DANCE

BareFoot Studios Tacoma. Nutcracker Brunch, Dec. 6 1-4 pm, potluck, $5 (Jan Collum Studio, Merlino Arts Building, 508 Sixth Ave., 253.272.4219).

Dance Theatre Northwest Downtown Tacoma. The Nutcracker, narrated by Melanie Kirk Stauffer, Dec. 5-6, Sat 2:30 and 7 pm, Sun 4 pm, $11-$26, tickets also on website (Mount Tahoma High School Auditorium, 4634 South 74th, 253.565.5149, dancetheaternorthwest.org).

Metropolitan Ballet of Tacoma University Place. Celebrate His Birth, the Nativity story told through Mozart, Bach and Vivaldi, Dec. 5 1 and 8 pm, Dec. 6 2 pm, free (Curtis High School, 8425 40th St. W., reserve spot at 253.472-5359).

THEATER

Capital Playhouse Olympia. Forever Plaid, through Dec 20, Wed- Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm, Nov. 29 1 pm, $28-$39 (612 Fourth Ave. E., 360.943.2744, capitalplayhouse.com).

Centerstage Theatre Federal Way. Jack and the Beanstalk as a “Panto”, through Dec. 20, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sat-Sun 2 pm, $10-$25 (Knutzen Family Theatre, 3200 S.W. Dash Point Road, 253.661.1444).

Encore! Theater Gig Harbor. Oliver!, through Dec. 6, Fri-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 2 pm, Sat matinee Dec. 6 2 pm, $8-$18 (6615 38th Ave. NW, 253.858.2282).

Harlequin Productions Olympia. A Stardust Homecoming, a nostalgic holiday musical comedy set on Christmas Eve 1942, through Jan. 2 8 pm Thurs-Sat, 2 pm Sun, 3 pm Dec. 26 and 29, $12-$38 (State Theater, 202 Fourth Ave. E., 360.786.0151).

Kings Books Tacoma. Seven Days from a Gaza Diary, a performance with three actors based on the diary of a 27 year old who lived through last winters asult on Gaza, Dec. 6 4 pm (218 St. Helens Ave., 253.272.8801, kingsbookstore.com).

Lakewood Playhouse Lakewood. A Tuna Christmas, through Dec. 6, Fri-Sat 8 pm, Sun 2 pm, Dec. 6 2 and 7 pm, $14-$22 (5729 Lakewood Towne Center Blvd., 253.588.0042).

Sumner Performing Arts Center Sumner. Miracle on 34th Street, Dec. 4, 5, 11 and 12 7 pm, Dec. 5, 6, 13 2 pm, $10-$15 (1701 Main St., 253.447.7645).

Mud Bay Coffee Olympia. Fools Play Improv comedy show, every Sat 8 pm (1600 Cooper Point Road S.W., foolsplay.net).

Pacific Lutheran University Parkland/Tacoma. The Last Days of Judas Iscariot, Dec. 9-12 7:30 pm, Dec. 13 2 pm, $5-$8, available at the campus concierge (Eastvold Auditorium, 12180 Park Street S., 253.535.7411).

Paradise Theatre Gig Harbor. A Christmas Story, through Dec. 13, Fri-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3 pm, $10-$22. Pinocchio, Dec. 18-19 7 pm, Dec. 20 3 pm. (9911 Burnham Dr. NW., 253.851.7529)

Tacoma Little Theatre North Tacoma. A Christmas Story, through Dec. 24, Dec. 4,5,9,10,16,17 7:30 pm, Dec. 5,6, 24 2 pm, $16-$24, pay what you can Dec. 3, 7:30 pm, Actor benefit, Dec. 23 2 pm. A Tuna Christmas, Dec. 11-20, Fri 7:30 pm, Sat-Sun 2 and 7:30 pm, $16-$24 (210 N. I St., 253.272.2281).

Tacoma Musical Playhouse Tacoma. Guys & Dolls, through Dec. 20 8 pm Fri-Sat, 2 pm Sun, $18-$25 (Narrow Theatre, 7116 Sixth Ave, 253.565.6867).

Theatre Artists Olympia Olympia. Poona the F*@k Dog… and other plays for children by Jeff Goode, these outrageous “Fairy tales for Grown-ups” are not for the easily offended, Dec. 4 8 pm, Dec. 20 11 pm, $12 mature audiences only (Midnight Sun Performance Space, 113 N. Columbia St., buyolympia.com).

Theatre Northwest Group Downtown Tacoma. The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge, Dec. 4-5, 11-12, 18-19 7:30 pm, Dec. 6, 13 and 20 3 pm, $29-$39 (Theatre on the Square, 915 Broadway, 253.591.5894).

Theatre on the Square Downtown Tacoma. The Salvation of Iggy Scrooge, Dec. 4-20, Fri-Sat 7:30 pm, Sun 3 pm, $39-$49 (915 Broadway, 253.591.5894, broadwaycenter.org).

The Tokens Tacoma. Tacoma’s open improv group seeks actors for improvisational performances and networking, audition not necessary, participation is (253.274.0758, tokensimprov.com)