CHRISTMAS BANISHED

PAC’s 2015 Community Theater Children’s Christmas Musical is titled Christmas Banished. Continuing an 11 year tradition, the show was written by PAC resident playwright Rachel Gorenz-Johnson, director of PAC’s Children’s Summer Drama Camp and Children’s Christmas shows. Christmas Banished was originally produced on the PAC stage in 2008; the script was adapted after auditions this year to accentuate the talents, skills, and abilities of this cast. As with previous years, the script was not completed until after auditions, so that many of the roles could be written to of the individual actors.

The show follows the travails of the Coalition of Holiday Cheer, a committee made up of the major holiday figures: Tom Turkey, Uncle Sam, Cupid, and others. Through the conniving of the malcontent Elf, Frost, the Coalition members come to believe that Santa Claus does not think that they deserve their own holidays. The Coalition votes to banish Santa and Christmas from the Coalition, setting in motion a fun filled chain of events including a makeover of Christmas (a desperate attempt by some loyal elves to save Christmas from extinction), the manipulation of Rudolph to become a singing partner with Suzie Snowflake, and Cupid letting loose his arrows during a climactic battle scene.

The cast of Christmas Banished includes:

Council of the Coalition of Holiday Cheer: Father Time – Luke Bowen, Skippy – Cearra LaPlante, Hoppy – Niklas Schneider, Dentina – Bianca Lanham, Cupid – Ashten Wilson, Tom Turkey – Miles Bengtson, Uncle Sam – Keegan Fogarty, Jackie O’Lantern: Grace Busard

Make over stylist and niece: Madame Natale – Alexis Alt, Susy Snowflake – Brennan Roden

Elves: Frost – Libby Boyles, Bow – Chloe Sampson, Red – Henry Bengtson, Garnet – Alexis Jacobs, Evy – Abby Davis, Joy – Maggie Davis, Little Elf – Nora Schneider, Cute Elf – Josie Edelfson

Penguins: Little Penguin – Camryn York, Cute Penguin – Krysten Walowski, Penny – Mia Bowen, Gwen – Makayla Heller, Winnie – Graycee Funderberg

Reindeer: Rudolph – Christian Smith

Chorus: Joelle LaPlante, Maddison Oertel, Jordan VandeVenter, Kai Walowski, Payton Walowski

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