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What Could go Wrong the Night before Christmas &
A Christmas Crisis

  • Credits:
    • What Could go Wrong the Night before Christmas:
      • By Kim Kao Hines
    • A Christmas Crisis:
      • By Alexi Alfieri
  • Synopsis:
    • What Could go Wrong the Night Before Christmas:
      • A host attempts to do a lovely reading of The Night Before Christmas but is stymied by every imaginable interruption.  First, the children show up wearing costumes and outfits for all the wrong holidays, then it ends up the mice might not be stirring, but they sure are shuffling as they play a game of Go Fish. 
      • By the time the clatter on the rooftop sounds more like a deafening rock ’n’ roll drum solo, our poor host is about to have a meltdown!  On top of it all, our not-quite-classic (and definitely thinner) Santa stops filling stockings to do a PSA on the dangers of smoking and also plugs the usefulness of stain remover pens.  In the end, our host finishes the poem, Santa hurries off to make the rest of his deliveries, and your audience is energized with the fun of the Christmas season.
    • ​A Christmas Crisis:
      • ​It’s Christmas Eve and everything’s falling into place.  That is, until a crisis hits:  Santa’s reindeer have come down with some sort of bug.
      • Immediately, Santa’s elf assistant Peanut goes into “emergency mode,” trying to figure out how Santa will possibly travel around the world that night without his reindeer.  Peanut talks with the North Pole doctor, sleigh mechanics, and the North Pole holiday coordinator, but nobody can come up with a plan!  Peanut even begs for help from tourist burros, but they simply won’t budge!  And Mrs. Claus and the rest of the elves seem too busy to help.  While Peanut grows increasingly panicked about the dilemma, Santa seems maddeningly calm.  In the end, the Christmas crisis is solved, but in a way no one could have predicted. 
  • Audition Information:
    • Auditions completed.
    • Casting 1st through 5th grade
    • Please come to auditions prepared with a monologue.
    • Audition Dates & Times
      • Friday, September 6, 2024 - 4-6pm
      • Saturday, September 7, 2024 - 10am-noon
  • Cost to participate:
    • Non-refundable fee of $60 (includes script and t-shirt) is due at or prior to auditions.
    • Parents are additionally responsible for costumes and tickets for performances.
  • Rehearsal Dates & Times (subject to change)
    • SEPTEMBER
      • Sunday, September 29 (2-4pm)
      • Monday, September 30 (4:30-6:30pm)
    • OCTOBER
      • Sunday, October 6 (2-4pm)
      • Monday, October 7 (4:30-6:30pm)
      • Sunday, October 13 (2-4pm)
      • Monday, October 14 (4:30-6:30pm)
      • Sunday, October 20 (2-4pm)
      • Monday, October 21 (4:30-6:30pm)
      • Sunday, October 27 (2-4pm)
      • Monday, October 28 (4:30-6:30pm)
    • NOVEMBER
      • Sunday, November 3 (2-4pm)
      • Monday, November 4 (4:30-6:30pm)
  • Production week:
    • Sunday, November 10 (2-4pm)
    • Monday, November 11 (4:30-6:30pm)
    • Tuesday, November 12 (4:30-6:30pm)
    • Wednesday, November 13 (4:30-6:30pm)
  • Performances:
    • November 15 & 16, 2024 @ 7:30p
    • November 17, 2024 @ 3:30p
  • Directors:
    • Stacie Bower & Robyn Stinson
​All tickets will need to be purchased in advance and will go on sale 1 month prior to performances.