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Our centennial season – 100 years of drama department productions
The Learned Ladies
A Christmas Carol: The Rock & Roll Panto
By Moliere
Adapted and Directed by Adrienne Sher
By Christine Nicholson & Luther Hanson
Directed by Christine Nicholson
The Play
Moliere’s The Learned Ladies is a fast-paced farce poking fun at intellectual pretension, pseudo-intellectual salons, and fawning social climbers. Henriette and Clitandre are in love and plan to marry. They have the approval of Henriette’s father, but her mother, Philaminte, rules the roost and is opposed to the union. She and her inner circle are obsessed with image and influence, and have fallen under the spell of Trissotin, a mediocre poet who fancies himself an important intellectual and social “influencer” in Parisian society. Philaminte is blind to his true character and determined to have him as her son-in-law instead of the good-hearted down-to-earth Clitandre.
The play was originally published in verse in 1672. Adrienne Sher has loosely adapted the five act script into two acts in prose, using the original as the foundation and borrowing from a variety of other sources.
Performances
Oct. 2 – Oct. 18, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 2:00 pm
Performance Location
Art Court Theatre in the Performing Arts Center (PAC160) at Sacramento City College.
The Play
Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim are coming back to City Theatre for our 2026 Holiday Panto. See Scrooge sing Whitesnake, Bob Cratchit sing a little Guns and Roses, and Tiny Tim melt your heart. And who knows what our Christmas Present will bring to the party this year. Yes, they all sing the songs of Spandex and 1980s Hair Bands in A Christmas Carol, The Rock & Roll Panto! And, of course, there will be, as always, a live band – this time with guitar! – Dad jokes, and, of course, candy!!!
Since 2007, City Theatre has been producing their annual Holiday British-style Panto with a distinctly Sacramento twist. The traditional irreverent satire of popular fairy tales and legends now takes on a novel. The high energy pace, rockin’ popular music, and over-the-top audience participation makes this great fun for the entire family of all ages!
A Christmas Carol, the Rock & Rock Panto, written by Christine Nicholson and Luther Hanson, and directed by Christine Nicholson, plays from November 20 through December 13 at the Art Court Theatre at Sacramento City Colleg
Auditions: Sept. 15 & 16
7:00 pm
Art Court Theatre
Performances
Nov. 20 – Dec. 13, 2026
Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30 pm
Sundays at 2:00 pm
Performance Location
Art Court Theatre in the Performing Arts Center (PAC160) at Sacramento City College.