Breakthrough COVID cases force Guthrie to cancel remaining performances of 'A Christmas Carol'

Tickets are being refunded.

December 26, 2021 at 11:13PM
Matthew Saldivar in “A Christmas Carol” at the Guthrie Theater. (Jenny Graham/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

The Guthrie Theater announced Sunday that it will cancel its remaining performances of "A Christmas Carol" due to multiple vaccinated cast members and staff testing positive for COVID-19.

The show had been running since early November but had three performances left. Ticketholders will be refunded, the theater said.

The next Guthrie Theater production, "A Raisin in the Sun," is scheduled to begin Jan. 8.

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