Fresh, New Holiday Comedy. Ideal for community theatre. 6F/4M. PG13.
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A dysfunctional condo association wrestles with a dictatorial board president, her cowboy and rodeo queen accomplices, the commotion caused by draconian restrictions on holiday decorations, a wacky maintenance worker, an insurrection led by a resident, and burgeoning romances.
| HOLLY | Female. Competent and professional; relatively new resident. |
| LUIS | Male. Condo resident; crushes on Holly. |
| PHYLLIS | Female. Devious, dictatorial, narcissistic board president. |
| GUNNAR | Male. Maintenance staff; gullible; prone to conspiracy theories. |
| CASSIDY | Female. Former rodeo queen; flamboyant and flirtatious. |
| BART | Male. Rodeo cowboy with a dark past; distant relative of Phyllis. |
| LINDA | Female. Articulate but insecure board member. |
| DINO | Male. Resident with an activist bent; a natural leader. |
| DOROTHY | Female. Disgruntled board member; has a sensitive side. |
| EDNA | Female. Another disgruntled board member; has a sharp tongue. |
| MRS.HARTSNAGGLE | Female. A cat lady; doubled with Phyllis. |
| MR. PONDSCAB | Male. A fisherman; doubled with Bart. |
| August 2024 | Workshopped with local actors. Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. |
| How can you go wrong when you throw together a dictatorial condo president, a shifty rodeo cowboy, a wacky conspiracy theorist, and fledgling romances between seniors? Brilliant! |
| A perfect holiday play for community theatres that want to serve up a fresh, light-hearted take on the season. |
| Wow! Such fun and distinct roles that actors and audiences will love. |
| Ruyle does it again with snappy dialogue, clever plotting, rapid pacing, and signature comedy. All that, and highly theatrical, too. Wonderful! |
| Shady Palms Condos, a hilarious, bizarre world populated by the most eccentric residents who are subjected to ridiculous holiday restrictions. It's nonstop laughs as the caper unravels. |