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December 10 – 21, 2025
WEST COAST PREMIERE!
A Christmas Carol
Written by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Harrison David Rivers
In collaboration with Sally Lobel
Directed by Jared Mezzocchi
December 10 – 21, 2025
Produced in association with AXIS Dance Company
“Surprising and delightful… a fresh and innovative take on the classic tale!"
BroadwayWorld
“With its loyalty to Dickens’ plot, this adaptation of A Christmas Carol takes the words of Tim Cratchit — ‘God bless us, everyone’ — seriously.”
CITY Magazine, Rochester, NY
“Harrison David Rivers has breathed new life into Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, presenting a refreshed adaptation that combines humor, heart and a touch of horror.”
Spectrum News 1
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. With a “humbug!” on his breath, the curmudgeon is whisked away on a journey of awakening. Celebrated playwright Harrison David Rivers’ tender retelling highlights the necessity of caring for the most vulnerable among us while delivering a profound love letter to Dickens’ beloved story. Immersing the audience in a dazzling digital design, nationally acclaimed director Jared Mezzocchi (Center REP’s FROGGY) brings Victorian London and its netherworld to vivid life in this time-honored tale that asks us to contemplate the value of empathy over financial profits. Don’t miss the Bay Area’s grandest telling of Dickens’ classic in this not-to-be-missed premiere production.
approx. 2 hours, including one 15 minute intermission
Content Advisory
This production includes scenes involving ghosts and spirits that use loud sounds, fog, and strobe effects, as well as scenes bursting with festive holiday cheer and sudden moments of song, dance, and merriment! Recommended for ages 6 and up.