

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Nutcracker
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm – Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 09:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Oglebay Institute’s Youth Ballet Company presents The Nutcracker at 7pm December 18 &amp; 19; 3pm &amp; 7pm Sunday, December 21 at Towngate Theatre.

**December 19 performance titled “The MUTTcracker” will help support our friends at the Ohio County Animal Shelter. The 7pm December 21 performance is the 25th Anniversary show featuring dance alumni.**

About the Show:
Dancing flowers! Flurries of snowflakes! Beautiful fairies and a legion of mice!  See them all swoop and soar across the stage. Oglebay Institute’s Youth Ballet Company dances The Nutcracker on Towngate stage. Beautifully costumed dancers bring this magical story to life. You will be transported into a Christmas fantasy. You’ll marvel at the lavish set and revel in Tchaikovsky’s beloved score.

For many, this annual show is a treasured holiday tradition. So, gather your family and join us at Towngate for this magical holiday journey.

This production marks the 25th anniversary of Oglebay Institute’s tradition of performing The Nutcracker for the community.

Sponsored by the Helen J. Prince Foundation.

Get Tickets:
Tickets: $20
$25 for Dec. 19 “MUTTcracker” ($5 from each ticket goes to Ohio Co. Animal Shelter.)

Purchase tickets online or call 304-242-7700.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/wheeling/the-nutcracker/200029255064753
- **Event Categories**: holiday, performances, art, entertainment, christmas
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 21

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://oionline.com/events/nutcracker-wheeling-towngate-theatre/?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=wheeling-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Wheeling
- **state**: WV
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 2118 Market St, Wheeling, WV, United States, West Virginia 26003
- **lat**: 40.06103
- **long**: -80.72378
- **full address**: 2118 Market St, Wheeling, WV, United States, West Virginia 26003

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 2
- **organizer**: Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theatre & Cinema (https://allevents.in/org/oglebay-institutes-towngate-theatre-and-cinema/26675993)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Thu, 18 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 2118 Market St, Wheeling, WV, United States, West Virginia 26003
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Oglebay Institute's Towngate Theatre & Cinema
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** holiday, performances, art, entertainment, christmas
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about The Nutcracker ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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