The Christmas Express
by Pat Cook
Directed by Douglas Farren

“This is the most hopeless place in the world!” Hilda intones as she and Satch argue over what time it is. Hilda dreams of faraway places to fight the tedium of running the Holly Railway Station until, that is, Leo Tannenbaum drops in out of nowhere just before Christmas. Suddenly an old radio springs to life and the local group of carolers begins to sound like the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. The whole town now gets into the Christmas spirit. Coincidence? This nostalgic story is full of eccentric small-town characters who begin to discover the true wonder of Christmas, making us all wish that we, too, could take a ride on the Christmas Express.

Our cast features Peter Toomey as Satch, Cat Kenney as Hilda, Donna Case as Penelope Blaisedale, Margy Haas as Maggie Clooney, Rodger Govea as Leo Tannenbaum, Mark Hilan as Mr. Fairfax, Margaret Hnat as Myrna Hobsnagle, Caitlin Hathaway as Donna Faye Cummings, George Morgan as Jerry Cummings and Samantha Gates as Deborah Smith.

Reserved seat tickets are available online at https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?ticketing=cplay or at the Clague Playhouse Box Office.  The Box Office is open today, Saturday from 1-8pm and tomorrow, Sunday from 1-2pm – 440-331-0403.