Get ready to experience The Nutcracker like you’ve never seen it before. Award-winning actor and writer Chris Davis brings Marie, Fritz, creepy Uncle Drosselmeyer, the mice, and even the Sugar Plum Fairy to life in his hysterical and surprisingly moving show One-Man Nutcracker, directed by MK Tuomanen and featuring choreography by Campbell Tosney. Featuring Davis as, quite literally, all of the characters, this wildly unique experience will play The Louis Bluver Theater at The Drake in Center City (302 S. Hicks St., Philadelphia) from Dec. 10-29, 2024.
One-Man Nutcracker returns to Philadelphia after a sold-out run in Germany in the Thespis Festival 2024 to rave reviews.
One-Man Nutcracker uses both the original E.T.A. Hoffman Nutcracker story and the classic Tchaikovsky ballet as inspiration for this heart-filled extravaganza, which premiered in 2019 at Plays & Players Theatre in Philadelphia. One-Man Nutcracker delves into a sense of play and discovery to show audiences what really lies at the core of the Nutcracker tale. Davis also explores some of the darker parts of The Nutcracker, examining its original story and some of its racist past.
All of it comes together for an hour-long evening of comedy, filled with whimsy and childlike wonder, celebrated by both audiences and the media as one of the season’s “must see” events.
If You Go:
Tickets ($35 general, $15 student/industry/child) available at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
Appropriate for ages 10 and over.
Performance schedule:
- Dec 10 – Tue – 7pm
- Dec 11 – Wed – 7pm
- Dec 12 – Thur – NO SHOW
- Dec 13 – Fri – 7pm
- Dec 14 – Sat – 5pm
- Dec 15 – Sun – Noon
- Dec 16 – Mon – 7pm
- Dec 17- Tue – NO SHOW
- Dec 18 – Wed – 7pm
- Dec 19 – Thur – 7pm
- Dec 20 – Fri – 5pm
- Dec 21 – Sat – Noon
- Dec 22 – Sun – Noon
- Dec 23 – Mon – Noon
- Dec 24 – Tue – Noon
- Dec 25 – Wed – CHRISTMAS NO SHOW
- Dec 26 – Thur – NO SHOW
- Dec 27- Fri -5pm
- Dec 28 – Sat – Noon
- Dec 29 – Sun – Noon
Venue Information:
Louis Bluver Theatre at The Drake*
302 S. Hicks St. (near 15th & Spruce)
Philadelphia, PA 19102