A Very Shakespeare Christmas at Riverside Arts Center

WORLD PREMIERE!

One gift can change everything.

Eleanor Thurgood is a failed Hollywood actress who’s been forced to move back home after starring on a universally despised television show. Eleanor’s mother, Joan, already dealing with the impending doom that is a holiday family gathering, is also hiding the secret of a failing theater that’s been left in her care by her late husband, legendary actor Jim Thurgood.

But then, a gift. A present from Jim himself. His old volume of “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare.” A book that carries with it a magical ability that leaves Eleanor, and those around her, spiraling down a rabbit hole of the Bard’s most famous works. Dreams, old flames, magic spells, secrets, and illusions all collide in this holiday romantic comedy with an Elizabethan twist.