Christmas Crime Scene

It's late on Christmas Eve. Santa has just turned up dead outside Nick Snow's living room window, and it's beginning to look a lot like murder. Will Nick, his Lady Caller Mary Vergennes, and Rudy Redd, a hardboiled, North Pole lawyer, find a way save Christmas (and save themselves in the process)? Or will this holiday season finally be the moment when their lives unravel like a poorly made Christmas sweater?
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Christmas Crime Scene

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  • Ramsey Uhter:
    7 Jan. 2023
    As an avid fan of holiday plays, this one truly takes the fruitcake! Comedically hapless circumstances bring two adverse lovers together on a chaotic sleighride of a Christmas celebration. Witty and fun-filled!
  • John Busser:
    17 May. 2022
    A fun little play that both embraces and skewers Christmas traditions while adding some new twists. Playing out like an old noir murder mystery, David Beardsley gives us a terrific little present that would delight an audience.
  • Rachel Feeny-Williams:
    12 Nov. 2021
    Its the brilliant absurdity of the characters that caught my attention right from the very beginning. Nick's passion for the festive season coupled with Mary's devastating (if slightly amusing) relationship with the same festive season had me giggling almost instantly. The play then keeps giving with the connection of the classic Christmas story to the chaos that is actually happening. You would think that every tale that could be associated with Christmas has been done but this writer takes the audience through a wonderfully funny and fantastic new story that can't fail to make you giggle!

Character Information

  • Nick Snow
    35-40,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    A holiday enthusiast and avowed mama's boy whose obsession with Christmas might not be as innocent as it seems.
  • Mary Vergennes
    Early 30s,
    Any
    ,
    Female
    A lonely cynic with a taste for bad boys and a hard-earned distaste for Christmas traditions.
  • Rudy Redd
    About 30,
    Any
    ,
    Male
    A hard-boiled, North Pole lawyer, Santa's fixer. What Rudy wouldn't give for a quiet, family Christmas.
  • Voice of Nick's Mom
    late-50s or 60s,
    Any
    ,
    Female
    Could be pre-recorded. Could also be a Stepford-wife type holding an old cassette player. You might think you're good enough for her son, but honey, you're not.

Production History

  • Community Theater
    ,
    Quannapowitt Players (Reading, MA)
    ,
    2021