Playwright: Tom Dudzik
Rights: Broadway Licensing
Cast Size: 1m, 2w, 2b, 1g + ensemble
Synopsis:
In this holiday musical we meet the Pazinskis, 4 kids and 2 parents living over a saloon in lower-middle class Buffalo, NY. Christmas 1959 is not very merry for the Pazinskis. Dad is going through a mid-life depression and refuses to buy a Christmas tree. Sister Clarissa is threatening to expel 12-year-old Rudy for performing a blasphemous one-man Nativity Scene where he plays all the characters as Hollywood celebrities. Mom wants the happy man she married returned to her, and the two teenagers, sensing their parents’ discord, are worried that this may be their last Christmas together as a whole family.
With comic songs and dream sequences, the Pazinskis come to a deeper understanding of what it means to be a family on this most stressful of holidays.
Ratings:
Language: 10+
Adult Content: 10+
Violence: 10+
Pay attention to: This is a musical. Dance is as simple or involved as you want it to be. This show requires 4 musicians.
Flexibility: All changes must be approved in advance.
Production Notes: The action takes place in multiple locations. There is a great section of notes from the playwright in this script. Possibility for the 1m actor to display a special performing talent such as playing an instrument. There is an alternate scene included to accommodate this possibility, should the director choose to use it.