A CHRISTMAS CAROL and YESTERDAY AND TODAY to Bring the Holidays to Omaha Playhouse

The holiday classic A Christmas Carol and Yesterday and Today, the interactive Beatles show featuring Billy McGuigan and his brothers, return to the Omaha Community Playhouse this holiday season. Tickets for Yesterday and Today are available now and tickets for A Christmas Carol go on sale Saturday, October 1 at 10:00 a.m.

A Christmas Carol will run at the Omaha Community Playhouse in the Howard and Rhonda Hawks Mainstage Theatre Nov. 18-Dec. 23, 2016. This will be the 41st year for this holiday production at OCP.

It just isn't Christmas without A Christmas Carol. Experience Omaha's favorite holiday tradition as Ebenezer Scrooge takes us on a life-changing journey filled with beautiful costumes, exquisite music, perfectly crafted sets and special effects second to none. Perfect for the whole family!

This year, the production will be led by a team of directors: OCP's former longtime artistic director Carl Beck, OCP's former longtime associate artistic director and former interim artistic director Susan Baer Collins, OCP's artistic director Kimberly Faith Hickman, OCP's associate artistic director Jeff Horger and guest director Ablan Roblin. Beck and Collins directed A Christmas Carol on the mainstage for many years and will "pass the baton" to Hickman and Horger as they establish themselves at the artistic helm of OCP.

A Christmas Carol - Show dates: Nov. 18-Dec. 23, 2016; Wednesday, 7:00 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, 2:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m. (No performances on Weds., Nov. 23 and Thurs., Nov. 24.)

Tickets: Available starting Saturday, October 1 at the OCP Box Office, by calling (402) 553-0800 or online at www.OmahaPlayhouse.com or www.TicketOmaha.com. Before Dec. 15, tickets are $38 (adults) and $25 (students). Dec. 15-23, tickets are $42 (adults) and $29 (students). For groups of 12 or more, tickets are $32 (adults) and $18 (students) for all dates.

Sponsored by: First National Bank, KPMG (orchestra sponsor), JK Barker Foundation (cast dinner sponsor), Rotella's Bakery (bakery shoppe sponsor), SilverStone Group (counting house sponsor) and Cox (media sponsor).

Location: Omaha Community Playhouse, Howard and Rhonda Hawks MainStage Theatre, 6915 Cass Street | Omaha, NE 68132

Yesterday and Today will run at the Omaha Community Playhouse in the Howard Drew Theatre Nov. 25-Dec. 31, 2016. This will be the eighth year for this holiday production at OCP.

Billy McGuigan and his brothers are back! This all-request Beatles tribute show will have you dancing in the aisles and singing along to every song. Share your stories and relive your memories with your favorite Beatles songs. No two shows are the same and every show is a guaranteed exhilarating time!

Yesterday and Today - Show dates: Nov. 25-Dec. 31, 2016; Thursday-Saturday, 7:30 p.m., Sunday, 2:00 p.m. (Nov. 27 only) and 6:30 p.m. (No performances Dec. 1, Dec. 24 and Dec. 25) New Year's Eve performances: Two performances on Saturday, December 31

7 p.m. $50 per person
10 p.m. $75 per person (No group discounts on New Year's Eve)
Complimentary champagne punch and cake will be served prior to each performance with a champagne toast at midnight.

Tickets: Available now at the OCP Box Office, by calling (402) 553-0800 or online at www.OmahaPlayhouse.com or www.TicketOmaha.com. Single tickets are $40 for adults and students. Tickets for groups of 12 or more are $32.