Tulsa Ballet: The Nutcracker

Tulsa Ballet: The Nutcracker at Chapman Music Hall at Tulsa Performing Arts Center

Some traditions deserve to be felt in person. When the curtain rises on The Nutcracker at Chapman Music Hall, you're not watching a story. You're stepping into one. Young Marie's Christmas Eve adventure through 19th-century Germany comes alive through choreography by Val Caniparoli and Ma Cong, blending classical dance with dramatic theatre in a way only one of North America's top ballet companies can deliver.

This is the night the Nutcracker Prince battles the Mouse King. The evening the Sugarplum Fairy dances. The moment your family stops scrolling and starts feeling something together. Tulsa Ballet has built its reputation on merging technical precision with emotional storytelling, and The Nutcracker is where that promise meets the season's most cherished music.

Friday, December 11, 2026, at 7:00 PM, the Tulsa Performing Arts Center becomes the place where holiday magic doesn't just happen on a screen. It happens in the same room where you're sitting. The costumes. The orchestra. The collective gasp when the Christmas tree grows. This is the experience that turns December into a memory.

Give your family the kind of evening that actually feels like the holidays.