New Christmas Comedy One-Act Play for a Large Cast: Grinching 101

If you’re looking for a one-act Christmas play for a large cast, check out my new comedy, GRINCHING 101:

Grinch professors, Sourpuss Fuddy Duddy and Killjoy Cactus Snarl, are pleased to find their Grinching 101 classroom filled with eager elf-students desiring to learn the art of becoming a grinch. However, the class of bright-eyed cheerful students are blatantly failing. Every. Single. Lesson. Are the elves really that dull? Are they actually trying? Or is there some other reason they’re all in this class…? And is there anything, like, anything at all, that maybe…just maybe… the grinches can learn from the sugar-loving, compliment-spewing elves?

Grinching 101 is great for actors of any age - children, tweens, teens, adults, and Theater for Young Audiences. There are 16 character roles and an unlimited number of ensemble elves, who have unison lines and actions; no matter how many people you’re looking to cast, they have a place here! All actors are on stage for the entire play. While some roles have gender pronouns mentioned, they are all appropriate for any gender casting and directors have permission to change gender pronouns to fit casting.

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Great Virtual or Social Distancing Christmas Play: Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen

While some theaters and schools are open for in-person performances, there are many throughout the world which are not able to be open in this capacity yet. (We are all in different situations throughout the globe and my heart is with you all!) If your school or theater is looking for a family-friendly Christmas show which lends itself to social distancing or virtual theater, check out the one-act play, Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen. Since this is a monologue-heavy play, it allows for increased social distancing in rehearsals and performances and also slides more easily into virtual theater.

Christmas Superpowers and Believing in Blitzen is a comedy great for children, teens or young adults playing the roles of children. It runs approximately 30 minutes with a minimal set, and with doubling, has 5 roles (2 female, 3 male). Without doubling, it has a cast of (3 male, 2 female, 3 gender inclusive/flexible casting—but in reality, most of the roles can be gender flexible).

To four children, Christmas is no simple sleigh ride. Annie’s new best friend is a talking reindeer, and she’s not sure if that’s really okay. Sam is experiencing the pressure of being the Lead Shepherd in the church pageant. Dylan has a very secretive wish he hopes Santa can deliver. And Lauren needs to make sure someone is giving her little brother a very special Christmas. Experience the joys and challenges of Christmas through the eyes of these children in this monologue-driven one-act comedy.

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2019 Cheesy Rom-Com Christmas movies: It's never too early (or is it?)!

I’m a bit buried in planning two 12-hour road-trips next week, followed by family visits, lots of volunteering, parties, events, writing, theater—so Christmas is kind of sneaking up on me this year. It doesn’t help that Thanksgiving comes late in the month, as it seems everyone has observed. But tonight, I stopped in my leaf-raking tracks when I received this message from a friend:

“Just got an email from Netflix about ‘The Knight Before Christmas.’ I am so excited!”

My heart just did a little back flip.

Is there any better pre-Thanksgiving reminder that the Christmas season is ready to burst through the door?

I mean, come on, look at this write-up of the movie:

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