DOLLY PARTON’S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL 2025 NATIONAL TOUR TO VISIT THE LEXINGTON OPERA HOUSE
ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 26 – SUNDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2025
From the Smoky Mountains to a City Near You, Dolly’s Holiday Musical Tour Launches November 15, 2025
Performance Days/Times:
Friday: 7:30 pm
Saturday: 1 & 7:30 pm
Sunday: 1 & 6:30 pm
LEXINGTON, KY (October 20, 2025) –– Right Angle Entertainment and Paul T. Couch today announced the 2025 national tour of Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol (www.smokymountainchristmascarol.com), a heartwarming musical featuring songs by eleven-time GRAMMY winner Dolly Parton and book by David H. Bell, adapted for the stage by Bell, Couch, and Curt Wollan. The U.S. tour kicks off November 15, 2025, before heading to more than 20 cities, including its final stop at the Lexington Opera House for five performances on Friday, December 26, through Sunday, December 28, 2025.
Single tickets are on sale now and available at LexingtonOperaHouse.com or in person at the Central Bank Center Box Office from 12-4 P.M. on Wednesdays and Fridays.
“I’m thrilled to see my Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol hitting the road and spreading holiday cheer from city to city. I poured my heart into the music, and I truly hope folks everywhere feel the love, the laughter, and the magic of my beautiful Smoky Mountains that we’ve packed into every scene,” says Dolly. “There’s nothing like music and the holidays to bring friends and family together.”
Set in the 1930s in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee, this unforgettable production and amazing cast imagines Ebenezer Scrooge as the owner of a mining company town, where his callous greed blinds him to the joys and gifts of the season. As a Christmas Eve snowstorm approaches, Scrooge is visited by his deceased business partner and three ghosts who compel him to see life anew and discover that love is the greatest gift we have. The legendary holiday tale re-written as a new American classic features Dickens’ classic characters and Parton’s one-of-a-kind songwriting expertise, making this a holiday event you’ll want to share with those you love.
Throughout her illustrious career, the American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, businesswoman, and humanitarian has been an ambassador for the Great Smoky Mountains, where she was born and raised. Her love for this region and its people is woven throughout the music and songs and beautifully tells this classic story in a whole new light.
For more information and tour dates, visit www.smokymountainchristmascarol.com and follow @smokymountainchristmascarol on Facebook and Instagram.
Credits:
Adapted by David H. Bell, Paul T. Couch, and Curt Wollan
Book by David H. Bell
Music and lyrics by Dolly Parton
Directed and choreographed by Antoinette DiPietropolo
Produced by Right Angle Entertainment and Paul T. Couch
About Dolly Parton
Her life and career together make a rags-to-rhinestones story which began on January 19, 1946. Born the fourth child of 12, Dolly grew up in Locust Ridge, nestled against the Great Smoky Mountains. Music runs deep in the Parton family, and while many played important parts in Dolly’s success, she credits Uncle Bill Owens for helping her get started in the music business. From taking the stage of “The Cas Walker Farm and Home Hour” in Knoxville, TN, to landing a spot on “The Porter Wagoner Show,” Dolly’s talent soon catapulted her to superstardom. Her songs have captured the hearts of generations. Her electric smile has brightened the lives of millions. Her trademark style is recognized across the globe.
Today, Dolly is one of an elite group of individuals to receive at least one nomination from all four major annual American entertainment award organizations: Emmy, GRAMMY, Oscar, and Tony. In 2004, the U.S. Library of Congress gave her the distinguished Living Legend Award. “My dream was to make as many people happy as I could in this life,” she said.
In 2006, she was selected to receive the prestigious Kennedy Center Honors. Five years later, in 2011, she was awarded a GRAMMY Lifetime Achievement Award. Of everything Dolly has achieved, she remains humble and grounded in faith and family. From her “Coat of Many Colors” to her wigs of many styles, no dream was ever too big and no mountain ever too high for the little country girl who turned the world into her stage. From singing barefoot on the front porch of her Tennessee Mountain Home to commanding the stage in six-inch heels, Dolly Parton is a larger-than-life living legend with a heart as big as her dreams.
About Paul T. Couch
Paul T. Couch is one of the theme park industry’s most award-winning entertainment producers, having won over 20 Brass Ring Awards and 6 Golden Ticket Awards during his tenure (2003-2014) as Dollywood’s Director of Entertainment and Executive Producer. It was there that Paul and Dolly began their creative partnership that included several major musical productions and a TV special for the Hallmark Channel. Prior to that, he was General Manager of Nashville’s famed Ryman Auditorium, where he produced the musicals Always, Patsy Cline, Lost Highway: The Music and Legend of Hank Williams, and Bye, Bye, Love—The Everly Brothers Musical, as well as award-winning productions of Pump Boys and Dinettes and Cotton Patch Gospel. More recently, Paul served as Executive Producer for Dolly’s first-ever children’s album, I Believe In You. He currently helms his own Nashville-based production company, where he serves as Creative Producer. Paul is also on the faculty of Middle Tennessee State University, teaching in the music business program of the school’s renowned Recording Industry Management Department.
