[NEohioPAL] Gilda Presents Hell, with the Holidays!

[Doug Tennant]

Yes! It’s that time of year: jingle, mistle, golden rings! All those
traditional Christmas trappings, familiar and safe — but wait! There’s
something rotten under the tree that’s never been seen before…

It’s the new and final revision to a *Gilda Shedstecker Presents!* Yuletide
twist. Opening December 8th at the Kathleen Howland theatre, it’s *Hell,
with the Holidays*, and this year, Krampus is coming home for the party.

Chris (that is, Father Christmas) has become unhinged, and nobody is sure
what’s sapping his energy. His own father, Father Time, is convinced that
it’s the horrors of war and armed conflict — hundreds of which Chris has
been caught in the middle of over the centuries — that have frayed Chris’s
nerves.

And so he calls together some of Chris’s siblings, the Holidays, to focus
their eternal energy on healing him. If only he could bring them together
without drawing the attention of Mother Nature, who doesn’t miss a trick
and takes every event as an opportunity to grandstand. And can any family
gathering occur without dysfunction? Easter and Hallowe’en can’t be civil
to one another. Mardi Gras and Valentine’s Day are having a torrid affair,
as mythological siblings are inclined to do. The ditzy baby of the family,
Earth Day, wants her fair share of the Holiday action. And Jack Frost just
wants his quiet Arctic home back.

Then who should arrive but the blackest black sheep of the family, Krampus!
Yuletide scourge of naughty children and escort to Hell for the truly evil
ones, he’s been imprisoned for centuries so when he  shows up, it’s to the
surprise of… well, not everyone.

This non-traditional adult holiday comedy is just right for a modern spin
on an age-old institution, the family get together. But at the heart of
every tale of holiday woe is the Christmas hope of love and redemption for
even the most despicable sibling.

*Hell, with the Holidays *stars an ensemble of outstanding actors
portraying some of the most memorable characters ever. James Ballor is
*Horatio*, the all knowing and powerful Father Time; James Dreussi is the
frosty and frustrated *Jack Frost*; Khrysso Heart LeFey is *Father
Christmas*; Patrice Rittenhouse is devious *Delphine*, Hallowe’en; Bridget
Bazzinotti is sublime *Ostara*, Easter; Roman Feemster Marshall is the
madcap *Mariette*, Mardi Gras; Michael Burkhardt is lascivious *Valentino*,
Valentine’s Day; Amy Wyler is *Georgeanna*, Earth Day; Haggy Hageman is
tempestuous *Jocasta*, Mother Nature; and Manuel Halkias is *Peter*, the
Krampus.

Written and directed by Grey Forge LeFey, the show is stage managed by
Tawny Plumley Burkhardt with technical direction by Linda Alexander
Radak. *Hell,
with the Holidays *opens December 8 and continues December 9, 15, and 16 at
the Kathleen Howland Theatre at Avenue Arts Marketplace, 324 Cleveland
Avenue NW, Canton OH 44702. All shows are 8:00 pm and tickets are on sale
now online at AvenueArts.org <http://avenuearts.org/> or by calling
234-410-3475 <%28234%29%20410-3475>. *Hell, with the Holidays* is not
recommended for young children.
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