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Elf the Musical at Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center

Dates: 11/15/2025 - 11/30/2025

📍 Theatre:
Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center

Music On Stage
150 E. Wood St. Palatine, IL 60067
Palatine, IL 60067

Phone: 847.202.5222

Tickets: $28 / $30


The story of "Elf" begins one fateful Christmas Eve, when an orphaned baby boy accidentally crawls into Santa's sack of toys. When he's discovered upon Santa's return to the North Pole, a childless elf volunteers raise him. But growing up, Buddy the Elf, being human, doesn't make toys very well (he also keeps hitting his head on the rafters); so, when Buddy's birth father is discovered living in New York City, Buddy is dispatched from the North Pole to live with him. Once there, he thaws the hearts of gruff New Yorkers, and helps the Big Apple rediscover the true meaning of Christmas.

Based on the hilarious hit Will Ferrel holiday movie, with a merry, holly-jolly score by Matthew Sklar and Chad Beguelin ("The Wedding Singer", "The Prom") that critics called "hummable-tune laden" when it opened on Broadway, "Elf" is sure to kick off your holiday season with and extra big fa-la-la this year – after all, the best way to spread Christmas cheer is singing loud for all to hear!

“Elf – the Musical” is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com

Elf the Musical at Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center Schedule

7p Saturdays; 2p Saturday 11/22 and 11/29; 2p Sundays.

Cast and Creative Team for Elf the Musical at Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center

Creative Team

Erin O'Brien
Director
Erin has previously worked with Music on Stage as a performer (Newsies), costumer (Young Frankenstein), and assistant director (The Wedding Singer). She is ecstatic to be making her directorial debut with Elf: The Musical! Erin has been working with Skyline Children’s Theatre for over 3 years and previously taught and performed with RCSA (formerly Sage Studio). She earned her B.A. in Theatre and Music Minor from Millikin University. Previous acting credits include: A Christmas Carol: A Pantomime (Sid Spectre), Vanya & Sonia... (Cassandra), The Little Mermaid (Andrina), and Shrek: The Musical (Peter Pan). Previous costuming credits include: Fame, In The Heights, 42nd Street, and A Few Good Men. Erin would like to thank her husband Kevin for supporting and encouraging her through this process.
Alayna DaVar
Music Director
Alayna holds a degree in Vocal Performance from Millikin University where she studied vocal pedagogy and received excellent ensemble training from her time in the internationally recognized University Choir. She has been teaching private lessons for all ages and skill levels since 2013, and began both music directing and orchestra conducting for musicals in 2014. From 2016-2019 she worked with professional singers at Celebrity Cruises as a vocal director, helped coordinate auditions, assisted in casting, recorded background vocals for several in-house production shows, and is the voice of the elevator and phone systems for three of Celebrity’s ships. While performing seasonally with the professional holiday caroling company “The Merry Maskers,” Alayna opened for Pentatonix multiple years in a row and is featured singing live on camera in the movie Office Christmas Party. Alayna has worked previously for Paramount School of Arts and Raue Center for the Arts, and now owns her own vocal studio, The Vocal Academy, in Crystal Lake. IG: thevocalacademy_cl
Micki Smolenski
Choreographer
Micki is thrilled to be working with Music on Stage again! Previous MoS productions choreographed: Young Frankenstein, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. She has also choreographed The Underground, Sigman Brothers Productions, and at Miami University, and teaches dance at Studio Impulse in Mount Prospect. Previous performance credits include The Truth About Love (Annoyance), The Gods Will See You Now, It’s My Way or the My Way (Second City), and Parade (Theatre Nebula). Micki is a graduate of Miami University where she studied Theatre and Software Engineering, and choreographed and directed multiple student productions.

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Cutting Hall Performing Arts Center

150 E. Wood St. Palatine, IL 60067
Palatine, IL 60067

Phone: 847.202.5222

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