The mystery dinner show “Death and Taxes,” performed by Mystery's Most Wanted, will be hosted by the Friends of South Butler Community Library on Saturday at the Saxonburg VFW Hall across from Knoch High School. Cash bar and appetizers begin at 5 p.m. with dinner served at 6:15 p.m. Tickets are $30 and include a catered medieval feast. Tickets are available at the library, 240 W. Main St., Saxonburg.

A Hosanna! Holiday Celebration is planned for noon Saturday at the South Butler Fire Hall, 98 Old Plank Road. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. The event includes a meal and holiday musical entertainment by Sing Hosanna! vocalists. Cost is $20 for adults and $7 for children age 10 and younger. Reservations are required. Call 724-287-8362.

Hobnob Theatre Company will present Charles Dickens' “A Christmas Carol” at 8 p.m. Dec. 19 and 20 and 2 p.m. Dec. 21 at the Succop Theater at Butler County Community College. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and younger, available at www.hobnobtheatre.com/tickets or May's Music Shoppe. If available, tickets will be sold at the door one hour before curtain.

Comtra Theatre, Route 19, Cranberry Township, presents “A Christmas Carol” Friday and Saturday and Dec. 12, 13, 19 and 20. Curtain is at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets are $12 and available at www.comtratheatre.org. Call 724-591-8727. Auditions for “Alice in Wonderland” will be conducted from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Sunday at the theater, Route 19.

Resonance Works will stage “Amahl and the Night Visitors” at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 3 p.m. Sunday at Third Presbyterian Church, 5701 Fifth Ave. It will be paired with Britten's Ceremony of Carols. Tickets are $50 for premium, $30 for general admission, $25 for senior citizens, $15 for students and free for children younger than 10 when accompanied by an adult. Call 412-501-3330.