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Santa and the City

The Old Mid-West will never be the same when four young single ladies in Manhattan, KS try to open a shoe store.

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Description

  • Short Play
  • Melodrama, Christmas/Holiday
  • 30 minutes

  • Time Period: 19th Century, Wild West
  • Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Senior, Adult, Appropriate for all audiences

  • Performance Group:
  • Dinner Theatre, Community Theatre, High School/Secondary, Professional Theatre, Shoestring Budget, Blackbox / Second Stage /Fringe Groups, College Theatre / Student
The Old Mid-West will never be the same when four young single ladies in Manhattan, KS try to open a shoe store. Little did they reckon a greedy land baron, whose hair has hypnotic powers, would try to take over the town just before Christmas.

Published in Mosley Street Melodramas, Vol. 2.

Premiere Production: Santa and The City was first performed at Mosley Street Melodramas in Wichita, Kansas on November 8, 2007 under the direction of John Boldenow.

Characters

  • Casting: 3M, 3F
  • Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible)

  • CAROL BELL - The heroine of our story. She is a writer for The Manhattan Mercury. She is very sweet, but street wise. She loves the holidays so much, every time someone says her name, she is compelled to sing a Christmas Carol.
    PANDORA - Owner of the local saloon, and our vamp. She enjoys a good time, however, her best asset is her head for business.
    CHERLITTE - Twice divorced, but still an optimist about relationships. Very impressionable and a hopeless romantic, she will emphasize a point she has just made by flipping her long black hair.
    HUGE - Our Hero and Carol's boyfriend. He has the cavalier attitude of someone with gentle confidence. His family background is a mystery.
    DONALD TRAMP - A greedy land baron from back East, and our villain. His vanity is only matched by his desire to control everything, and everyone. His hair has hypnotic powers.
    KEEBLER - Tramp's apprentice. He is ambitious, but friendly and sweet. He wants to please Tramp, but he definitely knows the difference between right and wrong. More often than not, his conscience gets the best of him.

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