NUNCRACKERS; THE NUNSENSE CHRISTMAS MUSICAL Comes to the Willows Theatre Starting 11/4

Nuncrackers; The Nunsense Christmas Musical will be performed for the holidays at The Willows Theatre.

Those clowns of the cloister are back with their beloved brand of habit-ual high-jinks, this time with their own take on Tchaikovsky.  Nuncrackers; the Nunsense Christmas Musical is the fourth nunsensical confection from the pen of award-winning playwright-composer Dan Goggin.  Nuncrackers plays November 24 through December 21, 2008 at the Willows Cabaret, 636 Ward Street in Martinez.  Once again, playwright Goggin flies in from New York to direct the show for The Willows.

Nuncrackers takes up where the musical Nunsense left off. It tells the story of a holiday TV special being taped in the basement of a convent for a local cable access channel. Uproarious antics follow as the cast and members of the convent learn the true meaning of Christmas. Dan Goggin’s music includes a variety of vocal stylings including country, pop, and gospel.  Songs include “Christmas Time is Nunsense Time,” “Santa’s Little Teapot,” “Twelve Days Prior to Christmas,” “Santa Ain’t Comin’ to Our House,” and more.

The 2008 production of Nuncrackers features Amy Washburn as Rev. Mother and Deborah Del Mastro as Sister Robert Ann.  Washburn recently played Rhetta Cupp in Pump Boys and Dinettes at the Willows Cabaret.  Ms.Del Mastro played Edna, the Senator’s widow, in Lying in State at the Willows mainstage. Both repeat the roles they played in last year’s production at the Cabaret. Ms.Del Mastro originated the role of Sister Robert Ann when Nuncrackers opened in 1998, and she is on the original cast recording.

Ticket and Schedule Information

Tickets for Nuncrackers: The Nunsense Christmas Musical are $20-$30 with discounts for students (6-18), seniors (65+), groups (10+), and Preview performances.  To purchase tickets call (925) 798-1300 or visit the Willows Theatre web site at www.willowstheatre.org.  Performances are Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., and Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 p.m., with matinees Wednesdays at 3:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2:00 p.m., and Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

The Campbell Theatre is located at 636 Ward Street in downtown Martinez, one block east of Main Street at the corner of Estudillo Street.

The Willows Theatre Company Daytime Box Office is located at 636 Ward Street in Martinez, in the lobby of the Campbell Theatre. Beginning the week of Sept.22nd, the Daytime Box Office will observe new hours: Tuesday-Saturday 12-6 pm.  The theatre box office and will-call window, located in the theatre lobby, opens one hour prior to each performance.  For more information call (925) 798-1300 or visit our web site at www.willowstheatre.org.

Recipient of the 2002 Cyril Award of the San Francisco Business Arts Council for Nonprofit Arts Excellence, the Willows Theatre Company is led by Producing Artistic Director Richard Elliott. The Willows Theatre Company 2008 Season Sponsors are The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation, The National Endowment for the Arts, Best Western John Muir Inn of Martinez, Rocco’s Pizzeria of Walnut Creek, Industrial Lumber of Martinez, Alphagraphics of Walnut Creek, the Concord Hilton, and US Bank (student/teacher discount ticket sponsor).

Photo Credit: Judy Potter

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