(Photo Courtesy of Rick Orienza, Director of Marketing and Relations at Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Midland, PA) A long-standing Beaver County tradition returns to Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center in Midland as they present the holiday classic, “The Nutcracker.” This show for the entire family will take place in the MainStage theater from December 12th-14h and December 19th-21st, 2025. This ballet follows the story of Clara and her magical adventure on Christmas Eve and includes the iconic selections of “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” and “Waltz of the Flowers.” Tickets for this performance are on sale now by either calling the Lincoln Park Box Office at 724-576-4644 or by visiting the website LincolnParkArts.org. If you attend “The Nutcracker,” you can also bring a unwrapped toy that is new to Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center so you can contribute to the yearly Batch A Toys holiday drive and your donations will help make hundreds of deserving families right here in Western Pennsylvania have a brighter season this year. Best of the Batch Foundation, which was founded in 1999 by former Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Charlie Batch, provides over a dozen programs serving school-aged children and their families across nine counties that are in southwestern Pennsylvania.