The Back Alley

Join Margot on her Christmas Eve shift, braving grumpy drive-thru customers until her late best friend’s ghost warns her of imminent spirits.

As General Manager of Alley Theatre and a dad of two boys, I love sharing the magic of live theatre with my kids.

I’m thrilled to have Margot back in our Neuhaus Theatre!

This season, we're delighted to present The Night Shift Before Christmas - a festive adventure that’s uniquely ours.

The Adult Holiday Comedy is Packed with Humor and Heart, Set Right Here in H-Town .

"It's the best!" Audiences are enchanted by A Christmas Carol. Here's what people are saying!

A Christmas Carol at Alley Theatre is the heartwarming holiday tradition you don’t want to miss! From the ghostly chills to the joyous cheers, experience the magic of Ebenezer Scrooge's transformation like never before. Reserve your seats today and make this holiday season unforgettable.

I would like to start off with a confession. When I interviewed with Alley Artistic Director Rob Melrose to work on this show a couple of years ago, he had no idea he was talking to someone who starts watching the Hallmark Channel on September 1st…not even October 1st, I am looking for those fall movie selections starting the first day of the “er” months.

One of the great joys – and challenges! – of designing for theatre is the occasional opportunity to tackle a story, setting, or play that feels iconic. Designers are often tasked with introducing audiences to places they’ve never seen before, but sometimes, we’re invited to conjure the eminently familiar. Few settings and stories feel more familiar than Victorian London and A Christmas Carol.

Why does theatre continue to endure as a popular art form, millennia after its inception? Is it because of theatre’s ability to educate? To inform? To entertain? Or is there a more powerful, more intrinsic, more emotional component at play? Greek philosopher Aristotle identified the emotional response of the audience as an essential component of drama. He referred to this emotional process as ‘catharsis.’