THEATER
Snohomish County
“The Wizard of Oz”: The Edmonds Driftwood Players present the classic play based on the MGM movie and book L. Frank Baum through Dec. 15. Performances are at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays at the Wade James Theatre, 950 Main St. Edmonds. Tickets are $22 to $25 for festival seating, and available online at www.driftwoodplayers.com or call 425-774-9600. Sign language interpreted performance Nov. 30.
“The Seagull”: Everett Community College students present a postmodern version of the Russian classic at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 to 7. The Chekhov drama, set in a lakeside estate in the Russian country, is a tale of unrequited love. Admission is by donation. The play will be in Baker Hall, room 120, at the college. For more information call 425-388-9525.
“Christmas Eve With April, May &June” and “A Collie for Christmas”: The Edmonds Senior Center presents two short plays at 1 p.m. Dec. 3 at the center performance space, 220 Railroad Ave., Edmonds. The plays are free and open to the public. Email stefanipriest@frontier.com for more information.
Seattle
“The Hound of the Baskervilles”: The Seattle Rep brings the Sherlock Holmes tale to the stage through Dec. 15 at the Bagley Wright Theatre. The Arthur Conan Doyle story has Holmes and Watson solving a murder mystery at an old English estate involving the legendary devil dog. Tickets are $15 to $80 and available at the Seattle Rep box office, 206-443-2222, and online at www.seattlerep.org. Seattle Rep has a special performance, Dog’s Night Out, a canine-friendly evening at 7:30 Dec. 15. Tickets are $25 per dog and $50 per human and may be purchased by calling the box office at 206-443-2222. Seating is limited. More information is available at www.seattlerep.org/dno.
“Le Club Noel”: Taproot Theatre presents an original Christmas play Nov. 29 through Dec. 28. “Le Club Noel” is set in a Parisian cabaret in the 1930s as musicians, a singer and customers band together in the dark days before World War II. 204 N. 85th St., Seattle. Performances are Wednesdays through Saturdays. Tickets range from $15 to $40 and are available at 206-781-9707; www.taproottheatre.org.
“A Christmas Carol”: ACT theater presents its 38th annual production of the Charles Dickens’ classic story Nov. 29 to Dec. 29. Follow along with Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghosts of Christmases Past, Present and Future. Tickets are $27 and up, depending on performance and seating. Performances are Tuesdays through Sundays. Purchase tickets at the website, www.acttheatre.org or call 206-292-7676. ACT theater is at the Allen Arena, 700 Union St., Seattle.
“A(n Improvised) Christmas Carol”: Unexpected Productions presents this comic holiday tradition with audience participation at 1428 Post Alley (at the Gum Wall) in Seattle Nov. 29 to Dec. 28 Tickets are $12 to $15 at www.brownpapertickets.com/ or call 206-587-2414. see www.unexpectedproductions.org/.
“Ham for the Holidays: Close Encounter of the Pork Rind”: Tongueinchic Productions presents ribald comedians Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt poking fun at holiday traditions from Dec. 4 through 22 at ACT Falls Theater, 700 Union St., Seattle. Tickets are $15 to $33 by calling 206-292-7676 or at www.acttheatre.org. The sketches are adult themed.
“A Holiday of Errors”: The Seattle Center House Theater is the scene of comedy combo, William Shakespeare meets Charles Dickens, which is subtitled “Much Ado About Stockings” Dec. 5 through 21. Tickets range from $5 (pay what you can) to $25 and available through brownpapertickets.com. The Center House Theatre is at 305 Harrison St., Seattle.
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