This "capacious, ever-growing tradition" (San Francisco Chronicle) returns to spread holiday magic throughout the Bay Area.
This "capacious, ever-growing tradition" (San Francisco Chronicle) returns to spread holiday magic throughout the Bay Area.
Heartwarming annual holiday ballet.
Alice in Wonderland returns this 2026 holiday season! Awaken your childlike wonder this holiday season with a wildly fun take on the family classic.
A high-energy visual spectacle for the whole family!
Based on the beloved classic children’s book by Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit brims with wit, festive costumes, madcap characters, and the perfect amount of holiday cheer!
This "capacious, ever-growing tradition" (San Francisco Chronicle) returns to spread holiday magic throughout the Bay Area.
PAAM’s original production will put you in the spirit of the season with classic melodies, dynamic choreography, and a heartwarming story. Featuring performers ages 3 through High School.
Join us December 18–20 at A.C.T.’s Strand Theater for a special family-friendly holiday show presented by the Young Conservatory!
Ring in the holidays with Bay Phil’s most joyful, spectacular celebration of the year!
You and your family are invited to celebrate the holiday season with Center REP’s acclaimed production of the treasured classic, A Christmas Carol.
Center REP has assembled an award-winning team of artists for this all-new production of the treasured holiday classic. In this heartfelt and exceedingly lively new adaptation, a young Tim Cratchit makes a wish on a candle, invoking a series of ghostly visitors to the bedside of miserly Ebenezer Scrooge.
This "capacious, ever-growing tradition" (San Francisco Chronicle) returns to spread holiday magic throughout the Bay Area.
Fast, furious, and slightly irreverent Every Christmas Story Ever Told is look at holiday classics and traditions.
From the moment you arrive, let us transport you to a delightful world of magic and splendor…
Our beloved holiday tradition is back — with performances at Jackson Theater in Santa Rosa (Dec 12-13) and a highly anticipated return to the Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma (Dec 16-20), where last year’s run sold out!
Back for its third year in a row, Reindeer Games is Bay Area’s favorite holiday tradition. Combining interactive games, jaw-dropping circus, and a heart-warming story, Reindeer Games is a must-see show for the whole family!
Elf the Musical tells the hilarious, heartwarming story of Buddy, a human raised as an elf who travels to New York City to find his father and reignite the city's Christmas spirit, inspired by the beloved film and the acclaimed Broadway production.
Our beloved holiday tradition is back — with performances at Jackson Theater in Santa Rosa (Dec 12-13) and a highly anticipated return to the Sebastiani Theatre in Sonoma (Dec 16-20), where last year’s run sold out!
This holiday season, Marin Theatre is thrilled to announce something new - our first-ever family holiday musical!
At a time when tradition matters, The Biggest Gift is THE family event of the season! Christmas is in trouble someone has stolen Santa's letters, and without them, Christmas cannot continue!
Did you send your letter to Santa?
African-American Shakespeare Company’s enchanted spin on the classic Cinderella fairytale.
Inspired by one of Hans Christian Andersen’s most beloved fairytales, Bayer Ballet is proud to present another production of The Snow Queen that will warm your hearts and add magic to this holiday season!
Join Roustabout’s Apprentice Program for everyone’s favorite holiday musical onstage – Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”.
The Marsh Berkeley will present a holiday treat of Unique Derique’s family-friendly "Fool La La Holiday Gift" December 27-30, 2023. After each show is a free hambone and juggling workshop for the whole family.
Berkeley Rep will present a limited engagement of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story by Jefferson Mays, Susan Lyons, and Michael Arden, directed by Barry Edelstein.
Join the Grand Kyiv Ballet for the WORLD Premiere of the new Ballet, The Snow Queen. The Snow Queen is a powerful and cold-hearted ruler who travels the world with the snow, bringing winter wherever she goes.
Discover how a encounter with Tolkien forever changed C.S. Lewis’ Christmas celebrations.
Celebrate another holiday season with TheatreWorks, with another play in the “Christmas at Pemberley” series from Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon!
