The Nutcracker — The Wilmington Ballet at The Playhouse on Rodney Square
Fri, Dec 11Dec 11 – Dec 13 · 7:30 PM · Fri Dec 11 at 7:30 pm; Sat Dec 12 at 2:30 and 7:30 pm; Sun Dec 13 at 2:30 pm.
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The Wilmington Ballet has staged The Nutcracker for families every December since 1968, and the 2026 production runs for one weekend at The Playhouse on Rodney Square in downtown Wilmington. Ballerina Ingrid Silva, most recently a principal dancer with Dance Theatre of Harlem, returns to dance the Sugar Plum Fairy, and the production is directed and choreographed by Wilmington native and artistic director Benjamin Sterling Cannon. Two Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm suit younger children, with evening shows Friday and Saturday at 7:30 pm. The Playhouse is a 1,252-seat historic Broadway-circuit theater on Market Street, two blocks north of The Grand. Tickets went on sale October 27 through The Grand and Playhouse box office; prices are shown at checkout.
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