Date: Wed, Dec 16 – Sun, Dec 20, 2026
Time: See event details
Venue: Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC), Durham
Price: See event details
Category: Community
The famously silly local Christmas Carol — slapstick and singalongs, not a solemn Dickens.
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A Christmas Carol (Theatre in the Park) runs Wed, Dec 16 – Sun, Dec 20, 2026, See event details.
Durham Performing Arts Center (DPAC) is in Durham, NC. Open in Google Maps.
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