Holiday Traditions

We asked California Community Theatres to share their holiday traditions and activities. Enjoy these stories and ideas while getting inspired for the upcoming holiday season!

Willits Community Theatre Christmas Play, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

Does your theatre produce an annual holiday show?

Willits Community Theatre Christmas Play, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

If the holiday show is produced annually, what is it? If it varies, what has been the most successful holiday show you've produced?

Varies. Dicken Christmas Carol

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever

We alternate productions and all have proven popular. We also do a special "A Christmas Song In My Heart" each year as a special that focuses on Christmas Carols that has been a sell out every year we do it.

White Christmas & A Christmas Story

This is only our second year in existance. We are doing a holiday melodrama this year. Next year we will do a show in Jan and another theatre company will produce the holiday show they produce every other year.

It's a Wonderful Life

Tehachapi Community Theater's A Christmas Carol and Halloween BooKay Concert.

Does your theatre have any other holiday traditions or activities, i.e.: Christmas tree in the lobby, Halloween haunted house, participation in local holiday parade, etc?

We participate in Trunk or Treat, We have a concert in partnership with the local pops orchestra- BooKay Theatre. We decorate the theatre.

July 4th Parade.

We decorate the lobby and the theater seating area with Christmas decorations to make it festive.

Tree in lobby & lights

We walk in the 4th of July parade.

In past years when we did holiday shows we would decorate the lobby.

Xmas tree in lobby, float in local xmas lighted parade.