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Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story
12/7 - 12/21/2024


Experience the timeless magic of Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol: a ghost story" in a captivating holiday production! Journey alongside Ebenezer Scrooge, a miserly old ...

A Doublewide, Texas Christmas
A Doublewide, Texas Christmas
12/13 - 12/21/2024


In this outrageously funny comedy, it’s Christmas-time in the newest—and tiniest—town in Texas. And it’s beginning to look a lot like trouble in Doublewide. Not ...


Kris Kringle takes on the cynics among us in this musical adaptation of the popular holiday favorite. In his inimitable style, Meredith Willson, the author ...

Shadowlands
Shadowlands
12/12 - 12/22/2024


We follow the relationship of academic C. S. Lewis and Jewish American poet Joy Davidman, her death, and how this challenges his faith.

A Chocolate Covered Christmas Carol at A Chocolate Affair: A Night of Elegance and Community


About the Event Get ready for a night that’s equal parts elegance, fun, and unforgettable entertainment at “A Chocolate Affair: A Night of Elegance and ...

A Chocolate Covered Christmas Carol at A Chocolate Affair: A Night of Elegance and Community


About the Event Get ready for a night that’s equal parts elegance, fun, and unforgettable entertainment at “A Chocolate Affair: A Night of Elegance and ...

A Christmas Carol
12/1 - 12/31/2024


A Christmas Carol will take the stage at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival from December 1 to December 31, 2024. This beloved holiday classic brings to ...

Clue
Clue
1/3 - 1/5/2025


Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Was it Mrs. Peacock ...

Annie
Annie
1/15 - 1/19/2025


Holding onto hope when times are tough can take an awful lot of determination, and sometimes, an awful lot of determination comes in a surprisingly ...


The Watsons Go To Birmingham will be featured at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival from January 1 to January 31, 2025. The production explores a family's ...

Master Class
Master Class
2/5 - 2/9/2025


Opera diva Maria Callas serves up a one-of-a-kind masterclass at an elite opera training program.  Based on a series of real-life classes Callas delivered at ...

Master Class
2/5 - 2/9/2025


Theatre Tuscaloosa presents Master Class, a Tony-winning play by Terrence McNally, featuring Ava Buchanan as the legendary opera singer Maria Callas. Set in a prestigious ...

SIX (Boleyn Tour)
SIX (Boleyn Tour)
2/4 - 2/9/2025


Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, in SIX the wives of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their ...

SIX (Boleyn Tour)
SIX (Boleyn Tour)
2/11 - 2/16/2025


Divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived. From Tudor Queens to Pop Princesses, in SIX the wives of Henry VIII take the mic to reclaim their ...

God of Carnage
God of Carnage
2/14 - 2/22/2025


Content Advisory: Please be advised that God of Carnage, a modern day comedy of manners, contains adult content & explicit profanity. Some scenes involve intense ...


Sherwood: The Adventures of Robin Hood is set to run at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival from February 1 to February 28, 2025. This rendition reimagines ...

C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters


  A battle for your soul is being waged from an office in hell! Don’t miss The Screwtape Letters, the provocative, faithful and wickedly funny ...

The Farnsworth Invention
The Farnsworth Invention
2/20 - 3/2/2025


The creation of Television as only Aaron Sorkin could tell it.

You Can't Take It With You
You Can't Take It With You
2/21 - 3/2/2025


A girl from a family of freethinkers falls for the son of a conservative banker. The date for the families to meet is misunderstood and ...

Les Miserables
Les Miserables
3/25 - 3/30/2025


Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schonberg's Tony Award-winning musical phenomenon, Les Miserables, direct from an acclaimed two-and-a-half-year return to ...

Mamma Mia!
Mamma Mia!
3/28 - 3/30/2025


Set on a Greek island paradise where the sun always shines, a tale of love, friendship, and identity is beautifully told through the timeless hits ...

Hamlet
3/1 - 3/31/2025


Hamlet, a timeless tragedy by William Shakespeare, is set to run at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival from March 1 to March 31, 2025. This production ...

Crimes of the Heart
Crimes of the Heart
4/16 - 4/19/2025


In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, three sisters gather to await news of their grandfather’s impending death. Lenny, the eldest, is unmarried at thirty and facing diminishing marital ...


Old Globe Theatre: - book: Robert L. Freedman; lyrics: Robert L. Freedman, Steven Lutvak; music: Steven Lutvak; dir: Darko Tresnjak....

Crimes of the Heart
4/23 - 4/27/2025


Crimes of the Heart is a Southern gothic comedy set in Hazlehurst, Mississippi, focusing on three sisters facing personal crises as they await news of ...

Kudzu Calling
4/1 - 4/30/2025


Kudzu Calling is set to open at the Alabama Shakespeare Festival on April 1, 2025, and will run through April 30. Under the new artistic ...


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