Arts & Entertainment
"A Christmas Carol" and "Season's Greetings" at the MAC This Weekend
Shows offer the perfect opportunity to share the spirit of the season with family and friends.
Looking for some Holiday-style live entertainment this weekend? Think MAC:
Buffalo Theatre Ensemble presents Allan Ayckbourn's "Season's Greetings." Friends and family gather at Neville and Belinda’s home to celebrate the holidays. Hilarious mayhem is quickly unleashed due to a tryst under the Christmas tree, an unforgettable puppet show and maybe even a murder. Says director Connie Canaday Howard: “We are thrilled to be bringing this show of hilarious familial disfunction to the stage just in time for the holidays. This showcases BTE’s reputation for doing mad-cap comedy exceptionally well…and it offers our audience the chance to forget their cares and enjoy an uproarious good time.” (Please note: this play contains adult themes and language).
Performances run through Dec. 18 and are at 8 p.m. Thursday (no performance Thanksgiving day)– Saturday; 3 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $42.
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There will be an ASL (American Sign Language) Performance: 8 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 8. ASL interpreters will be located near the stage for patrons who are deaf or hard of hearing, seated in an area of the theater that gives the best sight lines to follow the interpretation and the action on stage. To access reserved seating in view of the interpreters for a signed performance, call the Box Office at 630.942.4000 or 630.858.9692 (TDD), or visit AtTheMAC.org for additional information.
College of DuPage (COD) College Theater presents Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” adapted by William J. Norris, directed by COD Theater Department Chair and professor of theater, Amelia Barrett, Thanksgiving Weekend, Nov. 25-27. This 70-minute family friendly production features a cast of more than 50 actors from across the metropolitan Chicago area. Says director Amelia Barrett, "Our production with its beautiful period costumes and wonderful special effects will warm hearts as it chronicles Scrooge’s transformation from a lonely, cold-hearted soul into a man filled with the joy of the holiday and appreciation of life’s opportunity for change.”
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Performances are Friday, Nov. 25 at 7p.m.; and Saturday, Nov. 26 and Sunday, Nov. 27 at 3 & 7 p.m. Tickets are $16 adults; $14 for students and seniors. To order or for more information visit AtTheMAC.org or call 630.942.4000.
The McAninch Arts Center (MAC) is located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of College of DuPage. The Box Office is open Tuesday-Saturday from noon-6 p.m. and three hours prior to curtain time. For more information visit AttheMAC.org or call 630-942-4000.
This season, the MAC Giving Tree is accepting non-perishable food items for the COD Fuel Pantry and People’s Resource Center. The Fuel Pantry is for all students facing food insecurity and in need of assistance. For more information, visit cod.edu/pantry. The People’s Resource Center food pantry serves more than 3,000 families from across DuPage County each month. For more information about the People’s Resource Center visit peoplesrc.org. Also being accepted: books and board games for children and adults for Metropolitan Family Services DuPage. For more information about Metropolitan Family Services, visit metrofamily.org/community-centers/dupage.
