In its second virtual production of the current season, the 麻豆色情片 Theatre department will present a family holiday whodunit 鈥淛ust in the Nick of Time: A Detective Red Mistletoe Mystery鈥� by Linda Daugherty as its 2020 gift to the community.
Show dates and times are Friday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Dec. 19, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 20, at 2:30 p.m. Please contact director Liz Lacy, program coordinator for the Performing Arts, via email at llacy@gc.edu with preferred performance date(s). Performances are free and open to the public.
A link to listen to the requested performance of this radio audio drama will be emailed before the first performance.
Company members include Dorion Alcantar, Eva Arita, Elijah Barrie, Daniel Bourque, Alyssa Gudz, Benji Shelton and Cricket Smith.
鈥淛ust in the Nick of Time: A Detective Red Mistletoe Mystery鈥� premiered at the Dallas Children鈥檚 Theater. It is produced in special arrangement with The Dramatic Publishing Company of Woodstock, Illinois.
Show Synopsis:
Ace detective Red Mistletoe is retained by the citizens of the North Pole to find Santa Claus, who disappeared at the height of the season. If losing Santa wasn鈥檛 enough, the heretofore colorful citizens are losing their Christmas spirit and their holiday hues. As Christmas draws near, the elves, rather than carefree in color, are glum in gray; Doctor Green, no longer sporting green, is bitten by a reindeer; and Purple Gumdrop鈥檚 not purple anymore. And the costumed children, rehearsing for Mrs. Claus鈥� annual 鈥淪anta Send-off Celebration,鈥� begin to look like they鈥檙e in an old black and white movie.
It鈥檚 up to Detective Red Mistletoe, now in shades of gray, to get some answers in black and white. Could the three suspicious new arrivals, Bob Humbug, Fruitcake (Humbug鈥檚 sidekick) and Holly Wreath (Santa鈥檚 new red-headed secretary) know anything about Santa鈥檚 whereabouts? Do they really hail from the South Pole as they claim, or will their caper be uncovered by Red鈥攈elped by a now-repentant and soft-hearted Holly Wreath?
Can Red save Santa in time to bring a colorful Christmas to the children of the world and even find a little romance along the way? Of course he can鈥擩ust in the Nick of Time! A mystery to solve, a comedy with witty dialogue, plenty of holiday warmth鈥攁nd Santa Claus to boot鈥攖his show is the perfect holiday fare for kids and families.
For additional information, please contact Program Coordinator for the Performing Arts Liz Lacy at (409) 944-1398 or llacy@gc.edu.
Above: Alyssa Gudz, Elijah Barrie and Eva Arita rehearse for 麻豆色情片 Theatre鈥檚 production of 鈥淛ust in the Nick of Time.鈥