THE MOST MISERABLE CHRISTMAS TREE
REGIONAL PREMIERE 2020
BOOK & LYRICS BY TIM SULKA
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY DEBRA BARSHA
DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL CHASE GOSSELIN
After years of development through readings and workshops featuring casts of Broadway professionals, The Most Miserable Christmas Tree made its World Premiere in a splashy production at the Narrows Community Theatre in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, December 2016. As a Christmas tree, Douglas Fir is the center of attention where he extols the joys of being decorated. Unfortunately, Douglas is soon stripped of adornment, thrown to the curb and left in a pile of trash. Determined to remain a decorated Christmas Tree, Douglas heads back home to Mistletoe Mountain and Miss Balsam's Finishing School for Christmas Trees to get the diploma he never received. Douglas only succeeds in becoming more miserable and turns his back on Christmas; until an important discovery allows him to understand his true purpose and the real meaning of the holiday season.
With a contemporary pop/rock and musical theatre score, hilarious, heartwarming story and unique, eye-popping production design with graphics by Stan Maksun, The Most Miserable Christmas Tree is an exciting and original Christmas story that will have a welcome place in the canon of traditional holiday productions enjoyed by the entire family.
FUTURE PLANS – The Most Miserable Christmas Tree is being planned for the 2020 holiday season. www.mostmiserablemusical.com
BOOK, MUSIC & LYRICS BY DEBRA BARSHA
DIRECTED & CHOREOGRAPHED BY MICHAEL CHASE GOSSELIN
After years of development through readings and workshops featuring casts of Broadway professionals, The Most Miserable Christmas Tree made its World Premiere in a splashy production at the Narrows Community Theatre in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, December 2016. As a Christmas tree, Douglas Fir is the center of attention where he extols the joys of being decorated. Unfortunately, Douglas is soon stripped of adornment, thrown to the curb and left in a pile of trash. Determined to remain a decorated Christmas Tree, Douglas heads back home to Mistletoe Mountain and Miss Balsam's Finishing School for Christmas Trees to get the diploma he never received. Douglas only succeeds in becoming more miserable and turns his back on Christmas; until an important discovery allows him to understand his true purpose and the real meaning of the holiday season.
With a contemporary pop/rock and musical theatre score, hilarious, heartwarming story and unique, eye-popping production design with graphics by Stan Maksun, The Most Miserable Christmas Tree is an exciting and original Christmas story that will have a welcome place in the canon of traditional holiday productions enjoyed by the entire family.
FUTURE PLANS – The Most Miserable Christmas Tree is being planned for the 2020 holiday season. www.mostmiserablemusical.com