See Holiday Shorts five short plays on stage Dec 8-15

See Holiday Shorts on stage Dec 8-15 in Pelton Theatre at Willamette University

Theatre 33 aims to bring a little laughter to you this season with Holiday Shorts, five new holiday plays on stage Dec 8 through 15.

While Theatre 33 produces a play every December, it is usually written by the company. “We rarely get holiday plays submitted because playwrights don’t usually write plays that can only be produced one month out of the year,” said Executive Director Tom Nabhan. “This year, we specifically asked playwrights we have worked with if they had any Christmas plays. It turns out some had written short stories, so we decided to put some together and call it Holiday Shorts.”

Here’s what you’ll see on stage —

Mrs. Santa and the Paradigm Shift by Nora Douglass — The good old days are gone, and now Santa’s workshop is a commercial subsidiary, called Expensive Cheap Toys. The eves are working to the bone to keep up production when they realize there are no more toys and too many orders to fill. What happens next is simply miraculous. 

The Christmas Wish by Mathieu Voisine — A preteen unloads her frustrations to Santa about her lame Dad. How many more awful dad jokes can a kid handle and at Christmas time to boot?! (Fun Fact: It’s a Family Experience! Mathiew wrote and is directing and acting in this short, plus his daughter is starring in it.)

The War on Christmas by Kate Danley — In a world that’s beginning to look like Christmas, only one man can save us. One man. A snowman. 

The True Meaning of Christmas by Kate Danley — Christmas is just around the corner, and the Mall creative team is looking for a new angle on the holiday: no more Christmas trees and paper chain decorations. No, they are looking for something to really shake things up!

Perfect Christmas 1957 by Nora Douglass — Imo is coming to grips with Christmas and the loss of her mother when a book that belonged to her mother comes alive to help make the holidays a little brighter. 

Holiday Shorts

When: 7 p.m. Dec 8-9 and 13-15 and 2 p.m. Dec 9-10
Where: M. Lee Pelton Theatre at Willamette University, 900 State St
Cost: $18; $15 seniors; $12 students and children. Click here for tickets.