Sophia is having a very strange holiday. Her grandfather just came out of the closet, her brother is summoning ancient spirits, and her mother is forcing them all to celebrate Christmas in a neurotic effort to conform to society's norms they're Jewish. But family trouble is just the beginning, as Sophia is soon transported to a hallucinatory jungle populated by tigers, camels, and rats oh my! in a quest to find love and bust nuts. At the heart of this surreal journey lies a mysterious man battling an ancient curse with his talented tongue: DA NUTCRACKER.

The show plays twice: Dec. 19 and 20, and we begin at 9:00 Sharp. Please arrive between 8:00-8:45.

STARRING

Lauren Van Klaveren as Sophia Hasselmayer

Justine McCloskey as Mama June & The Tiger

Mark Harris as Fritz Hasselmayer & The Overbaby

Andrew Capra as Troy Trayvon Nutcracker

Devon Marinac as King Vermincelli

Delilah Rosier as Queen Minnie Ratchet

James Harris as Ratrest Hemingway

Neal Armstrong as Pearly Pat a.k.a. The Candyman

AND INTRODUCING

George McKenna as Ari Hasselmayer & The Camel

WRITTEN BY

Neal Armstrong and Devon Marinac

with respect to

E.T.A. Hoffman, Tchaikovsky, Nietzsche, Rimbaud, Dickinson, Blake, Spiegelman's Maus, and King Ubu

DIRECTED BY

Neal Armstrong

Disclaimer: "Da Nutcracker & Da Rat Bastard" is an R-rated farce that satirizes attitudes towards religion, sexuality, and other time-honoured traditions.

Cover painting by Tess Martens

Costumes by the Cast

Soundtrack by Hemingway

Dedicated to Tonetta and Zanta

Pay What You Will

This is a production of Imaginary Solutions Co.