Charles Dickens News

The 27th Annual Charles Dickens Festival in Port Jefferson NY is a must-see event! Experience a Dickensian world with street plays, music, Victorian crafts, Santa's Workshop, and more.

The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio (formerly CATCO) is presenting a one-person play based on Charles Dickens' timeless holiday story, A Christmas Carol. The play, adapted by Greg Oliver Bodine, is told through Dickens as he shares the classic tale of Scrooge, haunting spirits, and redemption.

An inventive, magic-filled original adaption of A Christmas Carol will take the West Theatre stage November 29 at TheatreSquared (477 W. Spring St., Fayetteville) and will run through December 24.

Broadway Training Center of Westchester (BTC) has been spreading the love of the performing arts through high-quality theater education and stellar public performances for over three decades. Celebrating the Co-Artistic Direction of Jason Brantman and Fiona Santos for 20 years this season, the school is taking this moment to reflect on last year's production accomplishments in the rearview.  

The Kansas City holiday season officially begins on November 21st with the forty-second annual iteration of the Kansas City Repertory Theatre Production of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella “A Christmas Carol.  Director Jason Chanos is excited about this new mounting of the annual classic. Chanos is both the director of this production and the Associate Artistic Director of Kansas City Repertory Theatre.

Orange Theatre Company (OTC) is excited to return to the stage in Amsterdam, from November 24 till December 3, with an original adaptation of the most beloved Christmas story of all time: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens! OTC celebrates this Christmas Classic with an Orange twist and many Carols!

 Syracuse Stage, in association with the Syracuse University Department of Drama, continues Stage’s 50th Anniversary season – and the tradition of heart-warming, family-friendly holiday shows – with “A Christmas Carol,” the classic novel by Charles Dickens, here adapted by Richard Hellesen, with music by David de Berry, and orchestrations by Gregg Coffin.

After the turkey and stuffing are put away on Thanksgiving night, bring your family to downtown Clarksville and “Rediscover the Holidays” with a heartwarming tale perfect for all ages.  

New York City Children’s Theater presents My First Nutcracker, an interactive adaptation of the holiday classic. Join Clara-Marie on her brave and imaginative journey. Suitable for ages 3-8. Visit nycchildrenstheater.org for more info.

To celebrate their 51st holiday season in Barboursville, Four County Players will present A CHRISTMAS CAROL opening November 17 on the Mainstage. This classic holiday tale written by Charles Dickens is adapted and directed by John Holdren.

Theatre Arlington has announced the final performance of its 50th Anniversary Season - 'A Christmas Carol: The Radio Show,' featuring the remarkable talent of BJ Cleveland and directed by Theatre Arlington Executive Producer, Steven D. Morris. 

The Park Theatre in Jaffrey announced today their production of the first annual New England Dickens Fest. The festival honors the celebrated British author with five days of holiday concerts, stage plays, movies, contests, craft & food fair, and much more.

Legacy Theatre announces the full cast of 'A Christmas Carol' for their 2023 production, featuring James Andreassi as Ebenezer Scrooge. Keely Baisden and Chris Lemieux return as the Ghosts of Christmas Past and Present, with Melanie Martyn joining as the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

Open Stage will present a full lineup of holly jolly holiday performances, including 'Who's Holiday!' from Nov. 25 - Dec. 23, 'A Christmas Carol' from Dec. 2-23, and 'Paige Turner: SLAY RIDE!' on Dec. 9. Get ready for a season of laughter and holiday magic in downtown Harrisburg.

Charles Dickens' 'A CHRISTMAS CAROL, The Radio Play', adapted by Anthony E. Palermo, will be presented by Avalon Productions this December.

Nutley Little Theatre presents A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Michael Paller and directed by Rachel Rubin Ladutke.

THE PIN-UP GIRLS: A MUSICAL LOVE LETTER by James Hindman and Jeffrey Lodin will run at Playhouse on Park November 29 - December 23, 2023. This production will be directed and choreographed by Darlene Zoller, with music direction by Kevin Barlowski. Check out the cast here!

A Christmas Carol will be back on stage, December 1 - 23, 2023, in the Lohrey Theatre at Theatre Memphis for its 46th consecutive production of the holiday classic.

Bergen County Players will ring in the holiday season with Broadway heavy-hitters Alan Menken and Lynn Ahrens's musical adaptation of the timeless Charles Dickens tale 'A Christmas Carol.'

Based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale – a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company – presents Dickens’ brooding mystery. Performances run Nov. 10, 11, 17, 18, @ 7:30pm and Nov. 12, 19, @ 2pm at Columbus Performing Arts Center, Van Fleet Theatre, 549 Franklin Ave, Columbus, Ohio 43125. For tickets or more information, visit: https://www.imaginecolumbus.org/