It is Christmas time in Millsburg, an all but deserted town living in the shadow of its abandoned steel mill. Colin, the high school theatre director – unemployed due to recent budget cuts – convinces Mitch – the lone member of the City Council – to invest in a community production of A Christmas Carol to improve morale and rally the town. It seems the fate of the town rests on Colin’s shoulders. But he does have help from his stage manager Rachel, and his ill-cast troupe actors, including: Doris, the professional “artiste” and theatre veteran (think Norma Desmond,) Janice, straight A+ student and DIY queen, and Joshua, a young man dealing with the ghosts of his own past. Can this one show keep Millsburg from becoming a ghost town?

One Last Christmas in Millsburg is my love letter to community theatre. ​

JUNE is a plain, southern girl with a lot to say (even though no one listens). Her life revolves around her older sister, April; her mother’s favorite daughter. JUNE dreams of finding a place far away where she can finally feel like the main character in her own story. Sitting in front of sewing machine, June tells us about her life in the shadow of her sister and her anxieties about the future.