←Recommendations of Letter of the Law

Never underestimate a child at Christmas who didn't get what they really wanted. Sometimes it's just the edge they need to conquer the world!

A quirky little Christmas play with quick banter and a very unexpected resolution. Would be a unique, charming addition to any holiday shorts festival!

I love this! This is so perfect and completely nails it. Parent or non-parent, the audience will love it!

A lot is packed into this short play about mother-daughter relationships and how we parents sometimes want things so badly for our kids that we can't always see what THEY want. Would make a great addition to a holiday-themed play fest.

Steven Hayet shows the depths of a mother's love and guidance to her daughter on the road to a successful career. It's a play with a lot of heart, laughs, and snark. It also shows parenting at its finest during the holidays. The gift Sydney gets may not be what she wanted but her mother had the foresight to know it's what she needed. It's a fun play that is perfect for any holiday series of shows.

O So Much Fun! YES - I have been this parent! Little Sydney is fabulous - my son was fabulous at 7 too. I remember it well. Now it's sheer hell! But read and produce this play - it really made my day! (I am stuck in a rhyme - please excuse me this time.) N.B. Hayet's play does not rhyme; it's my problem, I'm working on it...

Don't tell me you don't know parents who pull this kind of thing on their unsuspecting little darlings and think they can get away with it. This is a perfect life lesson, and not just for Christmas anymore.

So stinkin' cute! I love sassy Sydney and the character would be so fun in the hands of an energetic child actor. Hayet's 'Mother' is the perfect blend of nice and utterly exasperated, which is the space most parents of young children hover during the holidays. In just a few pages, the writer digs down into some worldly themes, and finds genuine — but not treacly — Christmas spirit.

Hayet's Letter of the Law sets up its comic premise wonderfully, and then hits it out of the park on the follow-through. This would be a wonderful addition for a Christmas-themed event.

Awww the all too familiar disappointment of not getting the toy you wanted because "Santa" knows that it will keep your parents up all night. Instead, he got you the fun-ducational toy of the season. You know those toys, the build your own computer, build your own microscope type toys. In just one minute, Steven Hayet manages to capture the feeling of admitting a toy you got is not what you wanted and how admitting that can affect your parents. Heartwarming, touching and all too true. Bravo.