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SPT Presents a Holiday Show for Seattle Audiences That Hate Christmas

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Seattle Public Theater presents its third annual production of Wayne Rawley's Christmastown: A Holiday Noir. In this film-noir inspired holiday thriller, hard-boiled detective Nick Holiday investigates some un-holiday-like shenanigans taking place in Christmastown. Add a glamorous elf, a muckraking reporter, and a sinister corporate plot, and you've got what the Seattle Times called "the best new holiday romp" in 2014.

Interim Managing Director Michael Selby describes the production as "a holiday show for people who hate Christmas." Says Selby: "Society puts so much cultural weight into Christmas and all of its associated traditions and customs that it can feel a bit overwhelming, even as we revel in all the sparkling lights. In contrast, the nature of noir is to be a little dark. Rawley takes this frame of reference, plus an encyclopedic knowledge of Christmas classics, and shakes it all together in a hilarious snowglobe of a show."

Christmastown: A Holiday Noir runs from December 2nd through December 24th at the Bathhouse in Green Lake.

CAST
John Ulman - Nick Holiday
Pilar O'Connell - Holly Wonderland/Female #1
Carol Thompson - Virigina Ribbons/Female #2
Brandon Felker - Male #2

CREATIVE TEAM

Anita Montgomery - Director
Spencer Bertelsen - Stage Manager
Caleb Ruppert - Lighting Designer
Andre Nelson - Sound Designer
Krissy Grant - Props Designer
Pete Rush - Costume Designer

PERFORMANCES

Friday, December 2nd, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 3rd, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

Sunday, December 4th, 2016 @ 2:00 pm
Thursday, December 8th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Friday, December 9th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 10th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 11th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 15th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Friday, December 16th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Sunday, December 18th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Wednesday, December 21st, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 22nd, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Friday, December 23rd, 2016 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 24th, 2016 @ 7:30 pm

For more information, please contact Julia Nardin at julia@seattlepublictheater.org.

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