The Gift of the Magi

Adaptation, Music, and Lyrics by Peter Ekstrom

Based on O. Henry’s famous Christmas story

An adaptation of the classic O. Henry short story, told through music and lyrics, of the young couple in New York on Christmas Eve 1905, who loved each other so much that each sold his most prized possession to buy the other a Christmas present.

Misfit Christmas

By Jack Wallen

Misfit Christmas is a quirky sleigh-ride of holiday cheer, part warm hearted tale of lovable outsiders, part throwback homage to the TV specials that once glued us to the living room floor.

An absurdist, tragicomic one-act play.

A blind, paralyzed, domineering elderly man, his geriatric parents, and his servile companion in an abandoned house in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, who await an unspecified “end”.

When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there’s more to this art form than playing pretend; it’s about finding yourself in your favorite songs, and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, AIRNESS is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us.

AIRNESS premiered at the 41st Humana Festival of New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville in 2017. Meredith McDonough directed the production.

Embark on a journey of two New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over five years.