WRECK THE HALLS!
Christmas Letters, Family & Fruitcake
Book, Lyrics and Additional Music by Paul Cozby
Music and Arrangements by Laura Bergquist
Run Time: 90 min (1 act)
Cast: 2F, 2M (flexible)
Orchestration: Piano, Optional bass and percussion
Set Requirements: Unit Set; Projections available
Previously titled NOT ANOTHER CHRISTMAS LETTER! THE MUSICAL – Let the Holidays and Humbug Begin!
Synopsis
WRECK THE HALLS! is an original musical comedy unfolding in a series of comic and poignant vignettes with four actors bringing 46 characters to life celebrating everything that drives us crazy about Christmas . . . and why we love it anyway. Think of I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change . . . for the holidays. From receiving that first obnoxious Christmas letter to taking the family picture, from dealing with in-laws, to facing unassembled gifts on Christmas Eve, WRECK THE HALLS! shows why sometimes we want to sing “Wreck the halls!” and then why we’re wistful when Christmas is over.
Cast Breakdown
MEN: Each male plays a different role in each vignette. From harried husband frantically shopping for his wife, to harried dad assembling gifts on Christmas Eve. From grown brother facing the first Christmas without the parents, to a child who won’t go to sleep.
WOMEN: Each woman plays a different role in each vignette. Mom-on-the-edge as she organizes the family picture. Bratty teen who’s too cool for the picture. A grownup single girl facing Christmas at the kids table . . . again. And many more.
Time and Action
The present at the holidays. The action flows from the day after Thanksgiving through the early shopping days to the relatives coming over to desperately trying to get the kids down on Christmas Eve to Christmas Day
