Thomasville Entertainment Foundation’s Family Series continues December 14 with Virginia Repertory Theatre’s delightful children’s musical, “Twas the Night Before Christmas.”

The national touring production comes to Thomasville Center for the Arts for a Saturday morning performance that is free and open to the public. Curtain time is 11 a.m., and the musical lasts less than one hour. Characters from the show will come out to greet children following the performance.

Inspired by Clement Moore’s beloved holiday poem, “A Visit from St. Nicholas,” this charming show is aimed at preschool and younger elementary students and features a jolly Santa Claus, reindeer on the roof and sugarplums dancing in the dreams of hopeful children.

“We are excited to bring this wonderful musical to the children of our community,” said TEF President Charlotte Brown. “TEF’s Family Series provides gives parents the opportunity to enjoy a classic holiday story with their children or for grandparents to spend a morning with their grandchildren while parents do some Christmas shopping.”

Thomasville’s independent bookstore, The Bookshelf, will host an on-site pop-up shop with holiday-related books for sale before and after the show, and attendees will have the opportunity to register for a Christmas story door prize to be given away immediately following the performance.

Founded in 1975, Virginia Rep’s touring company has been internationally acclaimed for excellence as a theatre for young audiences. The company performs live for more than 500,000 children and adults each year across the United States.

Presented in cooperation with Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville Entertainment Foundation’s 2019-20 Family Series is made possible by generous donations in honor of Janice Faircloth from The Parker Poe Charitable Trust, The Emily and Bill Searcy Charitable Trust, Dr. and Mrs. Douglas C. McPherson, Diane Williams Parker and other friends of TEF. 

Founded in 1937, TEF is a volunteer-powered, non-profit organization celebrating 82 years of entertaining the community. In addition to its annual season of performances by acclaimed artists, TEF offers a dedicated family series of presentations geared to families and younger children, provides educational outreach programs for students and awards performing arts scholarships and grants to promising young artists.

For more information, visit www.TEFconcerts.com or call (229) 226-7404.