The Midwinter Revels®
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Every year, our Midwinter production brings people together in joyous celebration. Full of humor and beauty, it plays to large audiences of all ages from all over the Pacific Northwest.
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Ticket sales for The Midwinter Revels: Christmastime in Seneca Village will go live on November 1st, 2024!
Donors and Patrons get access to Early Ticket Sales starting October 7th, 2024. Email us with any questions: [email protected].
Donors and Patrons get access to Early Ticket Sales starting October 7th, 2024. Email us with any questions: [email protected].
2024 PERFORMANCES
At the Rialto Theater in Tacoma, WA
Saturday, December 14, 2:00pm & 7:30pm*
Sunday, December 15, 2:00pm
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm
Wednesday, December 18, 7:00pm
*Our Saturday 7:30pm show will have ASL interpreters in the front right section of the audience.
Saturday, December 14, 2:00pm & 7:30pm*
Sunday, December 15, 2:00pm
Tuesday, December 17, 7:00pm
Wednesday, December 18, 7:00pm
*Our Saturday 7:30pm show will have ASL interpreters in the front right section of the audience.
Link to purchase tickets coming soon.
The Midwinter Revels 2024
Stay tuned for exciting updates about our 2024 Midwinter Revels production! This year we are travelling back in time to Seneca Village, a charming rural community that was founded by African Americans in 1825. Stage Director Michelle Matlock is crafting a story inspired by the Village at its prime, and Music Director Megan Oberfield is gathering music evocative of the era. There will be joyful spirituals, traditional folk tunes, and a delightful blend of African American, Irish, and German traditions to celebrate the Village’s integrated community. It’s Christmastime in Seneca Village!
Rehearsals are underway, but we are still casting African American singers to join our Chorus. Don't delay - sign up for your audition today!
Rehearsals are underway, but we are still casting African American singers to join our Chorus. Don't delay - sign up for your audition today!
An Annual Tradition
In December at Tacoma's Rialto Theater we present The Midwinter Revels®, a fully-staged theatrical production for all ages that intentionally blends professionals and amateurs, children and adults, audience and players, high art and folk idiom. It is full of singing, dancing, and storytelling - beauty, mystery, and hilarity. The production draws large audiences from all over the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
The Midwinter Revels® audiences expect a similar experience from year to year. Our challenge is to create that experience while each year setting the production in a different time and place (e.g. Welsh, Italian Renaissance, Galician, Nordic, Celtic, American, Victorian, Mexican, etc).
Some Revels Rituals return to the stage almost every year, whatever the setting: the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance; the Shortest Day poem by Susan Cooper; the Lord of the Dance to end the first act (dancing in the aisles!); a hilarious mummers play (or other folk play depending on the culture and time, perhaps commedia or an English panto - always funny, often dragons are involved); and the Sussex Mummers Carol with brass and timpani and glorious descant to end the performance. Learn more about Revels Rituals at Revels.org.
To see galleries of past Midwinter Revels productions, visit our Archive.
The Midwinter Revels® audiences expect a similar experience from year to year. Our challenge is to create that experience while each year setting the production in a different time and place (e.g. Welsh, Italian Renaissance, Galician, Nordic, Celtic, American, Victorian, Mexican, etc).
Some Revels Rituals return to the stage almost every year, whatever the setting: the Abbots Bromley Horn Dance; the Shortest Day poem by Susan Cooper; the Lord of the Dance to end the first act (dancing in the aisles!); a hilarious mummers play (or other folk play depending on the culture and time, perhaps commedia or an English panto - always funny, often dragons are involved); and the Sussex Mummers Carol with brass and timpani and glorious descant to end the performance. Learn more about Revels Rituals at Revels.org.
To see galleries of past Midwinter Revels productions, visit our Archive.
