Towngate Theatre presents “Prancer”

“Prancer” comes to the Towngate stage as part of the children’s theater season.

Shows take place at 7pm December 6; 3pm December 7 & 8, 2024.

Tickets are $15 ($13 OI members) for adults and $10 for children 13 & under.

Purchase tickets online or call 304-242-7700.

Sponsored by the Helen J. Prince Foundation. Additional support provided by Wheeling Country Day School.

About the Play

A farm girl nurses a wounded reindeer she believes is one of Santa’s, hoping to bring it back to health in time for Christmas. Her holiday spirit inspires those around her, something her disheartened father is having trouble understanding.

2024-25 Children’s Theater Season at Towngate

“Hansel & Gretel” Ballet
3pm & 7pm Sunday, October 13
7pm Saturday, October 19
3pm & 7pm Sunday, October 20

“Prancer”
7pm December 6; 3pm December 7 & 8

“The Nutcracker”
7pm December 18, 19, 20; 3pm & 7pm Sunday, December 22

“Beauty and the Beast”
7pm January 31; 3pm February 1, 2, 8, 9, 2025

Experience the Magic of Children’s Theater…

Want to boost literacy? Teach your child to imagine the unimaginable? Cultivate curiosity? Go to the theater, and bring your kids.

Plays ignite the imagination and bring stories to life. Words and characters jump from the page to the stage, thus connecting children to the importance of reading. They learn valuable lessons, too. Theater teaches skills such as empathy, critical thinking and teamwork. Kids watch the actors working together onstage. They see that REAL people are behind entertainment and realize performers are not just images on TV or computer screens. Live action happens right before their eyes. There’s no app for that! All their senses are engaged “in the moment.”  Nothing can be paused or muted.  Some may even discover the actor, director or writer within themselves. Most of all, you get to spend quality time as a family. Theater is a social experience meant to be shared with one another. So, gather the kids, go to Towngate and experience the magic of theater together.

Keeping the Community in Community Theater in Wheeling. . .

Located in Wheeling’s historic Centre Market District, Towngate is a cornerstone of creative life in Wheeling and serves as an entertainment destination for residents of the Ohio Valley and beyond. People of all ages and backgrounds gather here to create and experience art onstage. Most of all, Towngate celebrates the essential power of theater to illuminate our common humanity. The community enjoys and participates in hundreds of live performances, classes and workshops year-round.