COW'S NUTTY CHRISTMAS Comes to SummerFest 2018

Cow's Nutty Christmas, a new children's musical based on a mash up of two storybooks from the Cow Named Cow series--the Book Excellence Award-winning title Cow Saves Christmas and Cow and the Magnificent Milk Making Moo-chine--is coming to the NY Theater Festival's SummerFest.

Cow's Nutty Christmas is a family friendly musical featuring well-known music by Tchaikovsky. A talking cow, a milk-hating villain, a morning talk show host, a pop psychologist, and Santa--all come together to expose last year's plot to ruin Christmas. This holiday themed whodunit includes shadow puppets, a wild chase scene, and audience inclusion to delight both children and their parents.

Cow's Nutty Christmas has book and lyrics by Michael Mackenzie Wills (writer/director of the MAC Award-winning Operation Opera and The Adventures of Superbunny musicals), music from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite arranged by C. Colby Sachs (composer of the MITF award-winning The Princess, The Cow, and The Corn Maze), choreography by J. Joseph Burke (A Superbunny Christmas), and lighting by Kiara Toscano (The Princess, The Cow, and The Corn Maze). Starring Midtown International Theatre Festival's 2017 best actor Matt Haas as Cow, Patrick Howard as Dr. Bates, Erin Richardson as Rhyming Rita, and Benji Sills as The Milkman. Based on Cow Saves Christmas and Cow and the Magnificent Milk Making Moo-chine by Amber L. Spradlin.

Cow's Nutty Christmas will be presented by non-profit theatre company Rabbit Hole Theatricks, Inc. (www.RabbitHoleTheatricks.org) at the NY Theater Festival's SummerFest (newyorktheaterfestival.com).

PHOTO CREDIT: Cow's Nutty Christmas cast members (clockwise from top) Erin Richardson as Rhyming Rita, Patrick Howard as Dr. Bates, Benji Sills as The Milkman, and Matt Haas as Cow. Photo by Stuart MacKenzie.