BWW Previews: THEATER EVENTS FOR DECEMBER 2018 at DELAWARE THEATERS

Whether you're looking for a holiday musical, a feel-good play or something completely different, live theater in Delaware is happening throughout Delaware this December. Here's a short list for your consideration:

BOOTLESS STAGEWORKS
STELLA - A Script Read with Conversation
Alone in a darkened room, a man waits for a knock on the door. As the minutes tick by he looks back across a life filled with laughter, heartbreak and rage-a life spent searching for the courage to truly be himself. Inspired by the true story of Mr. Ernest Boulton, a Victorian bank clerk who reinvented himself as a woman, STELLA is a deeply personal meditation revealing what it takes to keep your nerve as the lights go out. It is both a love letter to the past and an urgent inquiry into living in the present.
December 7 & 8 / Free Admission
http://www.bootless.org/script-reading-series/

CITY THEATER COMPANY
MAMMA MIA!
The ultimate feel-good show that has audiences coming back again and again to relive the thrill. Now it's your turn to have the time of your life at this smash-hit musical that combines ABBA's greatest hits, including "Dancing Queen," "S.O.S.," "Super Trouper," "Take A Chance on Me" and "The Winner Takes It All," with an enchanting tale of love, laughter and friendship.
December 6 through December 15
https://www.thegrandwilmington.org/productions/6027-mamma-mia!

CLEAR SPACE THEATRE COMPANY
A CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE MUSICAL
Broadway heavy hitters, Alan Menken (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Little Shop of Horrors) and Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Seussical), breathe new life into this classic tale. Ebenezer Scrooge is a prosperous curmudgeon who believes that personal wealth is far more valuable than the happiness and comfort of others, but he's forced to face his selfish ways when three ghosts on Christmas Eve lead him through his Past, Present and Future. Thanks to their guidance, Scrooge recognizes his faults and greets Christmas morning with a cheerful "Happy Christmas" before spending the day reconnecting and sharing love with those that mean the most to him.
November 23 through December 9
http://www.clearspacetheatre.org/upcoming-shows/item/a-christmas-carol.html

DELAWARE THEATER COMPANY
A SIGN OF THE TIMES
book by Bruce Vilanch / story created by Richard J. Robin
music supervision and orchestrations by Joseph Church
Regional Premiere! The year is 1965. In an era fueled by women's liberation, the civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War, one woman made her own personal march - from middle America to the bright lights of New York City.
November 28 through December 23
?https://tickets.delawaretheatre.org/TheatreManager/1/tmEvent/tmEvent923.html

MILTON THEATER
ASSISTED LIVING, THE MUSICAL - A HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS
From early retirement right up to the pulling of the plug, 21st Century seniors are partying like it's 1969. Imagine: no work, no pregnancy and a full array of Medicare-subsidized pharmaceuticals. They are partying at Pelican Roost, the full-service retirement community that is home to the 18 different characters played by the show's two actors. Assisted Living: The Musical® is for everyone who is aging, or hopes to do so someday. You'll see your parents, your friends and maybe some of yourself.
December 1
https://www.miltontheatre.com/event/1579477-assisted-living-musical-milton/

CHAPEL STREET PLAYERS
ONE DAME FROLICKING FIFTEENTH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
December 6, 7, 8 & 9
http://chapelstreetplayers.org/one-dame-frolicking-fifteenth-anniversary-special/

DELAWARE CHILDREN'S THEATER
SCROOGE - THE MUSICAL
The Christmas Carol story always delights and touches the heart as Scrooge and Tiny Tim bring us the best of the holiday season.
Saturday & Sundays / December 1 through December 9
https://tickets.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?e=a0a53b50c180f08f9eebe9820a5950b3&t=tix&vqitq=0c96bdad-3c91-454c-9f62-6dd6ce0f790c&vqitp=c639b209-9093-44c5-8971-aa91579080be&vqitts=1543501620&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=Safetynet&vqith=5cbc6a49acc1d0951b0f0a69cd8bf434

KENT COUNTY Theatre Guild
PETER AND THE STARCATCHER
A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain's cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo.
November 30 through December 2
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3096198

THE POSSUM POINT PLAYERS
IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
In our American culture, It's a Wonderful Life has become almost as familiar as Dickens' A Christmas Carol. The story is a natural for a stage adaptation: the saga of George Bailey, the Everyman from the small town of Bedford Falls, whose dreams of escape and adventure have been quashed by family obligation and civic duty, whose guardian angel has to descent on Christmas Eve to save him from despair and to remind him by showing him what the world would have been like had he never been born that his has been, after all, a wonderful life.
November 30 through December 9
http://www.possumpointplayers.org/aboutItsAWonderfulLife.html

THE REEDY POINT PLAYERS
MURDER AT THE UGLY CHRISTMAS SWEATER PARTY
Interactive Murder Mystery - Visit website for details
http://www.thereedypointplayers.com/

SECOND STREET PLAYERS
MIRCLE ON 34TH STREET
"This is a tale that we want to believe in, that creates a world we seem to desperately desire, free of the blatant commercialism that surrounds us, where love and decency and generosity of spirit are their own rewards. What we want Christmas to be all about, really." So writes the Santa Cruz Sentinel of this most heartwarming holiday story.
November 23 through December 2
http://www.secondstreetplayers.com/aboutMiracleOn34thStreet.html

WILMINGTON DRAMA LEAGUE
A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL
This classic holiday tale centers on a mischievous, bespectacled boy, Ralphie, who dreams of getting a BB-gun for Christmas. In the weeks before the big holiday, Ralphie, his friends and his family get into all kinds of situations - including run-ins with a bully with "yellow eyes," a tongue stuck to a flag pole, a bar of soap in the mouth, a garish leg lamp, a major award and a Chinese Christmas dinner.
December 14 through December 30
https://tickets.vendini.com/ticket-software.html?e=88fb2cf5752f6ec3cd0cdd9e90963dd2&t=tix&vqitq=80540f97-f6f7-47f7-9725-129dc23b78eb&vqitp=0e091fb9-9295-44dd-a92c-d898329c90c4&vqitts=1543501982&vqitc=vendini&vqite=itl&vqitrt=Safetynet&vqith=9db3c90c4f4e629a5f3357d8e4cb22d5

All the best to you and yours this holiday season - ENJOY!!