“God bless us, everyone,” because there’s a fresh, new, reimagined version of Charles Dickens’ classic tale A Christmas Carol debuting in Chicago this holiday season.
Downtown Aurora’s award-winning Paramount Theatre is conjuring up an elegant and innovative new spectacle version of A Christmas Carol, based on the novella by Charles Dickens. Performances are November 11, 2026–January 3, 2027. Opening Night is Friday, November 20 at 7 p.m.
Paramount’s refreshing new take on A Christmas Carol is adapted and directed by Trent Stork, the two-time, Jeff Award-winning director of Paramount’s Come From Away and Kinky Boots. For A Christmas Carol, Stork has adapted Dickens' classic holiday tale specifically for the Paramount stage, replete with laughter, redemption, the most memorable characters in literature, elegant dance numbers, and live music throughout.
Reintroduce your family to Ebenezer Scrooge, the bitter and lonely miser, who is visited on Christmas Eve by three ghosts who take him on a journey through his past, present, and future. Along the way, Scrooge learns how to reexperience joy, compassion, and the power of generosity. Whether seeing Scrooge’s transformation for the first time or reliving the magic of the classic story, Paramount’s A Christmas Carol will leave audiences filled with hope and holiday cheer. Per tradition, a two-story Christmas tree in Paramount’s Grand Gallery welcomes audiences as the perfect backdrop for holiday photos before and after the show.
Rediscover the magic of the season at Chicago’s newest holiday production, ideal for friends and friends alike. A Christmas Carol begins previews Wednesday, November 11. Opening Night is Friday, November 20 at 7 p.m. Performances run through January 3: Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. Exceptions: No matinee Wednesday, November 11, and no shows Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 26, or Christmas, Friday, December 25. There’s an added Thanksgiving weekend holiday matinee Friday, November 27 at 2 p.m.
Single tickets to A Christmas Carol are $34-$107 when purchased in-person. Additional fees apply for phone and online orders. Of course, tickets to A Christmas Carol make excellent holiday gifts.
Paramount Theatre is located at 23 E. Galena Blvd. in downtown Aurora. For tickets or subscriptions, visit ParamountAurora.com, call (630) 896-6666, or stop by the Paramount box office Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and until show time on show days. For group discounts, contact Melissa Striedl, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or (630) 723-2461.
A Christmas Carol is sponsored by Jake’s Inc. and Rush Copley Medical Center.
Paramount’s cast for A Christmas Carol is led by (top, from left) Michael Moreland Milligan in his Paramount debut as Ebenezer Scrooge, with Scott Westerman as Jacob Marley, Shawn Pfautsch as Bob Cratchit, Aja Alcazar as Mrs. Cratchit, Isabel Arianna Romero-Rodriguez as The Ghost of Christmas Past, Jared David Michael Grant as The Ghost of Christmas Present, Ben Dow as The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come, Schyler Vargas as Fred, (bottom) Russell Konstans as Mr. Fezziwig, Michelle Duffy as Mrs. Fezziwig, Will Lidke as Young Scrooge, Angel Alzeidan as Belle, Teddy Gales as Dick Wilkins, and Morgan Michelle Barber as Martha Cratchit and others. Youth performers Seamus Flynn and Julian Totleben alternate in the role of Tiny Tim.
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Paramount’s cast for A Christmas Carol is led by Michael Moreland Milligan in his Paramount debut as Ebenezer Scrooge. A lifelong Shakespearean, Milligan has performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company and leading theaters nationwide. His Broadway credits include August: Osage County, Jerusalem and La Bête. The ensemble features Scott Westerman as Jacob Marley and others, Shawn Pfautsch as Bob Cratchit and others, Aja Alcazar as Mrs. Cratchit and others, Isabel Arianna Romero-Rodriguez as The Ghost of Christmas Past and others, Jared David Michael Grant as The Ghost of Christmas Present and others, Ben Dow as The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come and others, Schyler Vargas as Fred and others, Russell Konstans as Mr. Fezziwig and others, Michelle Duffy as Mrs. Fezziwig and others, Will Lidke as Young Scrooge and others, Angel Alzeidan as Belle and others, Teddy Gales as Dick Wilkins and others, and Morgan Michelle Barber as Martha Cratchit and others. Additional members of the adult ensemble include Morgan Schoenecker, Alanna Chavez, Ben Mayne, and Elaine Watson. Youth performers Seamus Flynn and Julian Totleben are taking on the role of Tiny Tim. The youth cast also includes Torben Mularski, Sebastian Rus, Léa Juat, Asha Dale Hopman, Audrey Bucholz, Brady Seth Barton, Emerson Secco and Ramona Jane Thompson. Rounding out the production team are Katie Cordts, wig, hair, and makeup designer; Aimee Plant, properties designer; Ethan Deppe, electronic music designer; Susan Gosdick, dialect coach; Max Fabian, fight and intimacy director; Britta Lynn Schied, associate director/associate choreographer; Kevin Zhou, associate music director and associate conductor; Matthew Silar, stage manager; Valerie Anderson and Rachel Campbell, assistant stage managers; and Bailey O’Neil, young performer supervisor. |
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Paramount: Making live theater accessible to all Paramount will offer two Pay What You Can previews Thursday, November 12 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, November 14 at 2 p.m. See ParamountAurora.com/Pay-What-You-Can for details. Paramount will offer open captioning Friday, December 18 at 7 p.m. and American Sign Language interpretation Friday, January 1 at 7 p.m. Paramount offers free assistive listening devices at all performances, including new Auracast technology that connects to blue tooth earphones. Check in at the coat room before the show to borrow a device. If you require wheelchair or special seating or other assistance, please contact the box office in advance at (630) 896-6666 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. |
