Xmas Cards
- Short Play, Comedy, Christmas/Holiday, Present Day, Contemporary
- 1M, 1F
- ISBN: SFNY-5309
Every year, prosperous, conservative couple Ned and Nelly fill out their Christmas cards together. Or rather, Ned tries to fill them out and Nelly slowly drives him insane. Why should this year be any different?
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Description
- Short Play
- Comedy, Christmas/Holiday
- 10 minutes
- Time Period: Present Day, Contemporary
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult
- Set Requirements: Interior Set, Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Cautions: No Special Cautions
- Performance Group:
- Large Stage, Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Reader's Theatre, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student, Senior Theatre
Every year, prosperous, conservative couple Ned and Nelly fill out their Christmas cards together. Or rather, Ned tries to fill them out and Nelly slowly drives him insane. Why should this year be any different?
Published in Christmas Shorts, a collection of five holiday plays by the author that can be performed individually or together as a complete evening of theatre for a cast of 4-13 performers.
Published in Christmas Shorts, a collection of five holiday plays by the author that can be performed individually or together as a complete evening of theatre for a cast of 4-13 performers.
Amusing, poignant Christmas Shorts is a simple, gentle surprise... The script is loaded with low-key, sweet humor.
Las Vegas Review Journal
Premiere Production:
Christmas Shorts: 5 Merry Little Comedies was first produced by Naked Angels (Geoffrey Nauffts, artistic director) at Playwrights Horizons' Mainstage Theatre in December, 2008 as an Angels in Progress workshop. It was directed by Suzanne Agins
Characters
- Casting: 1M, 1F
- Casting Attributes: Strong Role for Leading Woman (Star Vehicle), Ensemble cast, Color blind casting, Strong Role for Leading Man (Star Vehicle)
NED & NELLY - a prosperous, conservative couple in their 50s (can be played by actors in their 40s or 60s)