The Christmas Commercial Conspiracy

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Ten-Minute (2022): It's Memorial Day weekend. Barney and Judy work in an ad agency and have to come up with commercials to sell stuff at Christmas without connecting them to the holiday itself. There's gotta be a way...

Written for the 2022 Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange; title from Christopher Jean Soucy.

Rights are available at www.pmwplaywright.com.

Ten-Minute (2022): It's Memorial Day weekend. Barney and Judy work in an ad agency and have to come up with commercials to sell stuff at Christmas without connecting them to the holiday itself. There's gotta be a way...

Written for the 2022 Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange; title from Christopher Jean Soucy.

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  • Nora Louise Syran: The Christmas Commercial Conspiracy

    A very funny look at the inner workings of an add agency preparing for Christmas...in May! Judy has a solution for everything as she's motivated to get to that beach. Some fun physical comedy, clever quips and plenty of holiday spirit!?

    A very funny look at the inner workings of an add agency preparing for Christmas...in May! Judy has a solution for everything as she's motivated to get to that beach. Some fun physical comedy, clever quips and plenty of holiday spirit!?

  • Andrew Martineau: The Christmas Commercial Conspiracy

    This highly clever and very funny play about the delicate balance of highlighting Christmas cultural traditions with secular commercialism in advertising is the perfect antidote for those of us who want something a little more original in holiday messaging. I could hear Lucy in my head stressing the importance of buying the shiniest aluminum tree before her little brother gets to the heart of the matter. “The fish will come to the bait” in this hilarious play by Philip Middleton Williams.

    This highly clever and very funny play about the delicate balance of highlighting Christmas cultural traditions with secular commercialism in advertising is the perfect antidote for those of us who want something a little more original in holiday messaging. I could hear Lucy in my head stressing the importance of buying the shiniest aluminum tree before her little brother gets to the heart of the matter. “The fish will come to the bait” in this hilarious play by Philip Middleton Williams.

  • Samara Siskind: The Christmas Commercial Conspiracy

    It’s only Memorial Day, yet the ad execs are already strategizing ways to get us to break our budgets on Christmas, a mere six+ months away. I so enjoyed this short holiday themed satire at M1A-Miami One-Acts. ‘Tis the season for overspending, fa la la la la, la la la la.*

    It’s only Memorial Day, yet the ad execs are already strategizing ways to get us to break our budgets on Christmas, a mere six+ months away. I so enjoyed this short holiday themed satire at M1A-Miami One-Acts. ‘Tis the season for overspending, fa la la la la, la la la la.*

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Character Information

  • Barney
    Advertising copy writer
  • Judy
    Advertising copy writer

Development History

  • Type Reading, Organization Playwrights Thriving Secret Santa Title Exchange, Year 2022

Production History

  • Type Community Theater, Organization Miami One-Acts Winter Session, Year 2023