Hello there and welcome to our penultimate episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our ninth playwright of this series is Marnie Thomson (https://marniethomson.co.uk & https://www.spotlight.com/9094-6752-4968), who actually had a festive start with Theatrical Shenanigans with her first performance being the Ghost if Christmas past in our December 2023 Christmas Special (https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/theatrical-shenanigans-christmas-special-a-christmas-carol-but-not-as-you-know-it/). Marnie's play today is entitled "The Naughty List Heist"

Synopsis:

We follow a group of Santa’s elves as they embark on a daring mission to question one of Christmas’s longest-standing traditions: the Naughty List.

Cast:

Ellie - Sarah Edwards (https://www.sarahedwardsvoice.co.uk/)

Dexter - Douglas Nelson (https://www.mandy.com/u/doug-nelson-1/)

Percy - Dave MC

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Hello there and welcome to our 8th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our eighth playwright of this series is Connie Dinkler (https://newplayexchange.org/users/42212/connie-dinkler & https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12394501/) who is making her debut on Theatrical Shenanigans with her play "Holiday Help" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2024095/holiday-help)

Synopsis:

Santa’s elves are on strike and they are desperately trying to find workers to make all the toys in time for Christmas.

Cast:

Ronald F. Binkley - Brian Holmes (https://app.spotlight.com/0058-6720-5192)

Breanna - Amy Wilson

Mrs Mildred Limburger - Elaine Teague

Sparky - Karim Kronfli (https://www.dramaticvoice.co.uk/home)

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Hello there and welcome to our 7th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our seventh playwright of this series is Kathleen Maule Holen (https://newplayexchange.org/users/77724/kathleen-maule-holen) who is making her debut on Theatrical Shenanigans with her play "Santa Afterhours" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/3201300/santa-afterhours)

Synopsis:

A woman is forced to confront her Christmas past and present, and envision her future, when she meets Santa afterhours.

Cast:

Santa - Michael Shipman

Diane - Helen Cheng Mao (https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOBWRX6h1_Qm8VQZqPWymVGFIkfruadkU)

Paul - Bernie Horton (https://brokenartsentertainment.com/bae-company/ & https://narratorlist.com/narrator/bernie-horton/)

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Hello there and welcome to our 6th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our sixth playwright of this series is Pamela Morgan (https://newplayexchange.org/users/57532/pamela-morgan & https://pamelamorganwrites.com/) who has joined us twice on Theatrical Shenanigans before, once as a panellist on The Panel Presents (https://theatricalshenanigans.podbean.com/e/the-panel-presents-episode-17-brian-pamela-chris-rebecca/) and once as a guest last season (https://TheatricalShenanigans.podbean.com/e/s05-e08-%e2%80%93-not-your-usual-princess-pamela-morgan/?token=ab87fdc168038f418e18c9ed96396298) Pamela's play is entitled "Santa Got Runover" (https://newplayexchange.org/script/2035877/santa-got-ran-over).

Synopsis:

Carl is running late for midnight mass and runs over Santa instead. How will he deal with the fallout of killing Santa on Christmas Eve?

Cast:

Carl - Jeff Priskorn (www.jeffpriskorn.com)

Leonard - Brian Cern (https://newplayexchange.org/users/34692/brian-cern)

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Hello there and welcome to our half way point of this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our fifth playwright of this series is James Kelsey Nelson (https://www.jameskelseynelson.com/ & https://newplayexchange.org/users/88410/james-kelsey-nelson) from Chicago. He’s a director and playwright who’s full length plays have been produced by Live Arts: Water Works 2024, Gallery plays and black box new play festival 2025. His many short plays have been produced around the country and abroad and if that wasn’t enough he has a MFA from Indiana University and a BA from UMKC in his hometown of Kansas City.

Jame’s play is called “Naughty or Nice” (https://newplayexchange.org/script/3197577/naughty-or-nice). When talking about his inspiration he says “Krampus is one of the most absurd and hilarious figures from holiday folklore, so it only feels right to pay tribute to our child-flaying goat demon King with a very silly piece of theatre.”

Synopsis:

Santa Claus and the holiday goat-demon Krampus accidentally arrive at the same house on Christmas Eve: will the poor Rogers children be deemed naughty or nice?

Cast:

Krampus - George Sapio (https://newplayexchange.org/users/785/george-sapio & https://gsapio.wixsite.com/gsapio)

Santa - Jeff Tullin (https://twitter.com/Jeff_Tullin)

Buttercup - Hannah Lee DeFrates (https://newplayexchange.org/users/58102/hannah-lee-defrates)

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Hello there and welcome to our 4th episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our fourth playwright of this series is Lisa Holzman Marciano (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisa-holzman-marciano-bba9b527/), a resident playwright for Santa Barbara City College’s Continuing Education theater courses. Her one-acts have been finalists in festivals from California to Pennsylvania. Lisa received a kidney transplant over 34 years ago and is happy to be able to celebrate every holiday, thanks to her donor.

Synopsis:

“Christmas without Family?" is a serious comedy about how much work goes into making the holidays special for us, but for the cooks in the family, it can be a thankless job. Would it be easier for Christmas to be without the family?

Cast:

Carol - Gillie Stoneham

Jasper - Patrick Hibbin (http://www.spotlight.com/profile/3414-5612-5037)

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Hello there and welcome to our 3rd episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our third playwright of this series is Steve Korbar (https://doollee.com/PlaywrightsK/korbar-steven.php), a playwright who’s had full length and one act plays produced in the USA, Canada, The UK and Australia. He’s also had three short plays published by Smith and Kraus. Productions of his work have been seen at Elephant Stageworks in Los Angeles, the barrow group theatre in new York and pop culture theatre in Melbourne.

Synopsis:

Two sisters find themselves in a panic when a neighbour wants to drop by with a last minute Christmas gift, but they have nothing for her!

Cast:

Rachel - Andrea Richardson (https://www.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/andrea-richardson-1)

Michelle - Nicky Whichelow (www.nickywvoices.com)

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Hello there and welcome to our 2nd episode in this Festive Mini Shenanigans series as we countdown to Christmas Eve with a different play every day.

Our second playwright for this series is Toby Inoue (https://newplayexchange.org/users/85239/toby-inoue & https://wabi-sa.com/), a playwright from Evanston, Illinois who writes about how the glass is half empty and half full. She’s had a staged reading of her full length play “Keep it Light” at Redtwist Theatre's 2024 Twisted PlayFest in Chicago and she is also a member of the Writers Pool at PlayGround-Chicago where several of her short plays have been featured in their Monday Night series.

Toby’s play we’ll hear is called “Serene Healthy Wellness Spa Retreat Resort” and when talking about her inspiration Toby says “I was Inspired by the brilliant Fleabag by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and being a sister to a sister myself, I wanted to write a piece about sisters thrown into a weird situation while also navigating their own relationship”

Synopsis:

Two sisters go on a wellness retreat to get away from the pressures of the holidays, but they discover they haven't left their stress entirely behind.

Cast:

Claire - Angela Sarabia (https://newplayexchange.org/users/83860/angela-sarabia)

Andie - Hannah Lee DeFrates (https://newplayexchange.org/users/58102/hannah-lee-defrates)

Staff - Tony Targan (www.tonytargan.com)

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