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Christmas, Incorporated

Short Play, Drama  /  6w, 1girl(s)

Walter Kerr

A department store clerk has had enough of the commercialization of Christmas and decides to quit her job. But an unepxected conversation with a little girl about the true meaning of the holiday restores hope and inspires a change of heart.

Christmas, Incorporated

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    6w, 1girl(s)
  • Duration
    Duration
    40 minutes
  • SubGenre
    Subgenre
    Christmas/Holiday
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Appropriate for all audiences

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Summary
Mary Daly, who works in Connors' Department Store, decides to quit, because Christmas is being savagely destroyed by gross commercialization. Before she leaves, a small girl named Laura Jo asks her where she is going. Mary questions the Laura Jo about Christmas, but the girl easily explains away the contradiction of sixty seedy Santa Clauses and reveals a feeling for the season very close to Mary’s own memories.
Cast Attributes
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Performing Groups
KAY CARNEY - a salesgirl
EVVIE SMALL - another
MARY DALY - a salesgirl with a memory
MRS. WORRIMAN - a supervisor
LAURA JO - a six-year-old girl
LAURA JO'S MOTHER
PAULINE SIMMS - a fourth salesgirl
  • Time Period 1940s / WWII
  • Features Period Costumes
  • Duration 40 minutes
  • Cautions
    • No Special Cautions

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)
  • Chorus Size No Chorus

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  • Minimum Fee: $65 per performance

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Walter Kerr

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