expectations,” adapted by Hugh Leonard from the Dickens novel, at PICT Classic Theatre in Pittsburgh through Dec. 20. Pictured: Simon Colker, Mary Rawson and Charity Hipple. (Photo by Suellen Fitzsimmons)
“Handle With Care” by Jason Odell Williams, at Stageworks Theatre in Tampa, Fla. through Dec. 21. Pictured: Midge Mamatas and Georgina McKee.
“It’s a Wonderful Laugh” by Dad’s Garage Theatre Company, at the Alliance Theatre in Atlanta through Dec. 20. Pictured: Daniel Triandiflou and Perry Frost. (Photo by Greg Mooney)
“The Lying Kind” by Anthony Nielson, at THEATREWORKS in Colorado Springs, Colo. through Dec. 21. Pictured: Sammie Joe Kinnett and Steven Cole Hughes.
“The Santaland Diaries” by David Sedaris, a Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company production at the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in 2014. Pictured: Matt Zambrano.
“Second City’s Nut-Cracking Holiday Revue,” at La Jolla Playhouse through Dec. 21.
“The Velveteen Rabbit,” adapted by James Still from the story by Margery Williams, at Indiana Repertory Theatre in Indianapolis through Dec. 21. Pictured: Ethan H. Holder, Tyler Ostrander and Zoe Turner.
“Zoot Suit” by Luis Valdez, at Cara Mia Theatre Company in Dallas, Tex. through Dec. 20. Pictured: Rodney Garza.
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