Once Upon A Christmas is The Ballet School Performing Arts' annual holiday ballet, featuring the talented dancers of the Ballet Joyeux.
Cirque de Bohème was reimagined in 2008 by French-born artist Michel Michelis, following the success of his collaboration with the Red Moon Cabaret company in San Francisco. Around the same time, Pixar Studios and John Lasseter invited Michel to lend his voice to a new character in Cars 2 a French car, naturally.
A Broadway-style ballet experience from World Ballet Company, based on one of the world’s most beloved fairy tales. Catch the show in San Francisco, CA at Orpheum Theatre!
Travel back to sumptuous Victorian England as Christmas ghosts convince Ebenezer Scrooge to change his misanthropic mutterings into a musical Merry Christmas.
Four female friends at the annual Harper's Hardware Holiday Party gather to celebrate the season. When Santa turns up missing, the girls use their creative ingenuity to save the day!
An immersive, live theatre experience with holiday magic.
Cirque Dreams Holidaze dazzles with a brilliant and whimsical family holiday spectacular.
This holiday season, we invite you to join us for a special run of Transcendence Theatre Company’s sensational Broadway Holiday, presented by Marin Theatre and Vickie Soulier.
Theatre of Yugen's signature holiday production returns by popular demand!
This is a family-friendly new adaptation of Dickens's classic tale.
Experience a traditional British “Panto” holiday show in all its outrageous glory! Boo, hiss, and cheer at this uproarious family friendly fairy tale with a taste of vaudeville, music, dance, comedy, cross dressing, over-the-top costumes, audience interaction, and irreverent humor throughout!
Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others.
British comedy actors Daniel Clarkson and Jefferson Turner have distilled all 4,200 pages of J. K. Rowling's seven Harry Potter novels into one brilliantly hilarious 70-minute show.
Join us in the beautiful courtyard at the famous Snoopy's Home Ice rink for a spectacular Holiday variety show featuring professional figure skaters, dancers and a special guest appearance from the world's most famous Beagle, Snoopy.
Featuring a lively cast of dozens, delightful music, gorgeous costumes, and those deliciously spooky ghosts, the Bay Area's favorite holiday tradition returns home.
Silicon Valley Shakespeare’s annual performance of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, adapted by the late Richard Orlando (Northside Theatre Company founder and Artistic Director), takes audiences back in time with Ebenezer Scrooge as he literally walks down memory lane.
Dr. Seuss’ How The Grinch Stole Christmas! The Musical broke box office records for two consecutive years on Broadway during its holiday engagements at the St. James and Hilton theaters in New York.
A wildly funny musical mashup of true love, talking dogs, singing chickens, dancing ghosts, and enough fairy magic for the entire family.
Giraffes strut. Birds swoop. Gazelles leap. The entire Serengeti comes to life as never before. And as the music soars, Pride Rock slowly emerges from the mist. This is Disney’s THE LION KING, making its triumphant return to the Orpheum Theatre!
Join the Just Dance Academy for their annual winter performance! Opening the performance is JDA’s magical rendition of the classic ballet The Nutcracker complete with favorite characters such as the Sugar Plum Fairy, Snow Queen, Rose Queen, and more.
Smuin’s annual holiday extravaganza is back!
Buddy was accidentally transported to the North Pole as a toddler and raised to adulthood among Santa’s elves. Unable to shake the feeling that he doesn’t fit in, the adult Buddy travels to New York, in full elf uniform, in search of his real father.
A new favorite holiday tradition!
Marin Dance Theatre, an internationally recognized dance training center, located in San Rafael, presents this delightful full-length children’s ballet.
Buddy, a young orphan, mistakenly crawls into Santa’s bag of gifts and is transported to the North Pole. The would-be elf is raised, unaware that he is actually a human until his enormous size and poor toy-making abilities cause him to face the truth. With Santa’s permission, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his birth father and discover his true identity. Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy is determined to win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
Ross Valley Players presents a staged reading of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, adapted by Billie Cox and Steven Price, directed by Steven Price and featuring talented actors from throughout the Bay Area with props and costumes.
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